Bartha Knoppers, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Bartha Knoppers

Canadian lawyer and scientist

Date of Birth: 26-May-1951

Place of Birth: Hilversum, North Holland, Netherlands

Profession: jurist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Bartha Knoppers

  • Bartha Maria Knoppers, (born May 26, 1951) is a Canadian lawyer and an expert on the ethical aspects of genetics, genomics and biotechnology. Born in Hilversum, Netherlands, she received a Bachelor of Arts (French and English Literature) from McMaster University, a Diploma of Legal Studies from University of Cambridge, a Master of Arts degree in comparative literature from the University of Alberta in 1972, a Bachelor of Civil Law degree from McGill University in 1981 (where she was selected as an Executive Editor for the McGill Law Journal), a Doctorate of Laws from the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne in 1985.From 2001 to 2009, She held the Canada Research Chair in Law and Medicine at the Université de Montréal.
  • She is also a counsel at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP .
  • In 2009, she was hired as a Full Professor in McGill University's Department of Human Genetics.
  • She is the chairman of the International Ethics Committee of the Human Genome Project.
  • Knoppers is the lead author of the Stem Cell Charter. In June 2015, she joined the global life sciences and healthcare team of Norton Rose Fulbright as a senior advisor, and is based out of their Montréal office.

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