Editing Casimir Funk (section)

==Legacy==
Funk's [[Academy|academic]] career is noted to have included serving at the [[Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine]] within [[London]], England and the [[Pasteur Institute]] within [[Paris]], France while he additionally worked with [[Commerce|commercial]] firms such as the U.S. Vitamin & Pharmaceutical Corp. Upon his death, the American publication ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' highlighted both Funk and [[Elmer Verner McCollum]], the latter being known for his discovery of [[Vitamin A]] and other efforts, as having significant legacies "in everyday importance" for medicine, with the [[news organization]] lauding Funk as a "pioneer". ''Time'' additionally commented positively upon Funk's [[personal character]] as a "research scientist [who] focused his intense curiosity on other fields" given his status.<ref name="Pioneer"/> A medical textbook distributed in 1997 by [[Taylor & Francis]] stated that Funk's 1912 release of his "landmark publication" in vitamins had internationally created a "theory [that] provided a new concept for interpreting diet-related events."<ref name="Vitamin"/>

Outside of vitamin-related research, Funk's [[career history]] has been described as also having significantly extended humanity's "knowledge of sex hormones."<ref name="Pioneer"/> A retrospective analysis by the British publication ''[[The Independent]]'' in 2024 stated that Funk's discoveries as an overall [[body of work]], especially in terms of nutrition, "has helped the health of many people and led to the cures of several life-threatening diseases." A member of Funk's family, as well, has accepted a Nutrition Hall of Fame award given to the biochemist posthumously.<ref name="Google"/>