Heather Sheardown Explained

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

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