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Dr. Heather Sheardown posing in a laboratory with a model of a human eye. Researchers are behind her preparing samples and looking through a microscope.

Dr. Heather Sheardown

Professor & Dean, Faculty of Engineering, McMaster University  

Scientific Director, C20/20 Innovation Hub 

Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Ophthalmic Biomaterials

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Sheardown is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers, and the International Union of Societies of Biomaterials and Engineering. She has an international reputation for her research on ophthalmic biomaterials, including her innovative work on the development of new materials for artificial cornea and ophthalmic drug delivery.

Sheardown has published extensively and holds several peer reviewed grants. She holds numerous patents on materials and drug delivery systems for treating conditions in the eye including several patents in conjunction with companies for the development of specific products and a recently granted patent on mucoadhesive micelles for treatment of dry eye. These micelles are the subject of a spin out company, 20/20 OptimEyes.

Sheardown has worked extensively with major ophthalmic materials companies as Scientific Director of the C20/20 Innovation Hub.

Staff

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Lina Liu

Research Engineer

M.A.Sc. McMaster University
 

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Lindsay Sheardown

Research Assistant
B.Sc.

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Benjamin Whitworth

Project Officer & Graphic Designer BA (Hons) Norwich School of Art & Design

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Postdoctoral Fellows

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Dr. Ben Muirhead

Animal Modelling & in vivo  Biomaterials Assessment for 20/20 OptimEyes
Ph.D. McMaster University

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Dr. Sara Salimi

Polymer Synthesis, Material Development & Advanced

Formulation Design
Ph.D. McMaster University

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Graduate Students

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Brithney Ortiz Galvis

 M.A.Sc. Student
Biomedical Engineering

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Jon Moffard

 M.A.Sc. Student

Biomedical Engineering

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Mitch Ross

Mitch Ross

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Nhi Trần

PhD Student

Chemical Engineering

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Mitch Ross

Mitch Ross

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Diego Hormiga Ribero

PhD Student

Chemical Engineering

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Mitch Ross

Mitch Ross

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Nicole Malette

 M.A.Sc. Student

Chemical Biology

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Mitch Ross

Mitch Ross

Undergraduate Students

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Viana Safa

Honours Health

Sciences

Mitch Ross

Mitch Ross

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Jossie Yu

Chemical

Biology

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Mitch Ross

Mitch Ross

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Shanze Khurram

Biomedical Discovery

& Commercialization

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Mitch Ross

Mitch Ross

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Lindsay Buckley

Biochemistry

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Mitch Ross

Mitch Ross

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Helen Lin

Chemical

Biology

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Mitch Ross

Mitch Ross

Alumni

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