Brenda Andrews
Program
Genetic Networks
Appointment
Fellow, Program Director
Institution
University of Toronto
Country
Canada 
Dr. Brenda Andrews is Professor and Chair of the Banting & Best Department of Medical Research within the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. She is also Director of the Terrence Donnelly Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, a new interdisciplinary research institute with the mandate to create a research environment that encourages integration of biology, computer science, engineering and chemistry and that spans leading areas of biomedical research.
After receiving her PhD in Medical Biophysics from the University of Toronto, Dr. Andrews obtained her early training in genetics with the late Dr. Ira Herskowitz at the University of California San Francisco. In 1991, Dr. Andrews was recruited to the Department of Medical Genetics (now Medical Genetics & Microbiology) at the University of Toronto. She became Chair of the Department in 1999, a position she held for 5 years before assuming her current positions. Dr. Andrews’ current research interests include mechanisms of cell division control and polarity and functional genomics.
Dr. Andrews was an MRC Scientist and Scholar and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. She serves on grant review panels for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, as well as study sections for the National Institutes of Health (USA), Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (US), March of Dimes and the National Cancer Institute of Canada. She serves on several advisory and editorial boards, including the Science and Industry Advisory Committee for Genome Canada and the Institute of Genetics Advisory Board of the CIHR.
After receiving her PhD in Medical Biophysics from the University of Toronto, Dr. Andrews obtained her early training in genetics with the late Dr. Ira Herskowitz at the University of California San Francisco. In 1991, Dr. Andrews was recruited to the Department of Medical Genetics (now Medical Genetics & Microbiology) at the University of Toronto. She became Chair of the Department in 1999, a position she held for 5 years before assuming her current positions. Dr. Andrews’ current research interests include mechanisms of cell division control and polarity and functional genomics.
Dr. Andrews was an MRC Scientist and Scholar and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. She serves on grant review panels for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, as well as study sections for the National Institutes of Health (USA), Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (US), March of Dimes and the National Cancer Institute of Canada. She serves on several advisory and editorial boards, including the Science and Industry Advisory Committee for Genome Canada and the Institute of Genetics Advisory Board of the CIHR.