Canadian historian Cheryl Krasnick Warsh published Frances Oldham Kelsey, the FDA, and the Battle against Thalidomide, a biography of Kelsey
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Frances Oldham Kelsey
Frances Kathleen Oldham Kelsey was a Canadian-American pharmacologist and physician who had a 45-year career with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). As a reviewer, she refused to authorize thalidomide for market because she had concerns about the lack of evidence regarding the drug's safety. Her concerns proved to be justified when it was shown that thalidomide caused serious birth defec…
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science · Canadian-American physician and pharmacologist (1914–2015) · physician · pharmacologist · university teacher · also Frances Oldham Kelsey, Frances Kathleen Oldham Kelsey, Frances Kelsey, F. K. O. Kelsey, Kelsey
Born 24 July 1914 · Died 7 August 2015 · Q433352
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2024· 1 entry
2015· 3 entries
At the age of 101, less than 24 hours after Ontario's Lieutenant-Governor, Elizabeth Dowdeswell, visited her home to present her with the insignia of Member of the Order of Canada
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Died 2015-08-07.
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Awarded Member of the Order of Canada (2015).
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2012· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate presented by Vancouver Island University (2012).
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2010· 2 entries
Awarded FDA Kelsey Award (2010).
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The FDA presented Kelsey with the first Drug Safety Excellence Award and named the award after her, announcing that it would be given to one FDA staff member annually
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2006· 2 entries
Awarded Foremother Award (2006).
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– Foremother Award from the National Center for Health Research
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded National Women's Hall of Fame (2000).
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1995· 1 entry
When she was 81, the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research created a special position for her, Deputy for Scientific and Medical Affairs in the Office of Compliance
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1994· 2 entries
– Chosen as the namesake for Frances Kelsey Secondary School which opened in 1995
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The Frances Kelsey Secondary School in Mill Bay, British Columbia, was named in her honour
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1981· 1 entry
Awarded Society of Woman Geographers Outstanding Achievement Award (1981).
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1974· 1 entry
1991, and 1992; presentation, Founder's Day, St
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1962· 1 entry
Awarded President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service (1962).
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1960· 1 entry
Kelsey was hired by the FDA in Washington, D
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1954· 1 entry
Decided to take a position teaching pharmacology at the University of South Dakota, and moved with her husband and two daughters to Vermillion, South Dakota, where she taught until 1957
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1942· 1 entry
Like many other pharmacologists, Oldham was looking for a synthetic cure for malaria
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1938· 1 entry
Studied at University of Chicago, Doctor of Philosophy (1938).
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1935· 1 entry
Studied at McGill University, Master of Science (1935).
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1934· 1 entry
Studied at McGill University, Bachelor of Science (1934).
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1914· 1 entry
Born 1914-07-24.
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