ALASTAIR CRIBB

Alastair Cribb was named as the founding Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary in May 2006. Prior to that, he was a Professor of clinical pharmacology and Director of the Laboratory for Comparative Pharmacogenetics at the University of PEI for ten years. He was the founding Director of the PEI Health Research Institute and an adjunct professor in the Department of Pharmacology at Dalhousie University. Dr. Cribb’s research focuses on the molecular and genetic mechanisms of adverse drug reactions and susceptibility to breast cancer. He was been a member of CIHR Governing Council for five years. He was a MRC Scholar and held a Canada Research Chair in Comparative Pharmacology and Toxicology. His work has been funded by the CIHR, CBCRI, CFI, and other funding sources.