The Hospital for Sick Children
Valerie Waters, M.D., M.Sc. –Dr. Valerie Waters is a Senior Associate Scientist and Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics. She is the infectious diseases consultant for the Cystic Fibrosis Clinic at SickKids and St Michael’s Hospital, as well as a CF researcher. Dr Waters' research program is focused on the investigation of the epidemiology and treatment of multi-drug resistant bacterial pathogens causing lung infections in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). She is particularly interested in the way these organisms grow as communities of bacteria known as biofilms, which are associated with increased antimicrobial resistance. The Waters Lab has developed novel biofilms models to test the efficacy of compounds against Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms, in the context of host factors and other microbes. They are currently studying the interaction between Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa grown within biofilms in the context of failure of early eradication treatment of P. aeruginosa in children with CF and in pulmonary exacerbations. In addition, the team has also recently conducted a clinical trial of oral prednisone as an adjuvant therapy in CF patients with pulmonary exacerbations.
Sunday, October 26, 2025
5:00 AM - 6:00 AM PDT