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Julia Levy (born May 15, 1934) is a Canadian microbiologist, immunologist and entrepreneur. ==Life== The daughter of Guillaume Albert and Dorothy Frances Coppens, she was born Julia Coppens in Singapore. In 1941, her father sent her mother and his two daughters to Vancouver, British Columbia, where he joined them at the end of World War II after he was released from a Japanese prisoner of war camp.〔 She was educated in Canada and studied immunology and bacteriology at the University of British Columbia, earning a BA. Levy received a PhD in experimental pathology from the University of London in 1958. In 1959, she returned to the University of British Columbia as an assistant professor, later becoming full professor.〔 Her research led her and her colleagues to develop photodynamic therapy for treating cancer. In 1981, she founded a drug company Quadra Logic Technologies (later QLT PhotoTherapeutics). The drug Photofrin was approved by the Canadian government for treatment of cancer in 1993. She has expanded her methodology to treat AIDS, arthritis and age-related macular degeneration. Levy was named a fellow in the Royal Society of Canada in 1980, Pacific Canada Entrepreneur of the Year in 2000 and an Officer in the Order of Canada in 2001. She has received the Future of Vision Award from the Foundation Fighting Blindness, the Helen Keller Award for Contributions to Vision and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Columbia Biotechnology Association.〔〔 She married Edwin Levy; the couple had two children.〔 The Chemical Institute of Canada awards the Julia Levy Award for successful commercialization of innovation in the field of biomedical science and engineering.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Julia Levy Award )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Julia Levy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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