Dennis Bulman
Clinical Professor
Medical Scientific Director
Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy)
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Research
Areas
- Disease Gene Discovery, Genetics, Newborn Screening
Activities
Dr. Bulman's research interests involve the identification of genes for rare genetic disorders, the translation of these discoveries to the clinic and the implementation of new molecular testing paradigms into Newborn screening. The lab uses a variety of genetic technologies from genetic mapping, candidate Sanger sequencing, CGH, exome and whole genome sequencing.
- Our focus is to identify new genes causing Parkinson's Disease and to identify those genes responsible for PD in Eastern Ontario/Western Quebec.
- Our focus is to identify new genes causing Brachydactyly A-1.
- Our focus is to identify new genes causing Myoclonus Dystonia and to determine how mutations in the known disease-causing gene, epsilon sarcoglycan, lead to this disorder.
Biography
After completing a B.Sc. in Genetics and a M.Sc. in Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Western Ontario, Dr. Bulman graduated with a Ph.D. in Molecular and Medical Genetics at the University of Toronto 1993. He then went on to a faculty position at the University of Western Ontario in the Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences. In 1997 he moved to Ottawa where he joined the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. He is certified by the Canadian College of Medical Geneticists and the American College of Medical Genetics in Clinical Molecular Genetics and is also a Diplomat of the American Board of Medical Genetics. In 2012, he joined Newborn Screening Ontario and the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute.