Helen Dimaras
Helen Dimaras, PhD
Dr. Helen Dimaras is Associate Professor and Director of Global Health in the Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. She is cross-appointed to the Division of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health and the Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto. She serves as Director of Global Eye Health Research in the Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences at The Hospital for Sick Children, and Scientist in the Child Health Evaluative Sciences program and Centre for Global Child Health in the SickKids Research Institute.
Dr. Dimaras completed a PhD in Molecular & Medical Genetics and post-doctoral training in clinical trials and global health. Her work has contributed to the understanding of the molecular genetic development of the childhood eye cancer, retinoblastoma. She leads a research program that lies at the intersection of global health, cancer genetics and patient engagement. Much of her work is focused on how to deliver optimal retinoblastoma care worldwide and improve patient outcomes, with patients as partners in these efforts.
Dr. Dimaras is featured by the Canadian Society for International Health on the Canadian Women in Global Health List.
Sessions in which Helen Dimaras participates
Halifax Convention Centre - 107
Helen Dimaras, The Hospital For Sick Children (SickKids) and The University of Toronto (Speaker)
Justin Kritzinger (Speaker)
Sessions in which Helen Dimaras attends
Halifax Convention Centre - 107
STC | CTC
Myrna Lichter (Moderator)
Dr. Marie-Josée Aubin (Moderator)
Halifax Convention Centre - C3
Panel | Table ronde
Dr. Colin Mann (Moderator)
Halifax Convention Centre - 603/604
Lecture | Conférence
Dr. Nupura Bakshi (Moderator)
Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)
Marcia Anderson (Keynote speaker)
Halifax Convention Centre - C3
Co-Developed Symposium | Symposium élaboré conjointement
James Whelan (Moderator)
Peter Kertes (Panelist)
Dr. Cynthia Qian (Panelist)
Dr. Geoff Williams, Calgary Retina Consultants (Panelist)
Ken Roberts MD (Panelist)
Steve Houston MD (Speaker)
Halifax Convention Centre - 107
STC | CTC
Dr. Marie-Josée Aubin (Moderator)
Myrna Lichter (Moderator)
Halifax Convention Centre - 603/604
Talk | Exposé
Kamiar Mireskandari (Moderator)
Yi Ning Strube (Moderator)
Stephanie Dotchin, MD (Moderator)
Andrea Molinari (Keynote speaker)
Halifax Convention Centre - 608/609
Talk | Exposé
Dr. Vivian Yin, MD, MPH, FRCSC (Chair)
Myrna Lichter (Moderator)
Dr. Marie-Josée Aubin (Chair)
Halifax Convention Centre - 107
STC | CTC
Kamiar Mireskandari (Moderator)
Stephanie Dotchin, MD (Moderator)
Halifax Convention Centre - 608/609
Talk | Exposé
Dr. Vivian Yin, MD, MPH, FRCSC (Moderator)
Dr. Marie-Josée Aubin (Moderator)
Jacquelyn Jetton O'Banion (Keynote speaker)
Ralf R. Buhrmann, MDCM, MPH, PhD, FRCSC (Moderator)