
Dada, Sarah
PhD
Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC
Affiliation(s):Children’s and Women’s Hospital
Clinical Interests: Developing long-read sequencing for clinical use within neurodevelopmental disorders
Dr. Sarah Dada is a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of British Columbia, affiliated with BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital. Her research focuses on the use of long-read sequencing for the diagnosis and subtyping of neurodevelopmental disorders, including Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes. She is actively involved in supervising graduate and medical genetics trainees and contributing to innovations in genomic diagnostics.
Academic Background
- PhD in Bioinformatics, University of British Columbia, 2020
- MSc in Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, 2020
Awards and Recognition
Publications
Research Interest
- Long-read sequencing technologies
- Neurodevelopmental genetic disorders
- Multi-omic data integration
- Personalized medicine in autism spectrum disorder
Current Projects In My Lab Include
Teaching Interest
Undergraduate microbiology and genomics