Karen Kidd
Canadian aquatic ecotoxicologist
Karen Ann Kidd (born 1968) is a Canadian aquatic ecotoxicologist. She is the Jarislowsky Chair in Environment and Health and Professor of Biology at McMaster University and member of the International Joint Commission.
Early life and education
Kidd was born in 1968 in Sarnia, Ontario to parents Diane and George Werezak. Growing up, she attended Cathcart Boulevard Public School and Northern Collegiate Institute and Vocational School, where she graduated from in 1987. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Toxicology from the University of Guelph and her PhD in Biology from the University of Alberta.
Career
Upon completing her PhD, Kidd became a Research Scientist in the Environmental Sciences Division at Fisheries & Oceans Canada. In 2002, Kidd was the recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal. During her tenure with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Kidd began surveying the minnows in a 34-hectare lake in Ontario. Her research team found that male fish who were swimming in oestrogen-laced water would become intersex and lose the ability to breed. Later, she found that estrogen in municipal water systems nearly led to the extinction of the fathead minnow.
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