Henry Joseph Macaulay Barnett (February 10, 1922 – October 20, 2016) was a Canadian
physician, a leading
stroke
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researcher and pioneer of the use of
aspirin for stroke prevention.
Born in
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, he graduated from the
University of Toronto Schools and received his medical degree from the
University of Toronto in 1944.
He started to work at the University Hospital in
London, Ontario and the
University of Western Ontario in 1974.
From its founding in 1986, he was the president and scientific director of
Robarts Research Institute
The Robarts Research Institute is a medical research institute at the University of Western Ontario. Staff scientists work to investigate a range of diseases including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, and cancer.
History
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until his retirement in 1995.
In 1984 he was made an Officer of the
Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 2003. In 1995 he was inducted into the
Canadian Medical Hall of Fame __NOTOC__
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. In 2001 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Western Ontario, and in 2012 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Oxford.
The
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada's Henry JM Barnett Research Scholarship Award is named in his honour. He died in Toronto on October 20, 2016.
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1922 births
2016 deaths
Canadian medical researchers
Canadian cardiologists
Companions of the Order of Canada
British emigrants to Canada
People from Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Toronto alumni
Foreign Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences