Q&A: SickKids' Scherer Moves Up to 'Bigger Rink' as New McLaughlin Centre Director
Q&A with Dr. Stephen Scherer - from GenomeWeb BioArray News: http://www.genomeweb.com//node/940390?hq_e=el&hq_m=712909&hq_l=3&hq_v=afb106d81a
Last week the McLaughlin Centre, a decade-old University of Toronto institution that aims to advance genomic medicine through research and education, appointed Stephen Scherer its new director.
Scherer, who has been the center's interim director for the past two years, is also currently director at the Centre for Applied Genomics at the Hospital for Sick Children and a professor of medicine at the University of Toronto.
The McLaughlin appointment gives Scherer the ability to play a larger role in encouraging Canadian clinicians to adopt genomic technologies.
Armed with a C$50 million ($48.8 million) bequest from the R. Samuel McLaughlin Foundation, Scherer's plans for the McLaughlin Centre include investing in research, education, and training in genomic medicine. The center will have a specific focus on the clinical use of microarray and next-generation sequencing data.
BioArray News spoke with Scherer last week about the immediate goals of the McLaughlin Centre, and how he envisions newer genomic technology platforms like microarrays and sequencing will be adopted by clinicians.
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