Dr. Graham is chief of genomics at Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory (Public Health Agency of Canada) and adjunct professor with Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (University of Manitoba).
Dr. Graham works collaboratively to translate research ideas to acquired knowledge; from samples to large genomic data sets (microbial genomics and metagenomics).
She has led / co-investigated numerous applied microbiology and public health projects funded by Genome Canada, the federal Genomic Research and Development Initiative (GRDI), Canadian Safety and Security Program (CSSP), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM), and the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society of Canada.
She advocates for robust quality standards and best practices in applying emerging laboratory technologies.
Dr. Graham has operationalized microbial genomics for public health and assisted in modernizing several of Canada’s key national pathogen disease surveillance systems.
Her lab is currently generating COVID-19 genomic sequences to assist Canada’s pandemic response, while continuing to generate molecular data for non-COVID infectious disease surveillance, testing and ongoing research.