Dr. Caroline Part is a member of the NMD4C Basic Science Trainee Commiittee (BSTC) and currently a PhD student in the lab of Dr. Hanns Lochmüller at the CHEO Research Institute. She completed her MSc from the University of Ottawa with Dr. Maxime Rousseaux where she characterized a novel mouse model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD). Before moving to Ottawa, she obtained a BSc with Honours in Neuroscience at the University of Alberta where she had diverse research experience in diabetic neuropathy, stroke, and breast cancer. Now, Caroline’s doctoral thesis focuses on studying the cardiac involvement of Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 (DM1) using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) with hopes to shine new light on this aspect of the disease. Outside of the lab, she serves as the VP Academic on the Graduate Student Association for Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of Ottawa.

In 2026, she began serving as a Basic Science Trainee Committee member within the NMD4C, contributing to the development of the Workshop and Mentorship Program.