Dr. Laura Harrington currently serves as the Assistant Vice-President of the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University. In this role, Laura is the key liaison between the University and the Faculty on administrative issues and leads the finance, human resources, capital, space, facilities, and risk management portfolios. With a background in both science and business, Laura has been instrumental in several strategic projects for the University and Faculty. Laura is a McMaster alumna, with her Ph.D. in chemistry (2004) and her Master of Business Administration (2017).