Medical Genetics at McGill: The History of a Pioneering Research Group.
The McGill Group in Medical Genetics was formed in 1972, supported by the Medical Research Council and successor Canadian Institutes for Health Research until September 2009, making it the longest active biomedical research group in the history of Canada. We document the history of the McGill Group and situate its research within a broader history of medical genetics. Drawing on original oral histories with the Group's members, surviving documents, and archival materials, we explore how the Group's development was structured around epistemological trends in medical genetics, policy choices made by research agencies, and the development of genetics at McGill University and its hospitals.
Mental Health Commission of Canada.
Christopher
C
Canning
Department of Social Studies of Medicine, McGill University.
George
G
Weisz
Department of Social Studies of Medicine, McGill University.
Andrea
A
Tone
Department of Social Studies of Medicine McGill University.
Alberto
A
Cambrosio
McGill University; Université McGill; biomedical group research; groupe de recherche biomédicale; génétique humaine; histoire orale; human genetics; medical genetics; médecine génétique; oral history