Amanda Orr

Dr. Amanda Orr received her PhD from Trent University in the Environmental and Life Sciences program where her research designed forensic blood substitutes (FBSs) that contain relevant physical (fluid properties) and biological (genetic capabilities) properties of human blood at the crime scene. During her PhD, she was awarded a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Canadian Graduate Scholarship. Her research in forensic science has also honoured her with the Canadian Society of Forensic Science’s Education Award and attendance at the University of Lausanne’s School of Criminal Justice. Dr. Orr’s research interests involve the study of the various physiological and physical properties of the human body and mimicking those properties for diverse applications. This new chapter of her research will explore the design of brain tissue simulants to answer the question “Can we better model Alzheimer’s Disease to help with preclinical disease drug screening?”.