{{Short description|British-born American biologist and pediatrician}} {{distinguish|Frank Faulkner (disambiguation){{!}}Frank Faulkner}} {{Infobox scientist | honorific_prefix = | name = Frank Falkner | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = <!--(filename only, i.e. without "File:" prefix)--> | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Frank Tardrew Falkner | birth_date = {{birth date|1918|10|27}} | birth_place = Hale, Cheshire, England | death_date = {{death date and age |2003|08|21|1918|10|27}} | death_place = Berkeley, California, United States | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!--{{coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}--> | other_names = | siglum = | pronounce = | citizenship = <!-- use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT --> | fields = Pediatrics | workplaces = Great Ormond Street Hospital<br>University of Louisville School of Medicine<br>National Institute of Child Health and Human Development<br>Georgetown University<br>University of Cincinnati<br>University of Michigan | patrons = | education = University of Cambridge | alma_mater = | thesis_title = <!--(or | thesis1_title = and | thesis2_title = )--> | thesis_url = <!--(or | thesis1_url = and | thesis2_url = )--> | thesis_year = <!--(or | thesis1_year = and | thesis2_year = )--> | doctoral_advisor = <!--(or | doctoral_advisors = )--> | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = Child development | influences = | influenced = | awards = | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | spouse = {{marriage|June Madeleine Dixon|1948}}<ref name="rcp">{{Cite web |title=Frank Tardew Falkner |url=https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/inspiring-physicians/frank-tardew-falkner |access-date=2021-12-16 |website=RCP Museum}}</ref> | partner = <!--(or | partners = )--> | children = Sally Letzer<br>Michael Falkner<ref name="rcp"/><ref>{{Cite news |date=2003-09-05 |title=Frank Falkner -- world renowned pediatrician |language=en-US |work=San Francisco Chronicle |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Frank-Falkner-world-renowned-pediatrician-2591442.php |access-date=2021-12-16}}</ref> | parents = | father = Ernest William Frank Falkner<ref name="rcp"/> | mother = Ethel Sommerville Letten<ref name="rcp"/> | relatives = | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = | website = <!--{{URL|www.example.com}}--> | footnotes = }}
'''Frank Tardrew Falkner''' {{post-nominals|country=GB|FRCP|MRCP|MRCS}}<ref name="rcp"/> (October 27, 1918 – August 21, 2003) was a British-born American biologist and pediatrician known for his expertise on child development.<ref name="berkeley"/><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Cameron |first=Noël |date=May 2004 |title=Frank Tardrew Falkner: Human biologist and paediatrician 27 October 1918 to 21 August 2003 |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03014460410001704924 |journal=Annals of Human Biology |language=en |volume=31 |issue=3 |pages=279–281 |doi=10.1080/03014460410001704924 |s2cid=72421867 |issn=0301-4460|url-access=subscription }}</ref> After graduating from the University of Cambridge with a medical degree in 1945, he worked at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, England, prior to joining the faculty of the University of Louisville School of Medicine in January 1956. He remained on the faculty of the University of Louisville until 1968, initially serving as an assistant professor of child health there, and eventually rising to chair their Department of Pediatrics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Collection: Frank Falkner papers |url=https://archivescatalog.library.louisville.edu/repositories/3/resources/945 |access-date=2021-12-16 |website=U of L Archives Catalog}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=1955-10-01 |title=News and Comment |url=http://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/archpedi.1955.04030010453008 |journal=Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine |language=en |volume=90 |issue=4 |pages=451 |doi=10.1001/archpedi.1955.04030010453008 |issn=1072-4710|url-access=subscription }}</ref> While on the faculty of this university, he started the Louisville Twin Study in 1957.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Beam |first1=Christopher R. |last2=Turkheimer |first2=Eric |last3=Finkel |first3=Deborah |last4=Levine |first4=Morgan E. |last5=Zandi |first5=Ebrahim |last6=Guterbock |first6=Thomas M. |last7=Giangrande |first7=Evan J. |last8=Ryan |first8=Lesa |last9=Pasquenza |first9=Natalie |last10=Davis |first10=Deborah Winders |date=March 2020 |title=Midlife Study of the Louisville Twins: Connecting Cognitive Development to Biological and Cognitive Aging |journal=Behavior Genetics |language=en |volume=50 |issue=2 |pages=73–83 |doi=10.1007/s10519-019-09983-6 |issn=0001-8244 |pmc=7033012 |pmid=31820295}}</ref> He joined the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development as program director, later becoming an associate director there.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2003-09-05 |title=Frank T. Falkner, 84; Professor, Expert on Pediatric Growth |language=en-US |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-sep-05-me-passing5.3-story.html |access-date=2021-12-16}}</ref> In 1970, he became director of the Fels Longitudinal Study of Physical Growth and Development at the Fels Research Institute. He then served on the faculties of Georgetown University, the University of Cincinnati, and the University of Michigan before joining the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley and University of California, San Francisco in 1981. He was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences in 1985. His positions within the University of California system included serving as chair of the Department of Social and Administrative Health Sciences from 1983 to 1987 and of the Maternal and Child Health Program from 1981 to 1989, both at the University of California, Berkeley. He also held a joint appointment in the department of pediatrics in the University of California, Berkeley, and helped to create the Joint Health and Medical Sciences Program connecting the two campuses. He died in his sleep on August 21, 2003, at his home in Berkeley, California, after suffering from prostate cancer.<ref name="berkeley">{{Cite web |last=Yang |first=Sarah |date=2003-09-03 |title=Dr. Frank Falkner, world-renowned child growth expert, dies at 84 |url=https://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2003/09/03_falkner.shtml |access-date=2021-12-15 |website=www.berkeley.edu}}</ref>
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