Dr. Denise Daley completed a PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Case Western Reserve University in 2003, followed by post-doctoral training at the University of British Columbia from 2003-2008.  In 2008 she was awarded a Tier II Canadian Research Chair (genetic epidemiology of common complex diseases) and appointed as an Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia and in 2013 she promoted to Associate Professor and her Canadian Research Chair was renewed until 2018.  She has received numerous awards including a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Career Scholar Award and the CIHR Institute of Genetics Maud Menten Prize in recognition of her outstanding achievements as a young investigator. Dr. Daley’s interests are in the study of complex diseases such as cancer, asthma, and heart disease, with a focus on gene-gene and gene-environment interactions.