Christine Armour

Dr. Christine Armour, MS MD FRCPC CCMG, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Ottawa, Clinical Geneticist at CHEO, co-Medical Director (Genetics) of Prenatal Screening Ontario, and Investigator at CHEO Research Institute. Dr. Armour is a leading clinical expert in prenatal genetics who works with policy makers to improve prenatal and reproductive care. Her research program studies the application of innovative technologies in prenatal screening, prenatal diagnostics, and reproductive care. She also applies novel data science and machine learning approaches to population-based data to improve the performance of Ontario’s prenatal screening system and develop predictive models. Dr. Armour efficiently translates research findings into clinical practice: she is a Member of Ontario’s Provincial Genetics Advisory Committee, has led several Canadian guidelines on the clinical application of genetic technologies, helped establish Prenatal Screening Ontario, and co-developed provincial eligibility criteria for non-invasive prenatal testing and fetal exome sequencing.