Dr. Margaret Rand

Biography

Dr. Margaret Rand obtained her PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Toronto and completed her research training in platelets and arterial thrombosis during post-doctoral fellowships at Universiteit Maastricht in the Netherlands and McMaster University. She is currently a Professor in the Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Biochemistry, and Pediatrics at the University of Toronto. At the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, she co-directs the Clinical Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Laboratory and serves as a Senior Associate Scientist in the Pediatric Thrombosis and Hemostasis Program within the Division of Hematology/Oncology and the Physiology Experimental Medicine Program at the Research Institute. Dr. Rand’s research interests focus on blood platelet function and dysfunction, with a particular emphasis on pediatric bleeding disorders. She is deeply involved in translational research aimed at developing standardized pediatric bleeding questionnaires. Dr. Rand also serves on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Society of Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology and co-chairs the Rare Inherited Bleeding Disorders Subcommittee of the Association of Hemophilia Clinic Directors of Canada. Her work investigates both hereditary and acquired disorders of platelet function, with studies addressing the roles of platelet function in vivo and the implications of platelet membrane glycoprotein polymorphisms in bleeding complications and arterial thrombosis.

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