Marlys Laverne Koschinsky (born 1959) is a Canadian cardiovascular researcher. , she is the executive director at the

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. Koschinsky formally served as Dean of the Faculty of Science at the

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Early life and education

Koschinsky was born in 1959. She graduated with her

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degree in 1982 from the

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and was subsequently awarded the Chancellor's gold medal for highest standing in the 4-year science program. Following this, Koschinsky completed her PhD in biochemistry at the

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. In 1988, Koschinsky began her postdoctoral research in the Cardiovascular Research Group at

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in San Francisco.

Career

Following her post-doctoral work, Koschinsky became the first female research professor at

Queen's University at Kingston Queen's University at Kingston, commonly known as Queen's University or simply Queen's, is a public university, public research university in Kingston, Ontario, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Queen's holds more than of land throughout Ontario and ...

in biochemistry. During the 1996–97 academic year, she was the co-recipient of the Mihran and Mary Rasmajian Award for excellence in research. Throughout her tenure at Queen's, Koschinsky accepted a 5-year scholarship from the

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and a 10-year Career Investigator award from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. Prior to leaving Queen's, Koschinsky served as director of the Cardiac, Circulatory & Respiratory Research Program and Head of the Department of Physiology. She eventually left to become the Dean of the Faculty of Science at the

. During her tenure at the University of Windsor, Koschinsky became involved in outside organizations around the city including serving as vice-chair of the board of directors for WEtech Alliance and Chair of the Windsor-Essex Mission Committee. She was also a member of the steering committee for the South West Academic Health Network. Koschinsky remained as Dean of the Faculty of Science until 2015 when she accepted the position of executive director at the

's Robarts Research Institute. As a result of her research into cardiovascular disease and the study of related risk factors, she was named a 2020 Fellow of the

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. The following year, Koschinsky was named a Member of the

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Personal life

Koschinsky is married to Michael Boffa.

References

External links

google scholar publications
{{DEFAULTSORT:Koschinsky, Marlys Living people 1959 births Cardiovascular researchers Academic staff of University of Windsor Academic staff of Queen's University at Kingston Academic staff of the University of Western Ontario Members of the Order of Ontario Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Place of birth missing (living people) University of British Columbia alumni University of Winnipeg alumni