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Lori Burrows | |
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| Academic background | |
| Education | BSc, 1988, PhD, 1993, University of Guelph |
| Thesis | Molecular characterization of the RTX cytolysin determinants from gram-negative pathogens of veterinary significance (1994) |
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| Institutions | McMaster University University of Toronto University Health Network |
| Website | burrowslab |
Lori Lee Burrows is a Canadian microbiologist. She is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Microbe-Surface Interactions at McMaster University.
Burrows completed her Bachelor of Science degree and PhD at the University of Guelph. Upon completing her degrees,she was a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Industrial Fellow with Langford Inc. and a Cystic Fibrosis Canada Kinsmen Postdoctoral Fellow. [1]
Following her fellowships,Burrows became an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto and served as a scientist in the Hospital for Sick Children's Research Institute. [1] She also served as Director of the Centre for Infection and Biomaterials Research at Toronto General Hospital. [2] As a new faculty member,Burrows received the Connaught New Staff Matching Award and received the Dean's Fund Competition for New Staff Award. [3] While at Sick Children's,Burrows oversaw research into Pseudomonasaeruginosa and how the bacteria attach themselves to surfaces. [4] In 2002,she was named the winner of the McMurrich Award and received a two-year grant from the Kidney Foundation of Canada for her project,"Development of anti-microbial coatings for peritoneal catheters suitable for simultaneous exchange procedures." [5] She then received the 2003 George Armstrong-Peters Prize as a "young investigator who has shown outstanding productivity during his/her initial period as an independent investigator as evidenced by research publications in peer reviewed journals,grants held,and students trained." [6] [7] In 2004,Burrows received the Elsie Winifred Crann Memorial Trust Award in Medical Research and was invited to be a member of the Grants Review panels of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the National Institutes of Health. [8]
Burrows left the University of Toronto in 2006 to join McMaster University as a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences. [1] Upon joining the faculty,she focused her research on studying biofilms and Type IV pili (T4P) to understand how bacteria become resistant to antibiotics. [9] Her laboratory also began investigating the effectiveness of glycosylated Type IV pili as components as vaccines and how they compare to other types of vaccines for tuberculosis. [10] Starting in 2012,she served as a grant application reviewer and panel chair at McMaster's Canadian Institutes of Health Research University Delegate. [11] In March 2017,she was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology. [9] The following month,she was recognized with a McMaster University Faculty Association Award for Outstanding Service. [11]
During the COVID-19 pandemic,Burrows published op-eds describing the danger of the coronavirus [12] and encouraged Canadians to get vaccinated against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. [13] In June 2020,she was honoured with the Canadian Society of Microbiologists Murray Award for Career Achievement,the Society's highest award for researchers. [14] The following year,she was elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences for her "outstanding research accomplishments,international leadership in the microbiology community and dedicated mentorship." [15] Burrows was also appointed a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Microbe-Surface Interactions to fund her research on the superbug Pseudomonas aeruginosa and how it forms antibiotic-resistant biofilms. [16] In March 2023,Burrows was named the recipient of the Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases' John G. FitzGerald Award for her research into Pseudomonas aeruginosa. [17]
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