Christy Hockley joined Ontario Genomics in September 2013. In her current role, she is responsible for coordinating and managing all research projects to ensure that projects stay on target and meet the timely execution and reporting needs of all stakeholders. Christy’s organizational skills, coupled with her work ethic are invaluable to the project team. She monitors and tracks scientific and financial reports, develops reports and reviews proposals for external and internal teams. Since joining Ontario Genomics, Christy has implemented many processes to alleviate administrative requirements for both research and industry project team members.

Previously, Christy was Administrative Coordinator of Bioscience Education Canada (BEC), where she was the point of contact for all regional coordinators on the Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada competition. She has also coordinated and supported administrative duties on projects including lectures, workshops, and the Lab Tools for Schools program. Prior to that, she worked at Experchem Laboratory Inc. as a pharmaceutical analyst. With over seven years of laboratory experience, she has worked extensively on gas chromatography, QA/QC, method development, and analytical testing.

Christy studied chemistry, biology, philosophy and abnormal psychology at Trent University and obtained a Diploma in Chemical Laboratory Technology – Pharmaceutical Co-op Program at Seneca College.