Sarah Childs
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PhD
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Dr. Sarah Childs started her research career analyzing drug resistance genes in cancer at the University of Toronto with Dr. Victor Ling. After her PhD and a short postdoc at the BC Cancer Research Center, she changed fields to look at the genetics and development of the cardiovascular system using the zebrafish model,. She was a postdoc in Dr. Mark Fishman’s lab at the Cardiovascular Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University where she undertook forward genetic screening and contributed to our knowledge of vascular patterning and stabilization. She is fascinated by the genes that drive patterning of endothelial cells to make an efficient vascular system as well as the genetic programs that drive the recruitment and maturation of vascular smooth muscle cells in pericytes. Her lab is involved in modelling rare disease in zebrafish, focusing on cardiovascular diseases. She leads the MORPH (modelling for precision health) group at the University of Calgary. Dr. Childs is currently Professor and Head of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department at the University of Calgary.
Biography
Dr. Sarah Childs started her research career analyzing drug resistance genes in cancer at the University of Toronto with Dr. Victor Ling. After her PhD and a short postdoc at the BC Cancer Research Center, she changed fields to look at the genetics and development of the cardiovascular system using the zebrafish model,. She was a postdoc in Dr. Mark Fishman’s lab at the Cardiovascular Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University where she undertook forward genetic screening and contributed to our knowledge of vascular patterning and stabilization. She is fascinated by the genes that drive patterning of endothelial cells to make an efficient vascular system as well as the genetic programs that drive the recruitment and maturation of vascular smooth muscle cells in pericytes. Her lab is involved in modelling rare disease in zebrafish, focusing on cardiovascular diseases. She leads the MORPH (modelling for precision health) group at the University of Calgary. Dr. Childs is currently Professor and Head of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department at the University of Calgary.