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Endowed professorships allow faculty of the highest calibre to pursue critically important areas of research, education and service and to recruit and nurture the next generation of faculty. With the support of individual and corporate partners, the endowed professorships listed below serve to attract and retain internationally renowned faculty in a variety of disciplines, ensuring that McMaster's students learn from the very best in the world.
Hamilton Hospitals Assessment Centre Endowed Professorship in Neuromuscular Disease
Steven Baker
Steven Baker has research interests in the pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying statin-associated neuromuscular toxicity as well as acquired (chemotherapy-related neuropathy) and inherited (CMT, disorders of the peripheral nervous system). He is seeking novel neuroprotective treatment strategies will be a major focus of my work
Juravinski Thoracic Surgery Professorship
Yaron Shargall
The professorship focuses on thoracic oncology surgery and evidence-based care in thoracic surgery.
McLaughlin Foundation Professorship in Population and Public Health
Mark Oremus
Mark Oremus' research focuses on population and public health, aging, dementia, caregiving, knowledge transfer, questionnaire design and administration, systematic reviews, measuring drug efficacy, health economics and health policy.
McMaster Family Medicine Professorship in Child Health Research
John Cairney
John Cairney is examining the pattern of mental health problems across the life span as well as the impact of childhood physical disability on psychosocial and physical development in children.
Michael G. DeGroote Professorship in Stroke Management
Demetrios Sahlas
Demetrios Sahlas' research focuses on enhancing the delivery of stroke care and increasing the use of transcranial Doppler in the management of stroke. His interests also include knowledge translation across the continuum of stroke care; neuroimaging of stroke and vascular cognitive impairment; and clinical trials in the treatment and prevention of stroke.
William J. Walsh Professorship in Medicine
Judah Denburg
Judah Denburg's research interests include examination of the mechanisms of allergic inflammation, with particular emphasis on hemopoietic cytokines and their role in activating the differentiation and recruitment of inflammatory cells such as eosinophils, basophils and mast cells. He is seeking an understanding of the growth and differentiation of human basophil and eosinophil precursors, with the development of in vitro assays to monitor clinically relevant fluctuations in these cells during allergic responses.
