Cora de Moura Pedreira (1915-2005)

Abstract

On April 7 th , 2005, the geneticist Cora de Moura Pedreira passed away at the age of 90 years, in Salvador, Bahia. Born in the inland of that State, Cora de Moura Pedreira moved to Salvador when she was still a child and graduated there in 1938 in Medico-Surgical Sciences from the School of Medicine of Bahia. She attended postgraduation courses in the fields of Biology, Medicine and Genetics, both in Brazil and abroad. Dr. Cora Pedreira's medical degree did not interfere with her interest in research in other fields besides Medicine. So, when the Institute of Biology of UFBA (The Federal University of Bahia) was created and a Laboratory of Human Genetics was set up there, the conditions had been established for her students to initiate research in this field. Thus, new researchers were formed in Bahia.