McMaster University

McMaster University

Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario / J. Fraser Mustard Chair in Cardiovascular Research

Jeffrey Weitz

Jeffrey Weitz

Professor, Medicine

email: jweitz@thrombosis.hhscr.org

website: Jeffrey Weitz's Homepage

Chair Donor

Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario

Named For

  • Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, the chair donor.
  • J. Fraser Mustard, a former dean and vice president of the Faculty of Health Sciences, who helped establish at McMaster the medical school with its radically different curriculum.

Research Focus

  • Drugs that interfere with the blood clotting mechanism
  • Clinical tests of both new and existing drugs to devise better means of treating clotting disorders

Additional Information

This chair was established in 2000, with Jeffrey Weitz as the inaugural chairholder.

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