TEDxMcMasterU - Dr.Sheila Singh

Dr. Sheila Singh is a pediatric neurosurgeon at McMaster Children's Hospital, and scientist appointed to the Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute at McMaster University. She grew up in Dundas, Ontario and obtained her BSc in neurobiology and molecular genetics from McGill University, Montreal. She then pursued her MD at McMaster University, and was subsequently accepted into the neurosurgery residency program at University of Toronto. During her residency, she entered the Surgeon Scientist Program at University of Toronto and undertook a PhD in the molecular biology of brain tumours at the Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. Her PhD thesis described the novel identification of a population of cancer stem cells that exclusively drive the formation of brain tumours, and was published in the journals Cancer Research and Nature. Following the completion of her PhD, she undertook a fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. She now practices as a surgeon scientist at McMaster Children's Hospital, with a clinical interest in brain tumours that complements the ongoing characterization of brain tumour stem cell populations in her new laboratory. She holds a Canada Research Chair in Human Cancer Stem Cell Biology. She lives with her husband and two young sons in Dundas.
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Very impressive!