Professor, University Research Chair in Neurolipidomics, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa

Email: SteffanyAnn.Bennett@uottawa.ca

Biography: Dr. Steffany Bennett is a lipid biochemist and systems neurobiologist working to identify gender and sex-specific differences in lipid metabolism associated with neurodegenerative disease. She a Full Professor and University Research Chair in Neurolipidomics at the University of Ottawa. She is also the Director of the India Taylor Lipidomics Research Platform, Associate Director of the Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation, Co-Director of the NSERC CREATE Matrix Metabolomics Training Program, and Special Advisor to the President on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Her area of expertise is in the use of high-performance liquid chromatography electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry as applied to neurolipidomics and to evidence-based personalized precision medicine focusing on how lipid metabolism dictates vulnerability and resilience to genetic determinants of neurodegenerative disease. To achieve this goal, her research incorporates not only a GBA+ approach but also seeks to embed principles of equity diversity and inclusion into all aspects of metabolic research.

Relevant expertise/areas of interest: Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, Lewy Body Dementias, Bioinformatics, Lipidomics, cerebral small vessel disease, Biomarker assessment