Deborah Sloboda

Overview

Deborah Sloboda is a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, an associate member of the Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Pediatrics, and a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Early Origins of Disease. Her research in the Sloboda Lab focuses on the early life origins of health and disease. She is interested in how fetal adaptations to adversity influence the risk of chronic disease in aging individuals. Deborah is a highly accomplished researcher ​with multiple awards, including the International Society of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease Nick Hales Award and the Hamilton YWCA Woman of Distinction Award in Science Trade and Technology.

Affiliations

• Professor; Associate Chair, Research; CRC Tier 1; Early Origins of Disease
• Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
• Professor, Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences
• Associate Member, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Faculty of Health Sciences
• Associate Member, Pediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences
• Member, Centre for Metabolism, Obesity, and Diabetes Research (MODR), Faculty of Health Sciences
• Member, Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences
• Canada Research Chair in Early Origins of Disease, McMaster University,

Education

• BSc (Human Biology and French), The University of Guelph
• MSc (Kinesiology), The University of Western Ontario
• PhD (Physiology), The University of Toronto
• Women and Infants Research Foundation, University of Western Australia and the Liggins Institute, University of Auckland

Related Links

• Instagram: @sloboda_lab; @aocstudy