Dr. Hilary Vallance is a Medical Biochemist / Biochemical Geneticist at BC Children’s Hospital who obtained her MD from the University of British Columbia (UBC). She completed a residency in Medical Biochemistry at UBC followed by fellowship training in Biochemical Genetics. She is the Director of the BC Newborn Screening Program. Her research contributions have been in the area of inborn errors of metabolism, maternal and infant B12 deficiency and newborn screening for treatable conditions.