Waterloo professor wins prestigious Brockhouse Canada Prize

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada announced the 2023 Brockhouse Prize has been awarded to the C20/20 Innovation Hub, which comprises scientists, engineers and clinicians from McMaster University, the University of Waterloo and the University of Toronto.

Dr. Lyndon Jones of Waterloo’s School of Optometry and Vision Science is one of seven core investigators on the team, which is led by Dr. Heather Sheardown, a McMaster professor of chemical engineering. The team that also includes co-investigators: Professor Todd Hoare (Chemical Engineering) and Dr. Judith West-Mays (Pathology & Molecular Medicine) at McMaster University; Professor Frank Gu (Nanoengineering) at University of Toronto; and Chiefs of Ophthalmology Professor Varun Chaudhary (St. Joseph’s Hospital/McMaster University) and Dr. David Wong (St. Michael’s Hospital/University of Toronto), aims to develop and commercialize methods to better deliver drugs to the eye. 

Read the entire story at Waterloo News.