Wendy Robinson

PhD

Investigator, BC Children's Hospital

Development from conception to birth is the result of a complex interplay of signals from mother and fetus. The placenta plays a key role in interpreting these signals and regulating fetal growth. Many complications of pregnancy, including miscarriage, maternal preeclampsia, preterm birth, fetal growth restriction and birth defects can result from abnormalities affecting the placenta. Some goals of our research include:

Understanding how genetic and epigenetic changes arise in development;

Identifying genetic and epigenetic changes in the placenta in association with pregnancy complication; and

Developing DNA and miRNA based clinical tools

Academic Affiliations

  • Professor, , Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
  • Research Theme: Healthy Starts
  • Research Group(s): Clinical and Community Data, Analytics and Informatics; Origins of Child Health and Disease; Pathways to Healthy Birth; Rare Diseases

Contact Information

Location

950 West 28th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V5Z 4H4

Honours & Awards

Medical Genetics Departmental Teaching Award 2005

Investigatorship, BC Research Institute for Children's & Women's Health – July 1994

Killam Teaching Award 2007

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