Our Team

As OVC Clinical Trials Program Research Manager, Charly is responsible for the daily operations and projects. Daily operations include working with faculty who have projects associated with the platform to assist in recruiting, supporting, reviewing and implementing study (animal use and research ethics) protocols, development and execution of research agreements, grant writing, execution and tracking of grant billing, and scientific writing for abstract and manuscript presentation. She also works to assist with project data management and quality assurance, coordination and communication with clinicians and hospital administration. 

Charly is very interested in projects that are translational in nature and can impact both veterinary and human medicine.

Email: mckennch@uoguelph.ca and ovc.clinicaltrials@uoguelph.ca

Office: ANCC Rm2155

Phone: ​​​​​​​226-962-6542

Bridget completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Guelph where she received a Bachelor of Science with honours in Animal Biology. She continued her education at the University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus, where she graduated with distinction from the Veterinary Technology program. She became registered by the Ontario Association of Veterinary Technicians the same year.  Bridget gained a wealth of knowledge working in a small animal general/surgery practice in Woodstock that handled both companion animals and rabbits before joining the clinical trials team. 

Email: ovc.clinicaltrials@uoguelph.ca

Phone: 226-962-7960

Deirdre has spent many years doing what she loves best – helping people and their pets live the best lives possible. Graduating from Centralia College’s Veterinary Technology program in 1993, she has worked with small, large, exotic and research animals in a variety of clinics and labs. In 2013, she decided to return to university to pursue her undergraduate degree followed by a Master’s program in reproduction in U of G’s Biomedical Science department, which she hopes to complete this semester.

She collects, organizes and logs samples from patients with potential cancer diagnoses which are stored in the OVC Biobank for researchers to access. This allows ongoing research in different cancer types with minimally invasive techniques as tissue is collected from tumours already being removed, and blood or urine is often collected with standard of care sampling.

Email: tumor.bank@uoguelph.ca and ovc.clinicaltrials@uoguelph.ca

Phone: 226-979-8467

Missy graduated from the Veterinary Technology Program in Kingston, Ontario. She became registered by the Ontario Association Veterinary Technicians the same year. Throughout the years Missy has worked at local veterinary clinics as well as the surgery department at the Ontario Veterinary College since 2010. She currently works part-time at OVC’s Companion Animal and Large Animal Clinics as a surgery technician and part-time for this team.

Email: ovc.clinicaltrials@uoguelph.ca