Kenneth M. Brinkhous
Obituary of Kenneth M. Brinkhous, the UNC pathologist and blood-clotting researcher, who died in Chapel Hill in December 2000 at 92.
Included because: Catalog heading in the OpenAlex record: Brinkhous, Kenneth M., 1908-2000.
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Kenneth M. Brinkhous
Kenneth M. Brinkhous (1908–2000) chaired the Department of Pathology at the UNC School of Medicine in Chapel Hill from 1946 to 1973. A leading researcher on bleeding and clotting disorders, he pioneered means of controlling hemophilia, and the Brinkhous-Bullitt Building was named in 1983 for him and his predecessor.
Also found in catalogs as K. M. (Kenneth Merle) Brinkhous.
1908–2000 · Dates from the Library of Congress · On the Friends’ Local Authors roster as K. M. Brinkhous → · Library of Congress authority record ↗
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- Kenneth M. Brinkhous chairs the UNC Department of Pathology Brinkhous succeeded James B. Bullitt as chair of pathology at the UNC School of Medicine in 1946 and held the post until 1973, building a research program in thrombosis and hemostasis. His department invented the partial thromboplastin time (PTT) test used in clinical laboratories. People: James Bell Bullitt Place: Chapel Hill · Also mentions: UNC School of MedicineSearch the index · UNC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine: Department History
- Brinkhous begins research on dogs that carry hemophilia Brinkhous began studying canine carriers of hemophilia in 1947. The work led to the laboratory now called the Francis Owen Blood Research Laboratory and to UNC's hemophilia research and treatment center. Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · UNC Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center: History and Mission
- James Webb designs a house on Dogwood Drive for Kenneth and Frances Brinkhous Architect James Webb designed a one-story Contemporary house with wood-shingled walls, deep eaves and a walkout basement on a steep lot at 524 Dogwood Drive for pathologist Kenneth Brinkhous and his wife Frances. People: James M. Webb Place: 524 Dogwood Drive, Chapel Hill · Also named: Frances BrinkhousSearch the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: West Chapel Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase), National Register nomination (OR2769, 2019), Section 7 p. 27 · Also: Chapel Hill News Leader, April 4, 1955, p. 4
- UNC is chosen as one of five national centers for thrombosis research The National Heart and Lung Institute named the University one of five sites for a Specialized Center for Research in Thrombosis, with a five-year grant of $1,754,885 to study the prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of blood clots. Pathology chairman Dr. Kenneth M. Brinkhous was principal investigator, with the medicine, dentistry and public health schools and Duke's biomedical engineering department taking part. People: Kenneth M. Brinkhous Place: School of Medicine, UNC, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, July 22, 1971, p. 12
- The Brinkhous-Bullitt Building is named for two pathology chairs The University named its 1973 pathology building for Kenneth M. Brinkhous and his predecessor James B. Bullitt, who between them chaired the Department of Pathology from 1913 to 1973. People: James Bell Bullitt Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · Carolina Story: Kenneth M Brinkhous (1908-2000) and James B. Bullitt (1874-1964) and Brinkhous-Bullitt Building
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Kenneth M. Brinkhous, MD
JAMA's obituary of Kenneth M. Brinkhous, chair of pathology at UNC from 1946 to 1973, who worked in the building named for him and died at home in Chapel Hill.
Included because: Catalog heading in the OpenAlex record: Brinkhous, Kenneth M., 1908-2000.
Bleeder dogs and the framing of hemophilia management : from dismal prospects to potent medicine in the laboratory of Kenneth Brinkhous, M.D., 1930-1960
A 1997 thesis by Stephen Gregory Pemberton on hemophilia research in the laboratory of Kenneth M. Brinkhous at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between 1930 and 1960, and the dogs named in its title. Topics include hemophilia, dogs as laboratory animals and the history of the university's Department of Pathology. Bibliography on leaves 78 to 88.
Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Brinkhous, K. M. (Kenneth Merle), 1908-2000.
Journey
Memoir by Robert K. Massie and Suzanne Massie about raising their son Robert, who had hemophilia, published by Knopf in New York in 1975. Pages 262 to 290 discuss Kenneth M. Brinkhous, the pathologist in the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina whose work centered on hemophilia.
Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Brinkhous, K. M. (Kenneth Merle), 1908-2000.
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- Kenneth Merle Brinkhous, M.D. 1908-2000 A memorial by two UNC pathologists in the American Journal of Pathology, 2001.
- Presentation of the Gold Headed Cane to Kenneth M. Brinkhous The 1981 award presentation in the American Journal of Pathology.
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