Dr. Mari L. DeMarco
Clinical Chemist
St. Paul's Hospital
Providence Health Care
Clinical Professor
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
University of British Columbia
Investigator
Center for Heart & Lung Innovation
University of British Columbia
Education
Clinical Chemistry Fellow, Division of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia
Research Focus: Structural and computational glycobiology
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Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, Biomolecular Structure and Design Program, University of Washington
Thesis: Prion Disease: Molecular Dynamics and Modeling of Prion Protein Misfolding and Aggregation
Advisor: Valerie Daggett
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B.Sc. Honors Biochemistry (major), Mathematics (minor), Computational Chemistry (concentration), Mercyhurst University
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Clinical Certifications
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Diplomate of the American Board of Clinical Chemistry (DABCC)
Fellow of the Academy of Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine (FADLM), formerly the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry (NACB)
Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Clinical Biochemistry (FCACB)
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Honors & Awards (selected)
2024 Excellence in Clinical Service Award, Dept of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Univ. of British Columbia
2022 Award for Research Excellence, Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists
2022 Bereman Award for Innovative Clinical Proteomics, Assoc. for Mass Spec & Advances in the Clinical Lab
2017 Early Career Excellence in Research and Discovery, Dept of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia
2016 Outstanding Scientific Achievements by a Young Investigator, Association for Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine (ADML, formerly the American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
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Professional Service (selected)
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2018- Member, Clinical Diagnosis Committee, Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging
2018- Member, Developing New Biomarkers, Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging
2017- Member, College of Reviewers, Canadian Institute of Health Research
2017- Board of Directors, BC Association of Clinical Scientists
2016- Scientific Review Board, Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation
2015- Reviewer, ADLM Annual Scientific Meeting abstract submissions
2016-2021 Editorial Board, Clinical Proteomics
2018-2021 Board of Editors, Clinical Chemistry
2017-2020 President, BC Association of Clinical Scientists
2016-2020 Scientific Committee, Mass Spectrometry: Applications to the Clinical Lab
2019 Scientific Review Board, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
2019 Co-Guest Editor, J Appl Lab Med: “Brain Health: Biomarkers of Injury and Neurodegeneration”
2019 Past-Chair, Proteomics and Metabolomics Division, ADLM
2019 Chair, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, Health Professional Investigator program
2017-2018 Chair, Proteomics and Metabolomics Division, ADLM
2017, 2018 Scientific Officer, Michael Smith Health Research, Health Professional Investigator program
2016-2018 Science & Practice Core Committee, ADLM
2016-2017 Society for Young Clinical Laboratorians (SYCL) Core Committee, ADLM
2015-2017 Faculty Residency Committee, University of British Columbia
2014-2017 Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing
2013-2017 Medical Biochemistry Residency Program Committee Member, UBC
2014-2015 Local Org. Cmte, HUPO World Congress: Translating Proteomics and Allied -Omics to the Clinic
2014-2015 Clinical Day Organizing Committee, 14th HUPO World Congress
2014 Editorial Board Member, Clinical Laboratory News, Dailies Edition
2014 Chair, Molecular Biophysics Subgroup, Biophysical Society
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Publications
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Link to full list of publications
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