John L. Wallace

Who is John L. Wallace?

John L. Wallace is a medical scientist and was the inaugural director of the Farncombe Institute at McMaster University. In November 2013, he became the tenth recipient of the Heymans Foundation Memorial Medal. Since its inauguration in 1972, the Medal has been awarded ten times; six recipients are Nobel Laureates. Wallace is also the 2009 recipient of the Premier's Summit Award in Innovation, Canada's largest value research award aimed at supporting the work of an individual scientist.

He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and a fellow of the British Pharmacological Society. In addition to his faculty appointment at McMaster University, Wallace is an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary, and a professor in the Faculty of Medical Sciences at University College London.