Patricia Kosseim
Chief GE3LS Officer, Genome Canada.
Contributor Biography
Ms. Kosseim has joined Genome Canada on a two-year Executive Interchange arrangement to lead a national strategy for addressing ethical, economic, environmental, legal, and social (GE3LS) issues related to large-scale genomics research. She joins Genome Canada from her home institution, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), where she has held the position of General Counsel since January 2005, responsible for the activities of the Legal Services, Policy, and Parliamentary Affairs Branch.
Before joining OPC, she spent five years building and heading up the Ethics Office of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. During this period, she was briefly seconded to Canada Health Infoway Inc. to advise on privacy issues related to the development of pan-Canadian electronic health record systems.
She worked in Montréal for over six years with the national law firm of Heenan Blaikie, practicing primarily in the areas of health law, human rights, labor and employment law, privacy law, administrative law, professional liability, and civil litigation.
Called to the Québec Bar in 1993, she holds degrees in Business (B.Com ’87) and Laws (B.C.L. / LL.B. ‘92) from McGill University, and a Master’s Degree in Medical Law and Ethics (M.A.’94) from King’s College, University of London (UK).
