Judith West-Mays
Health Sciences
Contact Information
- 905 525 9140 ext. 26237
- westmayj@mcmaster.ca
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Overview
Judith West-Mays is a Full Professor in the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine at McMaster University. Her expertise is in molecular biology and genetics of vision. Her research focuses on diseases of the eye associated with aging, including cataracts, glaucoma and corneal disorders. Dr. West-Mays also has a collaboration with the McMaster C 20/20 team in developing approaches for therapeutic gene transfer in the treatment of eye disease. Alongside her research, Dr. West-Mays actively participates in teaching undergraduate, graduate and medical students and is currently the Assistant Dean of the Medical Sciences Graduate Program at McMaster
Affiliations
- Member, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA), McMaster University
- Professor, Tenured, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine
- Assistant Dean, Medical Sciences Graduate Program
Education
- BSc, Wilfred Laurier
- MSc, University of Waterloo
- PhD, University of Waterloo
