Description
Dr. Despoina Manousaki received her MD from the University of Athens, Greece, her post-graduate training in pediatrics in Switzerland (University Hospitals of Geneva) and in pediatric endocrinology in Canada (Sainte-Justine Hospital in Montreal). Subsequently, she obtained a PhD in genetic epidemiology from McGill University. Dr. Manousaki’s research focuses on the genetics of complex disease in childhood. Her team uses genomics, bioinformatics, and genetic epidemiology methods to better understand the genetic architecture of complex disease, and to apply these findings to predict disease risk and develop new disease biomarkers. Her research interests lie in the field of genetics of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in children, vitamin D levels, youth-onset osteoporosis, pediatric obesity, growth and puberty. Dr. Manousaki is an FRQS Junior 1 Clinician researcher and holds an ENRICH career development award and a JDRF strategic research award.
