Dr. Laura Arbour is a Professor in the Department of Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia, and an Affiliate Professor in the Division of Medical Sciences at the University of Victoria. Trained as both pediatrician and clinical geneticist (McGill University) she has been addressing the genetic determinants of health with Indigenous populations for nearly three decades. Through her UBC Community Genetics Research Program she has focused on rare, single gene disorders and complex conditions in partnership with First Nations of BC and Inuit of Nunavut. She is the project lead for the Genome BC/Genome Canada/CIHR funded Large-Scale Applied Research Project, Silent Genomes, addressing inequity in genomic diagnosis for Indigenous patients of Canada.