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Lesley Ann Turner

BSc, MD, FRCPC, FCCMG
Clinical Geneticist and Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Phone:
(709) 777- 4363

Email:
lesley.turner@easternhealth.ca

Address:
Janeway Children’s Hospital and Rehabilitation

Research Interests:
Newborn screening, inherited metabolic disorders, microdeletion/microduplication syndromes.

Education:
2001-2004: FCCMG (Clinical Genetics), University of British Columbia

1994-1997: M.D., Memorial University

1989-1994: B.Sc. (Biology), Memorial University

Professional Experience:
2014-present: Associate Professor, Discipline of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University

2004-2014: Assistant Professor, Discipline of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University

2004-present: Clinical Geneticist, Provincial Medical Genetics Program, Easter Health, St. John’s, NL

Research:
Dr. Turner is a clinical geneticist. She is the Medical Director of the Newborn Screening Program. Her research interests include newborn screening and consent. She is also interested in Inherited Metabolic Diseases and is part of the Canadian Inherited Metabolic Disease Network.

Dr. Turner is the lead for the undergraduate Medical Genetics curriculum and chairs the Medical Genetics graduate course.

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