Kathryn Grandfield

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Engineering
  • 905.525.9140 x 23573
  • kgrandfield@mcmaster.ca

Overview

Kathryn Grandfield is an Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering at McMaster University. She is the Canada Research Chair in Microscopy of Biomaterials and Biointerfaces, a University Scholar, and recipient of the provincial Early Research Award (2018), and Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award (2017), among other accolades. Her age-related research focuses on improving bone implants, such as dental implants and hip replacements, in older adults with bone disease. She is also interested in advancing characterization methods for age-related bone diseases, including osteoporosis.

Affiliations

  • Associate Professor
  • Faculty of Engineering, McMaster University
  • Member, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA), McMaster University
  • Member, Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy, McMaster University
  • Associate Member, Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
  • Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
  • Member, Biointerfaces Institute, Faculty of Science

Education

  • BEng (Materials Science and Engineering), McMaster University
  • MASc (Materials Science and Engineering), McMaster University
  • PhD (Engineering Sciences), Uppsala University, Sweden
  • PEng
  • Postdoc, Preventative and Restorative Dental Sciences, University of California, San Francisco

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