Alison Elliott BSc, MS, CGC, PhD

phone: (204) 787-1591
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Current Positions Held

Program Director, WRHA Program of Genetics and Metabolism
Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics

Training, Education & Background

2005 PhD, University of Manitoba
1992 MS, University of Cincinnati
1990 BSc(Hons), Queen’s University

Major Research Focus & Interests

Limb malformations
Split Hand Foot Malformation
Skeletal Dysplasias
Congenital anomalies

Supervised Students

2007, MICH Summer Student (Co-supervisor with Dr. Albert Chudley)
2008-2009, Honours Genetics Project Student

Recent Significant Publications

Faivre L.*, Cormier-Daire V.*, Elliott A.M., Field F., Munnich A., Maroteaux P., Le Merrer M. and Lachman R.S. Desbuquois Dysplasia, a re-evaluation with abnormal and “normal” hands: Radiographic manifestations. Am J Med Genet 2004 124:48-53

Elliott A.M., Evans J.A., Chudley A.E. and Reed M.H. The duplicated longitudinal epiphysis or “kissing delta phalanx” – evolution and variation in three different disorders. Skeletal Radiol 2004 33:345-351.

Elliott A.M., Reed M.H., Evans J.A., Cross H.G. and Chudley A.E. Cenani-Lenz Syndactyly in a Patient with Features of Kabuki Syndrome. Clin Dys 2004 13:143-150.

Elliott A.M., Field FM, Rimoin DL, and Lachman RS. Hand Involvement in Schmid Metaphyseal Chondrodysplasia. Am J Med Genet 2005 132A: 191-193.

Elliott A.M., Reed, M.H., Roscioli T. and Evans J.A. Discrepancies in Upper and Lower Limb Patterns in Split Hand Foot Malformation (SFHM) Clin Genet 2005 68:408-423.

Elliott A.M., Evans J.A. and Chudley A.E. Split Hand Foot Malformation. Clin Genet 2005 68:501-505.

Elliott A.M. and Evans J.A. Fibular Aplasia, Tibial Campomelia and Oligodactyly. (Letter to the Editor). Am J Med Genet 2006 140A:1127.

Elliott A.M. and Evans J.A. Genotype Phenotype Correlations in Split Hand Foot Malformation (SHFM). Am J Med Genet 2006 140A: 1419-1427.

Elliott A.M., Reed M.H., Chudley A.E., Chodirker, B.N. and Evans J.A. Clinical and Epidemiological Findings of Patients with Central Ray Deficiency: Split Hand Foot Malformation (SHFM) in Manitoba, Canada. Am J Med Genet 2006 140A: 1428-1439.

Elliott A.M., Wilcox W.R., Spear G.S., Field F.M., Steffensen T.S., Friedman B.D., Rimoin D.L. and Lachman R.S. Osteocraniostenosis - Skull configuration mimicking kleeblattschädel (Cloverleaf skull) with gracile bones. Four New Cases with Distinctive Chondro-osseous morphology. Am J Med Genet 2006 140A: 1553-1563.

Elliott A.M., Reed M.H. and Evans J.A. Triphalangeal Thumb in Association with Split Hand/Foot-A Phenotypic Marker for SHFM3? Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology 2007 79:58-61.

Elliott A.M. and Evans J.A. The Association of Split Hand Foot Malformation (SHFM) and Congenital Heart Defects. Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology 2008 82:425-434.

Elliott A.M., Reed M.H. and Evans J.A. Central Ray Deficiency with Extensive Syndactyly: A Dilemma for Classification. Gen Couns 2009 20:27-43.

Friedman T, Reed MH, Elliott AM. The Carpal Bones in Poland Syndrome. Skel Rad 2009 38: 585-591.

Elliott A.M., Kibria, L. and Reed M.H. The developmental spectrum of proximal radioulnar synostosis. Skel Rad 2010 39:49-54.