Emőke Szathmáry

Emőke J.E. Szathmáry, CM OM FRSC (born January 25, 1944, in Hungary) is a physical anthropologist, specializing in the study of human genetics. Dr. Szathmáry served as the 10th President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of Manitoba, 1996–2008.

Emőke Jolán Erzsébet Szathmáry
Born	(1944-01-25) January 25, 1944 Hungary
Citizenship	Hungary Canada
Alma mater	University of Toronto, BA anthrop 1968, PhD anthrop 1974
Known for	genetics of the indigenous peoples of North America, focusing on the causes of type-2 diabetes, the genetic relationships within and between North American and Asian peoples, and the microevolution of subarctic and arctic populations. Her field research involved Ottawa, Ojibwa and Dogrib peoples in Ontario and the Northwest Territories.
Spouse	Dr George A Reilly ​ (m. 1974)​
Awards	LL.D.: Univ Toronto, 2001, York Univ, 2008 & McMaster Univ, 2008 D.Sc.(h.c.), Univ Western Ont, 2003 D.Litt. S, Univ St Michael's Coll, 2004 Franz Boas Distinguished Achievement Award, Hum Biol Assoc, 2007 Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100, Women's Executive Network, 2004 Order of Canada, Canada, 2003 Distinguished Lecturer, Amer Anthropol Assoc, 1998 Fellow of the AAAS, 1995 Fellow of the Arctic Institute of North America, 1989
Scientific career
Fields	physical anthropology human genetics
Institutions	Professor, Dept Med Genetics and Biochem, Univ Man, Winnipeg, 1996- Prof, Dept Antrop, Univ Man, Winnipeg, 1996- Pres & Vice Chancellor, Univ Man, Winnipeg, 1996–2008 prof biology, McMaster Univ, Hamilton, 1994–1996 prof antrop, McMaster Univ, Hamilton, 1994–1996 provost & vpres, McMaster Univ, Hamilton, 1994–1996 hon prof, Dept Zool, Univ Western Ont, London, 1989–1994 prof, Dept Antrop, Univ Western Ont, London, 1989–1994 dean, Fac Social Sci, Univ Western Ont, London, 1989–1994 assoc mem, Dept Biol, McMaster Univ, Hamilton, 1985–1988 chmn, Dept Antrop, McMaster Univ, Hamilton, 1985–1988 prof antrop, McMaster Univ, Hamilton, 1983–1988 assoc prof antrop, McMaster Univ, Hamilton, 1978–1983 asst prof antrop, McMaster Univ, Hamilton, 1975–1978 asst prof antrop, Univ Trent, Peterborough, 1974–1975 chair, Council Western Canada University Press 2007–2008 co-chmn, Adv Comm Diabetes, Man Min Health 2000–2003 exec Comm & bd Assoc Univ & Colls Canada 2000-200 JW Dafoe Found 1996–2008 Assoc Univ & Coll Canada 2007–2008 Manitoba Museum Found 1997–2006 Can Genet Dis Netwrk, 2003–2007 Prime Min Adv Com Sci & Tech 2005–2007 Ed-in-Chief Am J Physl Anthropol 1995–2001; Ybk Physl Anthropol 1987–1991 exec Comm Am Assoc Physl Anthropol 1987–1991, 1995–2001 Hum Biol Council, 1985–1989 pres Hum Biol Council, 1990- 1992 Can Assoc Physl Anthropol 1975–1979
Notes

Dr. Szathmáry's first administrative post was as chairman of the department of anthropology at McMaster University, a position she left to become Dean of the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Western Ontario. She left this position to serve as provost and vice-president (academic) at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, before going to her position at the University of Manitoba. Szathmáry was appointed a member of the Order of Canada in 2003. In 2004, she was named one of Canada's top 100 most powerful women by the Women's Executive Network and the Richard Ivey School of Business. In 2005, she was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. She was named also as a Distinguished Lecturer by the American Anthropological Association, which is the highest recognition given by the anthropological discipline for a lifetime of exemplary scholarship.

Publications (partial list)

• Prehistoric Mongoloid Dispersals, Takeru Akazawa (Editor), Emoke J. E. Szathmáry (Editor)
• Out of Asia: peopling the Americas and the Pacific, Journal of Pacific History, 1985, Robert Kirk, Emöke J. E. Szathmary, editors
• Szathmáry, Emőke J. E. (1993). "INVITED EDITORIAL – mtDNA and the Peopling of the Americas". Am. J. Hum. Genet. 53 (4): 793–799. PMC 1682381. PMID 7692724.
• Szathmáry (1981). "Genetic markers in Siberian and northern North American populations". Yearbook of Physical Anthropology. 24: 37–73. doi:10.1002/ajpa.1330240503.
• Szathmáry (1984). "Human biology of the arctic". Handbook of North American Indians: 64–71.
• Szathmáry, Emőke (1979). "Blood groups of Siberians, Eskimos, and subarctic and northwest coast indians: the problem of first origins and genetic relations". The First Americans: Origins, Affinities, and Adaptations.
• Szathmáry, Emöke J.E. (2011). "David Damas (1926–2010)". Arctic. 64 (1). Arctic Institute of North America: 125. doi:10.14430/arctic4091. Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-12-07. (obituary)
• Szathmáry, Emőke J. E. (22 October 2006). "Address to the Commemoration in Winnipeg of the 50th Anniversary of the Hungarian Uprising". Canada-Hungary Educational Foundation / Fondation éducative Canada-Hongrie (CHEF). Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2011-12-07.
• Little, Michael A.; Kennedy, Kenneth A. R. (eds.). Histories of American Physical Anthropology in the Twentieth Century. contributor
• Szathmary, J.E. (1986). "Diabetes in arctic and subarctic populations undergoing acculturation". Collegium Antropologium. 10: 145–158.
• Szathmary, J.E. (1990). "Diabetes in Amerindian populations: The Dogrib studies". In Swedlund, A.C.; Armelagos, G.J. (eds.). Disease in populations in transition. New York: Bergin & Garvey. pp. 75–103.
• Szathmary, J.E. (1994). "Non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus among aboriginal North Americans". Annual Review of Anthropology. 23: 457–482. doi:10.1146/annurev.anthro.23.1.457.
• Szathmary, J.E. (1994). "Factors that influence the onset of diabetes in Dogrib Indians of the Canadian Northwest Territories". In Joe, J.R.; Young, R.S. (eds.). Diabetes as a disease of civilization. Berlin: Moutoun de Gruyter. pp. 229–267.

Directorships (partial)

• International Institute for Sustainable Development
• Power Corporation of Canada, since 1999, Director, Member of Audit Committee and Member of Related Party & Conduct Review Committee
• Power Financial, since 1999
• Great-West Lifeco since 2006
• Can Credit Manag Found 2001-
• Univ Arctic 2007-
• St Boniface Gen Hosp, Manitoba 1996–2008
• Advanced Foods and Materials Network
• Canada Life Financial Corporation
• Great-West Life Capital Trust
• The Canada Life Assurance Company

External links

• Order of Canada Citation