Jack Uetrecht is Professor in the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto. His research has focused on the mechanism of idiosyncratic drug reactions with combined approaches involving organic chemistry, drug metabolism, reactive metabolites, immunology, molecular biology and clinical aspects. He holds a CRC chair in Adverse Drug Reactions and is internationally recognized as a leader in this field. He initiated the first Gordon Research Conference on Adverse Drug Reactions and was its first chair. He has chaired many committees including the Scientific Advisory Panel on Hepatotoxicity for Health Canada. He has authored more than 100 research publications, has been on the editorial boards of 7 journals, and won the Student’s Administrative Council Undergraduate Teaching Award in 2005 at the University of Toronto.