International Women’s Day 2024: A Tribute to Dr. Margot Roach
Breaking Barriers, Inspiring Change
We celebrate Dr. Roach as the Department’s:
- First Female Summer Student
- First Female Graduate Student
- First Female Professor
- First Female Clinician Scientist
- First and Only Female Chair
We celebrate her brilliant science on the understanding of vascular biomechanics and the effects of turbulence on vascular disease.
We celebrate her outstanding contributions to graduate, undergraduate, and medical education.
We celebrate her for being well ahead of her time.
Honouring a Woman of Distinction
In 1997, Dr. Roach was honoured as a YMCA Woman of Distinction Award for her work in Health, Science and Technology.
