Deborah Beth Zamble (October 5, 1971 – July 6, 2020) was a Canadian chemist and Canada Research Chair in Biological Chemistry at the University of Toronto.
Zamble was a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she worked with Stephen J. Lippard on cisplatin, an anti-cancer drug.
Zamble was a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard Medical School, where she worked alongside Christopher T. Walsh.
[3] Transition metals are essential to the structure and function of biological systems, but can be toxic if they are allowed to accumulate.
[7] Zamble was involved with recreating the biological chemistry curriculum at the University of Toronto, leading a second year course that incorporated her enthusiasm for cooking.