Margaret Lock, the Marjorie Bronfman Professor Emerita in Social Studies in Medicine, is the 2007 recipient of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Gold Medal for Achievement in Research. The Council’s top award, representing $100,000 in research funding, recognizes her 30-year commitment to studying the relationships among culture, emerging bioscientific technology and the body. Lock has helped shape medical ethics policy and medical student education, with her work exploring the social implications of biomedical technologies such as organ transplants, reproductive technology and genetic testing. Her current research focuses on the social repercussions of advances in genetics, particularly in relation to Alzheimer’s disease.