Dr. Suzanne Vercauteren is a hematopathologist and head of the department of pathology and laboratory medicine at BC Children’s Hospital.
In 2015 Suzanne established the BC Children’s Hospital BioBank, the first institutional pediatric biobank in Canada to allow for a standardized approach of patients and sample collections and ensuring high quality samples and data and reduce consent burden for patients.
Her research includes ethical issues as well as public engagement and education in biobanking.