Donald Low, Chair, FCAHS
Microbiologist-in-Chief, Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai
Hospital, University Health Network and Medical Director, Ontario Public
Health Laboratory, and Professor, University of Toronto
(Toronto, ON)
Donald
Low is Microbiologist-in-Chief of the Department of Microbiology at the
Toronto Medical Laboratories and Mount Sinai Hospital. He is a Professor
at the University of Toronto in the Department of Laboratory Medicine
and Pathobiology and the Department of Medicine. Dr. Low is currently
Head of the Division of Microbiology in the Department of Laboratory Medicine
and Pathobiology.
Dr. Low's research interests are in the study of the epidemiology and
the mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance in community and hospital pathogens,
as well as the epidemiology, pathogenesis, and treatment of streptococcal
diseases. His group is recognized internationally for their Canadian population-based
surveillance programs for the study of antimicrobial resistance and infectious
diseases.
Dr. Low completed his undergraduate and postgraduate training in medicine
and infectious diseases at the University of Manitoba and his training
in medical microbiology at the University of Toronto. A recognized authority
in microbiology and infectious diseases, he has published more than 170
papers in peer-reviewed journals and is a reviewer for various organizations.
He is also an Associate Editor of the Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases,
a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and a Fellow of the Canadian
Academy of Health Sciences.
(08/07)