Eleanor Hill Venning
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| Eleanor Hill Venning | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 March 1900 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| 💀Died | 21 June 1988 Montreal, Quebec, Canada21 June 1988 |
| 🎓 Alma mater | McGill University |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Steroid hormone research |
| 🏅 Awards | Fred Conrad Koch Award Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada |
Eleanor Hill Venning (17 March 1900 – 21 June 1988) was a Canadian biochemist and endocrinologist. She was a professor of experimental medicine at McGill University and director of the Endocrine Laboratories at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal. Her research focused on steroid hormones and their metabolism, particularly in relation to reproductive biology and pregnancy.[1][2]
Education and career
Venning was born in Montreal and studied at McGill University. She received a B.A. in biochemistry in 1920, an M.Sc. in biochemistry in 1921 and a Ph.D. in experimental medicine in 1933. McGill identifies Venning and Elizabeth Rhoda Grant as the first medical scientists to receive Ph.D.s in Experimental Medicine at the university.[1]
Venning remained at McGill after completing her doctoral studies and later became Professor and Head of Experimental Medicine. She also directed the Endocrine Laboratories at the Royal Victoria Hospital. She served as vice-president of the Endocrine Society and as president of the Canadian Physiological Society.[2]
In 1968, Venning retired from McGill and became professor emerita. McGill identifies her as the first woman Ph.D. medical researcher in the Faculty of Medicine to receive that designation.[1]
Research
Venning's research focused on steroid hormones and their metabolism. She studied pregnanediol, a metabolite of progesterone, and developed methods for measuring its conjugation product, sodium pregnanediol glucuronidate, in urine.[2]
With J. S. L. Browne, Venning investigated the urinary excretion of sodium pregnanediol glucuronidate during the human menstrual cycle. Their 1937 paper described the quantitative determination of the compound and examined its relationship to corpus luteum function.[3]
Her research contributed to the study of progesterone metabolism during the menstrual cycle and pregnancy. She also conducted research on adrenal cortical hormones and endocrine changes associated with pregnancy.[2]
Honours
Venning was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1955. In 1962, she received the Fred Conrad Koch Award from the Endocrine Society for distinguished contributions to endocrinology.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Making Space in Science: Eleanor Hill Venning". McGill University. 13 March 2026. Retrieved 27 September 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "The Fred Conrad Koch Award of the Endocrine Society". Endocrinology. 71 (1). 1962.
- ↑ Venning, Eleanor Hill; Browne, J. S. L. (1937). "Studies on Corpus Luteum Function I. The Urinary Excretion of Sodium Pregnanediol Glucuronidate in the Human Menstrual Cycle". Endocrinology. 21 (6): 711–721. doi:10.1210/endo-21-6-711.
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