Bernardo Alberto Houssay was an Argentine physiologist. source
Bernardo Alberto Houssay was an Argentine physiologist.
Bernardo Houssay was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on April 10, 1887. source
Bernardo Houssay was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on April 10, 1887.
A 1947 Nobel Prize winner, Bernardo Houssay is known for his research on the role that pituitary hormones play in sugar metabolism. source
A 1947 Nobel Prize winner, Bernardo Houssay is known for his research on the role that pituitary hormones play in sugar metabolism.
Bernardo Houssay was the first Latin American and Argentine to receive the Nobel Prize. source
Bernardo Houssay was the first Latin American and Argentine to receive the Nobel Prize.
Bernardo Houssay was admitted to the Pharmacy School at the University of Buenos Aires at 14 years of age. source
Bernardo Houssay was admitted to the Pharmacy School at the University of Buenos Aires at 14 years of age.
While a third year medical student,Bernardo Houssay took up a post as a research and teaching assistant in the Chair of Physiology. source
While a third year medical student,Bernardo Houssay took up a post as a research and teaching assistant in the Chair of Physiology.
After graduating, Bernardo Houssay quickly developed and presented his M.D. thesis on the physiological activities of pituitary extracts, published in 1911, a theme he would pursue for the rest of his scientific career. source
After graduating, Bernardo Houssay quickly developed and presented his M.D. thesis on the physiological activities of pituitary extracts, published in 1911, a theme he would pursue for the rest of his scientific career.
Since 1908 Bernardo Houssay was already an assistant lecturer in the same department, and immediately after his doctorate he took up the post of Professor of Physiology in the University's School of Veterinary Medicine. source
Since 1908 Bernardo Houssay was already an assistant lecturer in the same department, and immediately after his doctorate he took up the post of Professor of Physiology in the University's School of Veterinary Medicine.
Simultaneously, Bernardo Houssay started a private practice and as assistant physician at the municipal hospital of Buenos Aires. source
Simultaneously, Bernardo Houssay started a private practice and as assistant physician at the municipal hospital of Buenos Aires.
In 1913 Bernardo Houssay became Chief Physician at the Alvear Hospital, and, in 1915, Chief of the Section of Experimental Pathology at the National Public Health Laboratories in Buenos Aires. source
In 1913 Bernardo Houssay became Chief Physician at the Alvear Hospital, and, in 1915, Chief of the Section of Experimental Pathology at the National Public Health Laboratories in Buenos Aires.
Bernardo Houssay married a chemist named Maria Angelica Catan in 1920. source
Bernardo Houssay married a chemist named Maria Angelica Catan in 1920.
Bernardo Houssay demonstrated in the 1930s the diabetogenic effect anterior hypophysis extracts and the decrease in diabetes severity with anterior hypophysectomy. source
Bernardo Houssay demonstrated in the 1930s the diabetogenic effect anterior hypophysis extracts and the decrease in diabetes severity with anterior hypophysectomy.
Bernardo Houssay published more than 600 scientific ok papers and several specialized books. source
Bernardo Houssay published more than 600 scientific ok papers and several specialized books.
Besides the Nobel, Bernardo Houssay won many distinctions and awards from the Universities of Harvard, Cambridge, Oxford and Paris and 15 other universities. source
Besides the Nobel, Bernardo Houssay won many distinctions and awards from the Universities of Harvard, Cambridge, Oxford and Paris and 15 other universities.
Bernardo Houssay was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 1943. source
Bernardo Houssay was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 1943.
Bernardo Houssay was also very active as a scientific leader and promoter of the advancement of scientific research and medical education, in Argentina as well as in Latin America. source
Bernardo Houssay was also very active as a scientific leader and promoter of the advancement of scientific research and medical education, in Argentina as well as in Latin America.
