About

The Drögemöller Lab uses large-scale genomic and computational analyses to guide the development of novel treatment strategies that offer maximum benefit and minimal harm.

This research is focused specifically on vulnerable and understudied populations (e.g. pediatric and maternal populations) as therapeutic agents are often not designed and tested with these patients in mind.

Principal Investigator

Dr. Britt Drögemöller is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics at the University of Manitoba. Dr. Drögemöller holds a Canada Research Chair in Pharmacogenomics and Precision Medicine and is appointed as a Research Scientist at The Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba (CHRIM), an Adjunct Scientist at the CancerCare Manitoba Research Institute and a Research Affiliate at the Centre on Aging.

Awards:

• Tier 2 CIHR Canada Research Chair
• Carnegie African Diaspora Fellow

PhD student

Samah Ahmed is a MSc student in the Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics at the University of Manitoba. Samah graduated with her B.Pharm from the University of Khartoum in 2010. Her MSc project focuses on using automated phenotyping strategies and large-scale genomic analyses to uncover genes and pathways invovled in age-related hearing loss.

Awards:

• Judy and Gerry McDole Graduate Entrance Scholarship
• Dr. Forough Khadem Scholarship
• Biochemistry and Medical Genetics Human Genetics Endowment Fund Graduate Student Award
• Centre on Aging Jack MacDonell Scholarship for Research in Aging
• Centre on Aging Betty Havens Centre on Aging Graduate Fellowship
• Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Studentship
• Visual and Automated Disease Analytics Graduate Training Program Studentship
• Research Manitoba Masters Studentship (declined)
• International Graduate Student Entrance Scholarship

PhD student

Deanne Nixie Miao is a MSc student in the Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics at the University of Manitoba. Deanne graduated with a BSc Honors in Genetics at the University of Manitoba in 2021. Her MSc focuses on identifying genetic variants and genes involved in pathways underlying cisplatin-induced ototoxicity through GWAS and scRNAseq analyses.

Awards:

• Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Studentship
• Visual and Automated Disease Analytics Graduate Training Program Studentship
• Research Manitoba Masters Studentship

Honours Student

Feryal Ladha is an undergraduate student at the University of Manitoba pursuing a BSc in Genetics. Her project focuses on the development of polygenic risk scores to predict cisplatin-induced tinnitus.

Awards:

• CancerCare Manitoba Research Institute Summer Studentship

Undergraduate Student

Mansumeet singh is a undergraduate student at the University of Manitoba pursuing majors in Biochemistry co-up. His project focuses on the validation of the polygenic risk scores that were used to predict cisplatin - induced otoxicity.

Awards:

• International Undergraduate Student Scholarship Fall 2021
• Deans’s Honour List Fall 2021
• University 1 Honours List Winter 2021/2020
• University of Manitoba

Lab technican

John is a Biological Technician for the University of Manitoba for the Drögemöller and Wright Labs. John graduated with a BSc Combined Major in Microbiology, Immunology, and Computer Science from the University of British Columbia in 2022.