Béatrice Séguin

Béatrice Séguin is a Research Associate in the program and Assistant Professor at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto. After her M.Sc. in medical genetics and working at a biotechnology company in Vancouver, she pursued her doctoral studies in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Toronto. Her research focused on understanding the mechanism of drug-induced autoimmune reactions. Her present research is in the area of science and technology policy.  Her research has included a study on how to engage scientific diasporas in science and health biotechnology development and innovation in their countries of origin. She is now leading a study examining the implications of human genomic variation studies (including pharmacogenomics) for global health.