Constance Jean Eaves OC FRSC FRS CorrFRSE (née Halperin; May 22, 1944 – March 7, 2024) was a Canadian biologist with significant contributions to cancer and stem cell research.
[4] She then pursued doctoral training at the Paterson Laboratories of the Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute and obtained a PhD from the University of Manchester in Great Britain in 1969.
Eaves did postdoctoral work on hematopoiesis at the Ontario Cancer Institute in Toronto, Canada, as a member of the research team of James Till and Ernest McCulloch.
[4] Her contributions to the professional and scholarly community include acting as the editor-in-chief of the journal Experimental Hematology,[5] in addition to serving as the president of the National Cancer Institute (Canada),[6] the associate scientific director of the Canadian Stem Cell Network,[6] and president of the International Society of Experimental Hematology.
Connie and Allen Eaves have made on global cancer research and treatment over the past 50 years, the BC Cancer Foundation has unveiled the inauguration of the Eaves Stem Cell Assay Laboratory to honor their enduring legacy.