- Bio
- Professional Involvement
- Selected Speaking Engagements
- Insights
- Education
Pia-Lauren’s forward-thinking approach and scientific credentials allow her to understand the technological underpinnings of an invention as well as how the technology may evolve in the future. She looks at a product beyond its face value when drafting and developing patent applications to ensure its longevity and success in the marketplace.
Pia-Lauren is a registered patent agent in Canada and the United States with experience in the areas of patent application filing, drafting, prosecution and opinion work. She has a technical background in specialized areas of life sciences and medicine, including cellular biology, biochemistry, diagnostics, therapeutics and immunology.
She received a doctorate in immunology from McMaster University and went on to investigate early life biomarkers of allergic disease as a postdoctoral fellow at the university. Her work has been published in peer-reviewed journals and has been presented at conferences held in Canada and abroad.
Professional Involvement
Memberships
- Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
- Life Sciences Ontario
- Ontario Bioscience Innovation Organization
Selected Speaking Engagements
Panellist, "Elevate & Empower 2nd Annual Black Alumni Networking Event," McMaster University, February 25, 2025.
Speaker, Science Degree Career Presentation for STEM Students, R.S. McLaughlin CVI, Durham District School Board, February 19, 2025.
"Black Excellence in Law: Exploring Opportunities in the Legal Profession," Aird & Berlis LLP Diversity & Inclusion Webinar, February 7, 2024.
Speaker, "Bridge to Excellence: A Look at the Past to Entice Change for the Future," Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, February 2, 2024.
Panellist, "Women Professionals & Lawyers Discuss the "Second Shift" as Family Caregivers," Aird & Berlis Women’s Initiative, November 30, 2023.
"Black Voices (In)Justice: Supporting Black Youth Representation in the Legal Profession," Aird & Berlis LLP Diversity & Inclusion Webinar, March 2, 2023.
Speaker, "How Black Inventors are Transforming Food Science," Pathways to Sustainable Invention Speaker Series, May 10, 2022.
Insights
Education
- Registered Patent Agent (United States), 2021
- Registered Patent Agent (Canada), 2019
- PhD, Medical Sciences, Infection and Immunity, McMaster University, 2013
- B.Sc. (Honours), Biochemistry, McMaster University, 2007