Dr. Lori West
Fellow
Current Employer
University of Alberta
Election Year
2017
Academy
Académie des sciences
Department
Department of Pediatrics, Department of Surgery, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology
WEST, Lori - Department of Pediatrics, Department of Surgery, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta
Dr. Lori West, clinician scientist at the University of Alberta, has focused her career on finding treatments for infants with lethal cardiac malformations. Through rigorous scientific and clinical investigations, Dr. West discovered that blood group mismatched heart transplants could be carried out safely during infancy, which saves hundreds of newborn babies worldwide each year and has profoundly transformed our understanding of the human immune system.
Dr. Lori West, clinician scientist at the University of Alberta, has focused her career on finding treatments for infants with lethal cardiac malformations. Through rigorous scientific and clinical investigations, Dr. West discovered that blood group mismatched heart transplants could be carried out safely during infancy, which saves hundreds of newborn babies worldwide each year and has profoundly transformed our understanding of the human immune system.