Geoff Hicks is the Director of Regenerative Medicine Program and Professor of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics at the University of Manitoba. He recognized internationally for his expertise in the genetic modeling of human disease and high throughput functional genomics. Hicks’ lab studies mouse models to understand genetic determinants of cancer, neurodegenerative disease (ALS) and neurodevelopmental disorders (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder). Hicks is co-founder of the Canada Israel International FASD Consortium (CIIFAC) and a PI of the Kid’s Brain Health Network / NeuroDevNet NCE (FASD). Recently he developed a novel mouse model of FASD that identifies Vitamin A as a potential preventative treatment for FASD. Epi/Genetic studies in animal models and human FASD cohorts are identifying biomarker signatures that can be used for early FASD diagnosis and intervention.