Barbara Vanderhyden

Dr. Barbara Vanderhyden is the Corinne Boyer Chair in Ovarian Cancer Research, a Distinguished University Professor at uOttawa, and a Senior Scientist in the Cancer Therapeutics Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Her research uses new technologies to understand the cellular dysfunctions that lead to cancer and develop better models to test novel cancer treatments. As one of a few female faculty members when she was recruited, she has since shared the lessons learned by mentoring dozens of women in academia and industry.  She serves on the Board of Directors of Ovarian Cancer Canada and is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. A strong advocate for science education for everyone, she established two successful outreach programs, in which university students make learning STEM fun for young students in the Ottawa region (Let’s Talk Science) and in indigenous communities in the far north (Science Travels).