Current Positions

Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health
Investigator, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba

Education

Undergraduate, McGill University, Microbiology and Immunology
MD, University of Toronto
Pediatrics Residency, University of Alberta
Pediatric Clinical Immunology and Allergy Fellowship, University of Manitoba
Pediatric Immunodeficiency Fellowship, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Centre

Research Focus

My clinical and research focus is the diagnosis and treatment of infants and children with inborn errors of immunity (IEI) / primary immunodeficiency, a variable group of genetic disorders affecting the immune system. Projects have included evaluation of targeted newborn screening programs for IEI (including for rare, local genetic forms of immunodeficiency), evaluation of treatment outcomes of rare immunodeficiencies, and international collaborative studies on novel/rare disorders. My current work is on the collaborative development and implementation of a national registry for pediatric and adult patients with inborn errors of immunity, gene editing for CD3delta SCID, investigation of vaccine immunogenicity in IEI patients, and involvement in multi-centre treatment consortiums for immunodeficiency (e.g. PIDTC).

Research Interests

Primary immunodeficiency/ inborn errors of immunity
Monogenic Disorders
Newborn screening
Registry Development
Treatment of Inborn Errors of Immunity
Local PI - VISID (Vaccine Immunogenicity in Study in Immunodeficiency)
Local PI - CIEIN (Canadian Inborn Errors of Immunity National Registry)
Co-I - CD3D Gene Editing Study