Heather Sheardown

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Heather Sheardown
FAIMBE FCAE
TitleDean
Academic work
Discipline Engineering
Sub-discipline Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Institutions McMaster University

Heather Sheardown is a professor in the Chemical Engineering department at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and holder of a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Ophthalmic Biomaterials and Drug Delivery System from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). [1] [2] Her research has focused on biomaterials and eye health, including bioengineered contact lenses, [3] [4] and eye drops that can be used for targeted drug delivery. [5] [6] [7] She was the student of Professor John Brash. [8]

Sheardown is a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, [9] a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering [10] and in 2020, she received the Hamilton YWCA's Women of Distinction award in Science, Technology, and Trades. [11] [12] In 2021 she was appointed Acting Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, [13] and was confirmed as Dean of Engineering in 2022. [14] [15]

References

  1. ↑ Government of Canada, Industry Canada (2012-11-29). "Canada Research Chairs". www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  2. ↑ "Ontario invests more than $9M in McMaster research" . Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  3. ↑ "Mac team has contact lens comfort in view". The Hamilton Spectator. 2008-07-10. ISSN   1189-9417 . Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  4. ↑ "Biomaterials research centre surfaces in city". The Hamilton Spectator. 2013-04-20. ISSN   1189-9417 . Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  5. ↑ "No longer lost in the blink of an eye: McMaster researchers create eye drops that last longer | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  6. ↑ "Sparing patients a needle in the eye". The Hamilton Spectator. 2012-02-02. ISSN   1189-9417 . Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  7. ↑ "Biomaterials research centre surfaces in city". The Hamilton Spectator. 2013-04-20. ISSN   1189-9417 . Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  8. ↑ "Award is good medicine for Mac engineer". The Hamilton Spectator. 2009-05-01. ISSN   1189-9417 . Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  9. ↑ "New Fellows 2014 | The Canadian Academy of Engineering" . Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  10. ↑ "Heather Sheardown, Ph.D, PEng, FCAE COF-4116 - AIMBE" . Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  11. ↑ "Heather Sheardown honoured with YWCA Women of Distinction Award | Faculty of Engineering". www.eng.mcmaster.ca. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  12. ↑ "YWCA Hamilton honours 11 Women of Distinction". The Hamilton Spectator. 2020-03-06. ISSN   1189-9417 . Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  13. ↑ "New Acting Dean Appointed for the Faculty of Engineering" . Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  14. ↑ "Five things you need to know about McMaster Engineering's new Dean | Faculty of Engineering". www.eng.mcmaster.ca. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  15. ↑ "McMaster announces new Dean of Engineering; second term for Dean of Science" . Retrieved 2022-06-27.
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