Amy Wong, PhD

Scientist | Developmental, Stem Cell & Cancer Biology, SickKids (2019-present)
Assistant Professor | Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto (2019-present)
Senior Research Associate | Developmental, Stem Cell & Cancer Biology, SickKids (2016-2019)
Postdoctoral Fellow | Developmental, Stem Cell & Cancer Biology, SickKids (2009-2015)
PhD | Lung Regeneration, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto (2004-2008)
M.Sc. | Vascular Remodeling, Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto (2001-2003)
B.Sc. | Human Biology, University of Toronto (1997-2001)

Additional Leadership Roles
Member, CIHR Stem Cell Oversight Committee (SCOC) since 2024
Executive Committee Member, CF Program since (2023)
Vice Chair & Scientific Officer, SickKids Foundation/CIHR-IHDCYH New investigator Award Grant Review Committee since (2023)
Chair, Early Career Researcher (ECR) Committee, Stem Cell Network since (2023)
Editor, ISSCR Stem Cell Reports
Editor, NPJ Systems Biology& Applications
Scientific Advisory Board Member, Specific Biologics Inc. since (2021)

Honours and Awards
2025 King Charles III Coronation Medal Award
2023 Marsha Morton Early Career Investigator Award, CF Canada
2022 Jumpstart Award, Stem Cell Network
2020 Early Career Investigator Innovation Award, Stem Cell Network
2017 Vertex CF Research Innovation Award
2012 Young Investigators Forum Best Research Award, CIHR Institute for Circulatory and Respiratory Health
2012 Lap-Chee Tsui Publication Award, CIHR – Institute of Genetics
2009 Joseph Milic-Emili Best Basic Science Award, Canadian Respiratory Research Competition

Our growing team

Tim Lam - Research Technician in AMy Wong's lab

Tim Lam

Research Technician
DSCB Program

Henry Quach

PhD Candidate
Development

Yuetong (Julia) Song

PhD Candidate
Regeneration

Kayshani Kanagarajah

 PhD Candidate
Disease Modelling

Rasha Salih

PhD Candidate
Disease Modeling

Avinash Bandara

PhD Candidate
Co-Supervised with Dr. Jim Hu

Krista Antonio

MSc Candidate
Regeneration

Lauren Hall

MSc Candidate
Development

Elizabeth Chen

Summer Undergraduate Student
Development

Michelle Turpin

Administrative Coordinator
DSCB Program