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Dr. Mari L. DeMarco

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Clinical Chemist
St. Paul's Hospital
Providence Health Care

Research Director
Providence Research

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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