Ronald Duncan BarrProfessor Emeritus, Pediatrics
Overview
Following training in Internal Medicine and Haematology, Dr. Barr joined the team from the University of Glasgow charged with helping the University of Nairobi to establish a Faculty of Medicine. As there were no pediatricians trained in the local care of children with blood diseases and cancer at that time (1970), he joined two colleagues from McGill in providing this clinical service at the …
Areas of Expertise
McMaster Affiliations
Other Appointments
Member
Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (1983 - 2020)
President
Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (2000 - 2014)
Member
Current Treatment Committee, International Union Against Cancer (1993 - 2002)
Co-Chair
Management Committee, Canadian Children's Cancer Surveillance and Control Programme (1998 - 2008)
Member
Governing Council, International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research (2000 - 2010)
Member
Advisory Board, Institute of Cancer Research, CIHR (2004 - 2010)
Member
Progress Review Group on Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer, National Cancer Institute, NIH
Co-chair
National Task Force on Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer, Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (2008 - 2016)
Chair
Working Group on Essential Medicines, International Society for Paediatric Oncology (2010 - 2015)
Member
Essential Medicines Working Group on New Cancer Medicines, World Health Organisation (2014 - 2015)
Member
Global Burden of Childhood Cancer, Lancet Oncology Commission (2016 - 2020)
Member
Global Childhood Cancer Initiative, World Health Organisation
Associate Director
International Initiative in Pediatrics and Nutrition, Columbia University Medical Center, New York
Faulds Research Scholar
Medicine, University of Glasgow, Scotland (1967 - 1968)
Lecturer
Medicine, University of Nairobi (1970 - 1972)
Lecturer
Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Scotland (1972 - 1974)
Visiting Scientist
National Cancer Institute, NIH (1974 - 1976)
Lecturer
Pathology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland (1976 - 1977)
Associate Professor
Pediatrics, McMaster University (1977 - 1981)
Professor
Pediatrics, McMaster University (1981 - 2018)
Professor
Pathology, McMaster University (1985 - 1995)
Professor
Medicine, McMaster University (1985 - 2018)
Contact
rbarr@mcmaster.ca
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