Eleanor Zaimis

Eleanor Christides Zaimis (16 June 1915 – 3 October 1982) was a Greek-British academic who was professor at Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, often referred to as "Nora".

[1] After graduating in medicine, she was an assistant to the professor of pharmacology at the University of Athens and she from 1945 she served on a committee for evaluating new antibiotics such as penicillin and streptomycin.

[7] In 1954, she was appointed as a reader and head of the pharmacology department at the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine.

[6] She was awarded a professorship by the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine in 1958 and she remained head of the department until her retirement in 1980.

[6] In 1962, she was awarded the Cross of Commander of the Greek Order of Benevolence and in 1968, she received the NP Kravkov pharmacology medal from the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences.