| Ronald D. Barr is a pediatric
cancer specialist known locally, nationally and internationally
for his work in the field of pediatric oncology, as
co-author and author of seven books and more than 400
scientific articles. He received his medical degree
from the University of Glasgow and is a fellow of the
Royal College of Physicians (UK), the Royal College
of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, the Royal College
of Paediatrics and Child Health, and the Royal College
of Pathologists (Hematology).
Following his training in internal medicine and hematology
Dr. Barr joined the Faculty of Medicine at the University
of Nairobi as part of an arrangement with the UK government
to establish the first medical school in Kenya. He joined
the faculty of the University of Aberdeen before moving
to the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, MD as
a visiting scientist.
Since 1977 he has been here at McMaster University
as a professor of pediatrics in the Michael
G. DeGroote School of Medicine, and chief of hematology-oncology
at McMaster Children's Hospital.
Dr. Barr¹s main professional interests are international
health, particularly cancer in childhood; late effects
of cancer treatment, especially on nutritional status;
and measurement of health-status and health-related
quality of life (as a co-developer of the Health Utilities
Index).
Barr is one of the editors of the recently released
and first definitive document on the incidence, survival
and mortality of 15 to 29 year-olds. Funded by the National
Cancer Institute (NCI) in the United States, this monograph
was a co-operative venture between the Children's Oncology
Group (all 17 pediatric oncology centres in Canada and
more than 200 American institutions) and the SEER (Survival
Epidemiology and End Results) program.
Barr is a member of the NCI and Lance Armstrong Foundation's
new Progress Review Group whose sole purpose is identifying
and prioritizing the scientific, medical and psychosocial
barriers facing adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer
patients. They plan to develop strategies to better
the odds for this age group.
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