Featured profiles - spring 2010
Dr. Nicola Jones - Cell Biology
Dr. Nicola Jones spends her winters on skating rinks with her family. While in the lab, she is currently studying stomach bacteria known as H. pylori and how it can cause chronic infection. learn more
Dr. Victor Blanchette - Child Health Evaluative Sciences
Barbados native, Dr. Victor Blanchette has worked as a clinician-scientist at SickKids for over 25 years. He feels privileged to work in such a world-class institution with a legacy of excellence in care, research and learning. learn more
Angela McDonald - Developmental & Stem Cell Biology
Angela McDonald is a graduate student who grew up taking dance classes. She continues to take hip-hop and ballet on the side while working towards her PhD in biomedical engineering. learn more
Dr. Berge Minassian - Genetics & Genome Biology
Dr. Berge Minassian is an American history buff. He is currently researching the genetics of various neurological diseases in children including various epilepsy syndromes and a kind of muscular dystrophy. learn more
Dr. Christine Bear - Molecular Structure & Function
Dr. Christine Bear loves watching theatre and she is lucky enough to have an aspiring theatre actress for a daughter. As the co-director of the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Centre at SickKids she is continuously working towards therapy discovery for CF. learn more
Dr. Margot Taylor - Neurosciences & Mental Health
Dr. Margot Taylor’s admires Marie Curie because she managed as a woman in the 1890s to not only have a successful career in science but to also become a Nobel Prize winner, all the while raising a family. She is currently studying the development of frontal lobe functions in the brain. learn more
Dr. Deborah O'Connor - Physiology & Experimental Medicine
Dr. Deborah O’Connor grew up on a beef farm in northern Ontario. She is thankful to her mentors for demonstrating that science can be a creative outlet. learn more