of genetic susceptibility to common diseases: the case for regulation. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. Personal life She married Robert Merrifield Baird in 1964. Together, they had three children, Jennifer, Brian and Bruce Baird. References 1939 births Living people English geneticists British expatriates in Canada Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Members of the Order of British Columbia McGill University Faculty of Medicine alumni Officers of the Order of Canada People from Lytham St Annes University of British Columbia faculty British women biologists Women geneticists English women scientists Canadian women academics 20th-century Canadian women scientists 20th-century British women scientists 21st-century British women scientists 20th-century English women 20th-century English people 21st-century English women 21st-century English people 21st-century Canadian women scientists