Found scientists matching all category, all region, female gender.
Maude AbbottPathologist. Developed a classification system for congenital heart diseases |
 Medicine |
Gail Andersonentomology, insects, forensics, crime |
 Biology |
Patricia A. BairdPast Chair, Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies and key scientist in the current discussion on the ethical and social policy implications of genetic knowledge. |
Biology |
Helen Irene BattlePioneered the idea of using fish eggs to study the effects of cancer causing substances on cell growth. |
Biology |
Helen BelyeaThe only female geologist allowed to work in the field by the Geological Survey until 1970 |
 Earth |
Edith BerkelyExpert in the field of polychaete taxonomy |
Biology |
Roberta Lynn BondarFirst Canadian woman astronaut in space |
 Physics |
Gabrielle L. BoulianneNeurobiologist who has used the common fruit fly as a model to study aging and human neurodegenerative diseases such as Lou Gehrig's disease and Alzheimer's. |
Biology |
Gladys BoydOne of first doctors to treat diabetic children with insulin |
Medicine |
Harriet BrooksCanada’s first female nuclear physicist |
Physics |
Elizabeth CannonGeomatics Engineer and world expert in the research and development of satellite navigation tools using GPS |
 Mathematics |
Kathy ConlanAn expert in understanding the weird and wonderful world of marine creatures that live deep under the Arctic ice. |
Biology |
Carrie M. DerickPioneered work in heredity |
Biology |
Jean DowOne of the first researchers to isolate the organism which causes Kala-azar disease |
Medicine |
Moira Isobel DunbarPioneer of Arctic sea-ice research and the first woman to conduct scientific observations on Canadian icebreakers |
Earth |
Memory Elvin-LewisEthnobotanist and Infectious Disease Microbiologist: Dr. Elvin-Lewis is an expert on evaluating traditional medicines and their use. |
Biology |
Leone N. FarrellPioneered a key laboratory technique that led to the creation of the Salk polio vaccine. |
Biology |
Sylvia FedorukMedical physicist; Member of the team that developed the first Cobalt 60 units for cancer treatment |
Physics |
Dusanka FilipovicDeveloped method to reclaim Chlorinated FlouroCarbons (CFC) refrigerants. |
 Engineering |
Charlotte FischerInternationally recognized for her software for calculating atomic structure, and for research in atomic structure theory. |
Physics |
Ursula FranklinPioneered the physics of ancient archeological materials |
Physics |
Biruté GaldikasWorld’s foremost authority on orangutans |
Biology |
Bernice GrafsteinA world expert on nerve cells |
Biology |
Judith G. HallExpert in congenital birth defects specializing in dwarfism and other genetic factors affecting children's growth. |
Medicine |
Maria Daria HaustEstablished paediatric pathology as a distinct subspecialty |
Medicine |
Marion HilliardFamous Doctor Obstetrician Developed a simplified method for detecting cervix cancer |
Medicine |
Helen Battles Hogg-PriestleyResearched globular star clusters and popularized astronomy |
Physics |
Catherine KallinPhysicist: Contributed to the theory of high temperature superconductors |
Physics |
Geraldine Kenney-WallaceFounded the first ultrafast laser laboratory at a Canadian university |
Physics |
Doreen KimuraBehavioural Psychologist World expert on sex differences in the brain. Wrote the book Sex & Cognition, which argues that there truly is a difference between male and female brains. |
Medicine |
Cecilia KriegerFirst woman to earn Doctorate in Mathematics from Canadian university. |
Mathematics |
Elizabeth Rebecca LairdPhysicist; among the first to study X-rays |
Physics |
Julia LevyCo-discovered photodynamic anti-cancer and ophthalmology drugs, co-founder of the company QLT Inc. |
Biology |
Maude MentenBiochemist: Developed the Michaelis-Menten equation for enzyme kinetics |
Biology |
Freda MillerDiscovered that stem cells could be harvested from human adult skin and that they could be used to grow nerve cells that could potentially help people with spinal cord injuries or Parkinson's disease. |
Biology |
Cathleen Synge MorawetzPioneering advances in partial differential equations and wave propagation math used in aerodynamics, acoustics and optics |
Mathematics |
Evelyn Merle Roden NelsonTalented algebraist whose vigorous career in mathematics was cut short by cancer. |
Mathematics |
Margaret NewtonPlant Pathologist: Expert in wheat stem rust |
Biology |
Alice Virginia PayneContributed to mineral and petroleum geology, encouraged women to pursue career in science |
Engineering |
Vera PetersPioneer in Psychosocial Oncology |
Medicine |
Evelyn C. PielouBiologist: Invented mathematical ecology |
Biology |
Isabella PrestonAuthority on plant hybridization, especially of lilies. |
Biology |
Janet RossantA world leader in developmental biology |
Biology |
Martha Eva SalcudeanInternationally recognized expert in computational fluid dynamics, Canada's first female head of a university engineering department |
Engineering |
Maria Anna StuchlyAn internationally respected authority in the field of bioelectromagnetics |
Engineering |
Shirley Marie TilghmanMolecular biologist; conducted pioneering research on the role genes play in the development of the mammalian embryo. |
Biology |
Eva TurleyDiscoverer of key role that hyaluronic acid plays in cell migration, and mechanisms that start and stop cancer growth. |
Biology |
Irene Ayako UchidaWorld-famous Down syndrome researcher |
Biology |
Anne UnderhillFirst Canadian woman astrophysicist |
Physics |
Norma Ford WalkerDeveloped dermatoglyphics, the study of skin patterns on the hands and feet. |
Biology |
Mary Anne WhiteDeveloped a new class of heat absorbing chemicals |
Engineering |
Alice WilsonFirst woman geologist in Canada, expert in paleozoic formations |
Earth |
Sandra WitelsonNeuroscience, biological basis for cognition in male and femal brains |
Medicine |
