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Stephen W. Scherer, Ph.D.

Dr. Scherer is a Senior Scientist in Genetics and Genomic Biology at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. He is also Director of The Centre for Applied Genomics and Associate Chief of Research at SickKids. He is one of the world's leading scientists, making contributions toward understanding the composition of the human genome for studies of genetic disease. His recent work characterizes structural variation in the human genome and examines the role genetics has in autism.

Dr. Scherer has published over 200 articles and won numerous awards, including an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Windsor, Canada's "Top 40 under 40" award, and the 2004 Steacie Prize in the Natural Sciences. He is an investigator of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and currently chairs Genome Canada's Science Advisory Board.