1995-Present

Medical Historian/ Health Heritage Consultant & Owner of HEALTH HERITAGE RESEARCH SERVICES, which has provided a variety of research, consultative and creative services for the following clients...

Historical Research, Archival and Creative Consultant

Sanofi Pasteur Limited (Connaught Campus), Toronto, ON (formerly Connaught Medical Research Laboratories, University of Toronto (1914-1972))

Public Affairs/ Public Policy, Communications, Library Services, Marketing, Human Resources, Quality Assurance, Industrial Operations and Facilities Management Departments

• Historical research, writing and consulting on the development, production and evaluation of vaccines, such as polio, pertussis, smallpox, influenza and diphtheria, and other biological products, including combination vaccines, insulin and heparin, for reports, presentations, exhibits and published articles
• Produce, design and manage traveling multimedia historical exhibits, ie: “The Challenge of Whooping Cough: Canada and the Development of Pertussis Vaccines” (2006) and “Conquering the Crippler: Canada’s Role in the Fight Against Polio” (2005) at conferences, hospitals, medical schools and science centres across Canada, and develop and present accompanying PowerPoint presentations to a variety of audiences.
• Developing historical content related to general corporate history of Connaught Laboratories, its products and its key role in the development of public health in Canada and internationally for use in exhibits, presentations, publications, intranet and internet web sites, and towards a proposed museum
• Cataloguing of archival documents and digitization of images, films and artifacts and developing a Digital Image Library
• Facilitating the application of archival images and other items internally and for external clients and organizations, including the media, government and individuals

For more on the history of Connaught Laboratories see:

• C.J. Rutty, "Personality, Politics and Public Health: The Origins of Connaught Medical Research Laboratories, 1888-1917," in E.A. Heaman, Alison Li, Shelley McKellar (eds.) Figuring the Social: Essays in Honour of Michael Bliss (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008), p. 273-303 - More Info at U of T Press | PDF of article
• The Canadian History section of the Sanofi Pasteur Limited website: sanofipasteur.ca

2009-2010

Researcher, Writer, Historical Consultant

Canadian Public Health Association, Centenary History Book Project

• Preparing comprehensive book-length manuscript tracing the history of public health in Canada from highlighting its pre-Confederation roots and tracing the story from 1867 through 1986 and the launching of "The New Public Health" in 1986. Book to be published in June 2010

2008

Researcher, Writer, Designer, Exhibit Curator

"Insulin in Toronto: Discovery, Development and Diabetes Control, 1921-23," Toronto General Hospital, Diabetes Clinic, 12th Floor, Eaton Wing

• Developing 16-poster exhibit showcasing the discovery and early development of insulin in Toronto

2007-2008

Researcher, Writer, Historical Consultant

Canadian Nurses Association

• Preparing book manuscript for 100^th anniversary of CNA

2007-2008

Researcher, Writer, Historical Consultant

Public Health Agency of Canada

• Assisted with development of report/ poster entitled, "Back To The Future: Poliomyelitis. A Public Health Scenario Development Project," which investigated the question: What would it be like in Canada today if polio vaccines had not been developed and polio not eradicated?

2006-2007

Researcher, Writer, Historical Consultant

Sanofi Aventis Canada

• Prepared report on history of insulin prices in Canada
• Report published in Canadian Bulletin of Medical History in 2008

2004-Present 

Researcher and Historical Consultant

 Veteran’s Affairs, Canada

• Providing historical background on history of polio with reference to specific individuals who contracted polio during their military service and who are now seeking additional benefits after developing post-polio syndrome in recent years.

2002 Consultant, Researcher Public Affairs, Archives, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON Facitiating digitization and application of archival images for use externally and internally

2002 Researcher, Writer MaRS (Medical and Related Sciences) Discovery District, Toronto, ON Prepared report on the history of Toronto General Hospital's College Wing building, entitled "From 'The Ward' to Discovery District: 101 College Street: At the Heart of Canada's Health Care Heritage,"

1995-2002

Researcher and Historical Consultant
Dr. Charles Hayter, Kingston Regional Cancer Centre, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Oncology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON

Conducting primary archival research across Canada and literature search for book by Dr. Charles Hayter, An Element of Hope: Radium and the Response to Cancer in Canada (Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005) - More info here

Developing project and grant proposals

Assisted with revisions of book manuscript for submission to McGill-Queen's University Press

Published Article:
Charles R.R. Hayter, "Historical Origins of Current Problems in Cancer Control", CMAJ, 158 (June 30, 1998): 1735-40

