Dr. Laila Schenkel joined the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine as a Molecular Geneticist in the Division of Molecular Diagnostics. Dr. Schenkel received her PhD in Human Health and Nutritional Sciences from the University of Guelph and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in PaLM with Dr. Bekim Sadikovic from 2015 to 2016. She is clinically trained as a Molecular Laboratory Geneticist by the Canadian College of Medical Genetics (CCMG) and is an experienced scientist in the field of molecular diagnosis, human genetics and biochemistry. Her research interests include the development and implementation of novel technologies to clinical molecular diagnostics and identification of novel disease biomarkers using epigenomic and genomic profiling.

 

Clinical Activities

Keywords: clinical molecular diagnostics, molecular genetics, epigenetics

 

Description of Clinical Activities: Molecular laboratory scientist at the London Health Sciences Centre, working on interpretation and reporting of constitutional and oncology molecular genetic testing, as well as on test development and validation.

Research Activities

Keywords: epigenetics, molecular test development, NGS

Description of Research Activities: Development and implementation of novel technologies to clinical molecular diagnostics. Identification of novel disease biomarkers using epigenomic profiling.