Barbara Heslop Explained

Barbara Heslop
Birth Date:26 January 1925
Birth Place:Auckland, New Zealand
Death Place:Dunedin, New Zealand
Nationality:New Zealand
Field:Pathology, Immunology
Alma Mater:University of Otago
Work Institutions:University of Otago
Spouse:John Heslop

Barbara Farnsworth Heslop (née Cupit, 26 January 1925 – 20 December 2013) was a New Zealand immunologist specialising in transplantation immunology and immunogenetics.

Biography

Born in Auckland, Heslop was educated at Epsom Girls' Grammar School from 1938 to 1941[1] [2] and then attended the University of Otago, graduating MB ChB in 1949[3] and MD in 1954.[4]

She married surgeon John Herbert Heslop, noted for his work on skin carcinogenesis.[5] They had two daughters: Helen, a transplant scientist;[6] and Hilary, a food specialist.

Heslop gained recognition in the medical community for both her research and her teaching, at a time when women scientists were scarce. She was made a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) for services to surgical sciences in 1975. In 1990, in honour of her research achievements she was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand[7] mainly based on her publications on allogeneic lymphocyte cytotoxicity (a natural killer cell mediated phenomenon). The same year, she and her husband John Heslop were joint recipients of the Sir Louis Barnett Medal awarded by the RACS.

In the 1991 New Year Honours, Heslop was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to medical education.

Heslop died in Dunedin in 2013.[8]

In 2017, Heslop was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "150 women in 150 words", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand.[9]

Heslop Medal

To commemorate Heslop's work and that of her husband, John Heslop, the Heslop Medal was established by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2004 to recognise and reward outstanding contributions to the Board of Basic Surgical Education and Training and its committees.[10]

Selected publications

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Notes and References

  1. News: Scholarships won . 26 March 1942 . Auckland Star . 6 March 2014 . 8.
  2. July 2014 . Obituaries . Newsletter . Epsom Girls Grammar School Old Girls Association . 11 . 6 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150114193508/http://eggs.school.nz/uploaded/file/OGA%20News%20July%202014.pdf . 14 January 2015 . dead .
  3. Web site: NZ university graduates 1870–1961: Co–Cu . shadowsoftime.co.nz/ . 6 August 2014.
  4. Web site: NZ university graduates 1870–1961: Ha–He . shadowsoftime.co.nz/ . 6 August 2014.
  5. Web site: Heslop, John Herbert and Heslop Barbara . 1 August 2012 . thecommunityarchive.org.nz/ . National Register of Archives and Manuscripts . 6 March 2014.
  6. Web site: Alert Newsletter: Issue 153 . 9 November 2000 . royalsociety.org.nz/ . Royal Society of New Zealand . 6 March 2014.
  7. Web site: Current Fellows « Fellowship « The Academy « Our Organisation « Royal Society of New Zealand . Royalsociety.org.nz . 4 March 2014.
  8. Web site: Cemeteries search – Dunedin City Council . www.dunedin.govt.nz/ . Dunedin City Council . 6 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923221019/http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries_search?recordid=178665&type=Cremation . 23 September 2015 . dead .
  9. Web site: Barbara Heslop. 2021-05-10. Royal Society Te Apārangi.
  10. Web site: Heslop Medal . February 2008 . surgeons.org/ . Royal Australasian College of Surgeons . 6 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140304192602/http://www.surgeons.org/media/302904/2013-10-29_pol_rel-pcs-032_heslop_medal.pdf . 4 March 2014 . dmy-all .

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