Irsa Wiginton

Dr. Irsa (Shoukat) Wiginton is a trained scientist and passionate about translational medicine. She earned her M.Sc. and Ph.D. studying infectious human pathogens at Queen’s University and has successfully completed various certified business development and entrepreneurial training courses. She has a high level understanding of IP strategy, regulatory pathway, commercialization and business model development. In 2023, she received the Mitacs Global Impact Award and through the city of Kingston was awarded the 40 under 40 distinction.