Speakers Series Event 

The Genetics of a Reading Disabilities

Dyslexia has long been known to run in families and twin studies indicate that dyslexia has a substantial genetic component. Environmental factors such as print exposure and explicit reading instruction are also indicated and they interact with genetic risk in families. Genetic studies have found evidence for as many as 10 genes contributing to dyslexia.  Dr. Barr's lab has been involved in identification of these genes and determining how they function differently in people with reading difficulties. This talk will review the research on genetics and reading to date and highlight some of Dr. Barr's work. 

Dr. Barr completed her Ph.D. in molecular biology at the University of Texas, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in Houston, Texas. She then pursued her postdoctoral training in the genetics of complex behaviours at Yale University and subsequently at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. 

Please join us for our Annual Member's Meeting 

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 Speakers Series Event 

 The evening will include:

6:30-6:45    Registration & Refreshments

6:45-7:15    Annual Members Meeting (all are welcomed to attend)

7:15-8:30    Keynote address by Dr. Cathy Barr, Senior Scientist at HSC