Dr. John McDermott

Degrees

Ph.D. Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Current position
Professor & McLaughlin Research Chair, Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Canada

Appointments
Director, Graduate Program, Department of Biology, York University
Institute Advisory Board member, CIHR institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis
Editorial Board Member, “Skeletal muscle”
CIHR Operating Grant Review Committee, member (Cell Physiology)
CIHR Operating Grant Review Committee, member (Cardiovascular A)

Consulting experience
Stempath
Stratagene

Biography
Professor McDermott is a well established researcher funded by CIHR, NSERC and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. His molecular genetic based research program includes interest in the effects of β blockers on cardiac gene expression, the role of AP-1 in skeletal myogenesis, and the regulation of MEF2 by signaling pathways. He has published over 90 research papers in international journals and conference proceedings, has contributed to several national peer review grant selection panels for CIHR and NSERC funding agencies, and has presented over 75 papers including 12 invited papers at national and international conferences. Dr. McDermott has supervised over 20 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. He has also contributed to the editorial boards of several international journals and received national and international awards including prestigious awards from the American Physiological Society, and a Fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He was Visiting Professor at King’s College London, obtained a Visiting Readership in Biological Sciences at the University of Durham, UK, was Visiting Honorary Scientist at the University of Manchester,UK, and held a Research Fellow position in the Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology at Harvard Medical School. John was a Member of the Institute Advisory Board for the CIHR Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis. Recently, Professor McDermott was appointed to the McLaughlin Research Chair at York University which is aimed at promoting broad-based collaboration in life sciences and the continued evolution of interdisciplinary culture.