21 Facts About Maud Menten

Maud Leonora Menten was a Canadian physician and chemist.

Maud Menten is primarily known for her work with Leonor Michaelis on enzyme kinetics in 1913.

Maud Menten was among the first women in Canada to earn a medical doctorate.

Since women were not allowed to participate in research in Canada at the time, Menten looked elsewhere to continue her work.

Maud Menten's dissertation was entitled "The Alkalinity of the Blood in Malignancy and Other Pathological Conditions; Together with Observations on the Relation of the Alkalinity of the Blood to Barometric Pressure".

Maud Menten joined the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh in 1923 and remained there until her retirement in 1950.

Maud Menten became an assistant professor and then an associate professor in the School of Medicine and was the head of pathology at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Maud Menten's family moved to Harrison Mills, British Columbia, where her mother worked as a postmistress.

Maud Menten wanted to further her medical research, but found that opportunities for women in Canada were scarce at the time.

Maud Menten worked as an intern at the New York Infirmary for Women and Children.

In 1912, Maud Menten returned to medical research, working with renowned surgeon George Crile, in whose honour the Crile crater on the Moon is named.

Maud Menten became attracted to early work of Michaelis in enzyme kinetics.

Maud Menten characterised bacterial toxins from B paratyphosus, Streptococcus scarlatina, and Salmonella ssp.

Maud Menten conducted the first electrophoretic separation of blood haemoglobin proteins in 1944.

Maud Menten worked on the properties of hemoglobin, regulation of blood sugar level, and kidney function.

Maud Menten continued to work on cancer, especially in children, as well as other illnesses of children.

Maud Menten drove a Model T Ford through the University of Pittsburgh area for some 32 years and enjoyed many adventurous and artistic hobbies.

Maud Menten played the clarinet, created paintings worthy of art exhibitions, climbed mountains, went on an Arctic expedition, and enjoyed astronomy.

Maud Menten was an inspiring teacher who stimulated medical students, resident physicians, and research associates to their best efforts.

Maud Menten was honored at the University of Toronto with a plaque.

Port Lambton, Canada, where Maud Menten was born, installed a commemorative bronze plaque about her in 2015.