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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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Dr. Francis Lasowski

Executive Director of

C20/20 Innovation Hub

Ph. D. McMaster University

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Lina Liu

Research Engineer

M.A.Sc. McMaster University
 

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Benjamin Whitworth

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

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Annette Wilkins

Research Liaison
M.A. University of Toronto

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Jon Mofford

Research Coordinator
B.Sc. University of Guelph

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Lindsay Sheardown

Research Assistant
B.Sc. (C)

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. Talena Rambarran

Polymer Synthesis & Innovation
Ph.D. McMaster University

Graduate Students

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Zahan Cooper

M.A. Sc. Student Chemical Engineering

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Ridhdhi Dave

Ph.D. Student
Chemical Engineering

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Emily-Anne Hicks

Ph.D. Student
Chemical Engineering

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Hana Mirvakili 

P.hD. Student

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

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Mitch Ross

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Amber Monteiro 

 M.A.Sc. Student

Chemical Engineering

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Mitch Ross

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Brandon Florek

M. Sc. Student
Neuroscience

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Mona Pournorouz

M.A.Sc. Student

Biomedical Engineering

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Mitch Ross

Undergraduate Students

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Andrew Butrus

Biomedical Discovery and Commercialization

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Mitch Ross

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Ibrahim Ilahi

Biomedical Discovery and Commercialization

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Mitch Ross

Mitch Ross

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Kristen John

Chemical Biology

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Mitch Ross

Mitch Ross

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Alexandra (Alex) Jucan

Chemical and

Biomedical Engineering

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Mitch Ross

Mitch Ross

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Hannah Khan

Biochemistry

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Mitch Ross

Mitch Ross

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Jamie Koscak

Chemical Engineering

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Mitch Ross

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Jenny Lee

Chemical Biology 

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Mitch Ross

Mitch Ross

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Xuetong (Vivian) Luo

Chemical Biology 

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Mitch Ross

Mitch Ross

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Phoebe Wang

Biomedical Discovery

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Mitch Ross

Alumni

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