Eleanor Zaimis


Eleanor Christides Zaimis was a Greek-British academic who was professor at Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, often referred to as "Nora". She was the recipient of the 1959 Gairdner Foundation International Award for study of methonium compounds and other pharmacology contributions.
Zaimis was elected to the British Pharmacological Society .

Early life and education

Zaimis was born in Galați, Romania. She was educated at the Greek Gymnasium and graduated in medicine at the University of Athens in 1938.

Career

In 1947, she went to England as a British Council scholar. After working briefly as a research assistant in the department of pharmacology at Bristol University and later at the National Institute for Medical Research, she moved to the department of pharmacology at the school of pharmacy, University of London. In 1956, she was awarded the Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh.