Dr. Cheryl Rockman-Greenberg, Professor and Head of Pediatrics and Child Health at the University of Manitoba, and Medical Director of the Child Health Programme for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA), recognized the importance of molecular medicine and was the driving force behind the opening o the first lab in Winnipeg for the diagnosis of genetic disease with DNA testing. This internationally known researcher has identified the molecular source of some of Manitoba's most devastating inherited diseases, including those most prevalent in the province's Aboriginal, Mennonite and Hutterite communities.