2001

Researcher
Alan Jackson and James Bailey book project, The Organs of Toronto (to be published Fall 2001)

Contacting Churches about their pipe organs, researching organ histories, collecting documentation

2000-01

• Research & Writer, Special Features Articles
  McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Grade 11 Science textbook Don Galbraith (et al.), Biology 11 (Toronto, McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2001):

• "Global Heroes: Banting and Best Discover Insulin" (p. 70)
• "Bioinformatics" (p. 172)
• "Pioneer Cytogeneticist" (p. 228)
• "Immunologist" (p. 548)
  

1998-99 Biographical Researcher & Writer Dr. J.K.W. Ferguson, Thornhill, ON "'Even A Better Man Than He Thought He Was:' Dr. James Kenneth Wallace Ferguson: A Practical Portrait of A Canadian Medical Researcher, Part I: 1907-1955." "'I'd Rather Burn Out Than Rust Out:' James Young Ferguson, Hospital Building and Missionary Medicine in Formosa, 1905-1922" forthcoming article about founder of Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (1912), and major player in building of Toronto East General Hospital, Toronto, ON

1999

Researcher & Historical Consultant
Dr Christianne Sinding, Centre de Recherche Médecine, Sciences, Santé et Société, Paris, France

Collecting archival and secondary materials related to the history of insulin

1998-99

Researcher & Historical Consultant
Professor P.M.H. Mazumdar, Institute for the History & Philisophy of Science & Technology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Tetanus Antitoxin & the League of Nations Serum Standardization

1998-99

Researcher & Historical Consultant
Professor Alison Li, Department of Science & Technology Studies, York University, Toronto, ON

Biographical Research on Dr. E.W. McHenry (1899-1961)

The Discovery of Insulin, Popular Representations

History of the Medical Research Council

1997-99 Author and Historical Consultant St. Mary's General Hospital, Kitchener, ON A Circle of Care: St. Mary's General Hospital: 75 Years of Caring (Kitchener, St. Mary's General Hospital, 1999) View Chapter 1 extract (pdf file)

1999 Researcher & Historical Consultant Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Collecting and summarizing archival materials related to early history of Mackay Memorial Hospital from Canadian Presbyterian Church missionary sources

1999

Researcher & Historical Consultant
Inhale Therapeutic Systems, San Carlos, California

Collecting package of primary and secondary sources on impact of 1955 Salk vaccine "Cutter Crisis" on Good Manufacturing Practices in health care industry

1999 Image Research & Supply Function Thru Form, New York City Supplying of discovery of insulin archival image for McGraw-Hill Science textbook 1998 Image Research and Supply American Heritage, Forbes Inc., New York, NY "The Conquest of Diabetes," by J.M. Fenster, in American Heritage of Invention & Technology 14 (3) (Winter 1999): 48-55

1998

Researcher and Historical Consultant
Sault Area Hospitals, Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Conducted primary archival research for the 100th anniversary history of Sault Ste. Marie General Hospital, Ask the Grey Sisters: Sault Ste. Marie and the General Hospital, 1898-1998 (Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1998), by Elizabeth Isles

1997

Bibliographic Researcher
Dr. Charles G. Roland, Hannah Chair for the History of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON

Conducted a literature search for recent Canadian medical history publications for Secondary Sources in the History of Canadian Medicine: A Bibliography, Second Edition

1997

Writer
Ken Eklund Communications, San Jose, CA

Wrote a summary of polio history for "Arctica" Science Mystery Online

1996-97

Biographical Researcher and Writer
Canadian Medical Hall of Fame, London, ON

Researched and summarized biographical information on nominees and 1997 inductees

1996-97 Research, Writing and Creative Design Consultant Canadian Marketing Dept, Novo Nordisk A/S Created and produced a 75th anniversary reprint package of the First Banting & Best Insulin paper

1995

Researcher and Historical Consultant
Professor James Marcum, Dept. of Biology, Houghton College, Houghton, NY

Conducted archival research and oral history for a history of heparin book project

1994

Researcher
Hannah Institute for the History of Medicine Medical/ Health Archives Policy Project
J.T.H. Connor, Supervisor

Surveyed Canadian pharmaceutical and related companies and volunteer health organizations about their archival collections

1993

Research Consultant
CBC Television, William Cobban, Producer

Collected material and advised on a polio history documentary, "Conquering the Crippler," "Prime Time News: Magazine," first aired Dec 7, 1993