Louise holds the Canadian Cancer Society (Nova Scotia Division) Chair in Population Cancer Research and is a professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at Dalhousie University. She came to Nova Scotia from the University of Newcastle in the United Kingdom where she was founding Director of the Paediatr...
Louise holds the Canadian Cancer Society (Nova Scotia Division) Chair in Population Cancer Research and is a professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at Dalhousie University. She came to Nova Scotia from the University of Newcastle in the United Kingdom where she was founding Director of the Paediatric and Lifecourse Epidemiology Faculty Research Group, Head of Child Health, and Deputy Head of the School of Clinical Medical Sciences. Louise was also the Associate Director of Research and Development at the National Institute for Clinical Excellence in London. Her major research interests include investigation of the causes of childhood cancer, adverse pregnancy outcomes and lifelong influences on adult health. She has published more than 165 peer-reviewed research papers, served on the editorial boards of several major journals, and was editor in chief of Pediatric Hematology Oncology from 2000 to 2006.