Executive Director of a $40M initiative to advance the use of genomics to help us understand and control the COVID19 pandemic. She has worked in research and innovation for more than 20 years, in 7 different countries, in the academic and private sectors. She has worked with different biotech, pharma and non for profit companies to help advance research and innovation and develop productive partnerships at the national and international level. As Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) at Genome BC and CSO at Genome Quebec, she was instrumental in developing competitive teams for national and provincial research and innovation initiatives.