Sapna Mahajan

Sapna Mahajan

Director, Research and Innovation

Sapna Mahajan provides strategic leadership to help Genome Canada bring genomics solutions to global societal and economic challenges. She has substantial national and international experience as a leader in public affairs, research, policy and program implementation in the health sector.

For more than a decade, Sapna was a director at the Mental Health Commission of Canada. She co-chairs the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Workplace Wellness and Resilience Working Group and is a member of the World Health Organization’s Guidelines Working Group. She also serves as a board member of the Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre, the CHEO Research Institute and Mindful Employer. She is a founding member of the Guardian Council for the UK-based organization Togetherall and a member of the International Expert Advisory Committee for Aga Khan University’s Brain and Mind Institute.

She holds a master’s degree in international health (health policy and management) from Boston University.