Dr. Christine Allen is the inaugural Vice-President Ecosystem Development at adMare Bioinnovations. In this role, she is continuing adMare’s leadership of Canada’s life sciences ecosystem through providing state-of-the-art infrastructure, scientific and commercial expertise, and investment capital to companies, enabling them to grow and maintain operations in Canada. Dr. Allen also oversees the adMare Academy, building the talent that the Canadian ecosystem needs to drive growth of the life sciences sector. Dr. Allen is a Full Professor at the University of Toronto where she has spent 20 years and held senior leadership roles including most recently Associate Vice-President and Vice Provost Strategic Initiatives. Dr. Allen is an expert in drug formulation with more than 150 publications in this area. She is the co-founder of Nanovista Inc., a company focused on high-precision, image-guided cancer therapy. She is a fellow of AIMBE, CRS, CSPS and CAHS as well as the President of CRS.