Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology Award Recipients
2024-11-20
The 8th Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology Distinguished Lecture and Awards Ceremony was held on November 18, 2024.听 This year's Distinguished Lecturer was Prof. Eduardo Franco who gave the presentation听Evidence-Based Medicine in Cancer Prevention and Control: Challenges and Opportunities.听听
Congratulations to the following award recipients:
Dr. Elliot Mitmaker:听Teaching and Mentorship
Dr. Miguel Burnier: Research
Dr. Michael Sebag:听Clinical Service and Innovation听
Maria Ciccone: Academic, Clinical or Research Support
Congratulations to Dr. Luis Souhami听who received the Department's Lifetime Achievement Award.听
Prix Grands Sages听
2024-11-15
Congratulations to Dr. Phil Gold, Professor Emeritus, on being awarded the Prix Grands Sages from the Fonds de recherche du Qu茅bec, for his outstanding contributions to science and society. .
Canada Research Chair
2024-11-15
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Congratulations to Prof. Ivan Topisirovic who was awarded a new Canada Research Chair (CIHR Tier 1) for his research on the Regulation of mRNA Translation and Metabolism.听
Congratulations to Prof. Shirin Enger on the renewal of her Canada Research Chair in Medical Physics (CIHR Tier 2).听听
Next Generation of Scientists Award
2024-10-31
Congratulations to听Jennifer Ritonja, PhD on being one of the 2024 recipients of the Cancer Research Society's Next Generation of Scientists Awards, for her project "Body size, physical activity, and ovarian cancer risk in women: a life course epidemiologic approach". Ritonja听is a postdoctoral fellow supervised by Prof. Anita Koushik in the Division of Cancer Epidemiology.
New Appointments
2024-10-10
Joshua Vorstenbosch - Associate Member (Surgical Oncology - Plastic Surgery)
91社区 D2R Funding of Foundational Projects
2024-09-20
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Congratulations to Prof. Celia Greenwood and Prof. St茅phane Richard on being awarded grants from 91社区's D2R funding initiative.听
Celia Greenwood: Modelling individual differences in patterns of epigenetic regulation
St茅phane Richard:听Defining the role of arginine methyltransferases in the regulation of intronic circular non-coding RNAs in diseases
Obituary
2024-09-18
The Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology mourns the loss of Philip Branton, Professor Emeritus in the department. From 1990 to 2000 Prof. Branton was the Chair of the Department of Biochemistry at 91社区 and in 1996 was awarded the Gilman Cheney Professorship. In 2000 he was selected as inaugural Scientific Director of the Institute of Cancer Research of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Prof. Branton was the founder and past Chair of the Canadian Cancer Research Alliance (CCRA), the past Chair of the Research Action Group of the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer and a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of Stand Up 2 Cancer. Dr. Branton received many accolades over the course of his distinguished career including Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Canadian Cancer Society鈥檚 R.M. Taylor Medal (2005), CCRA Award for Exceptional Leadership in Cancer Research (2011) and Officer of the Order of Canada (2014). He was well known internationally for his research on human adenoviruses, cell death, protein degradation and tumour suppressors and had published 130 papers in top peer-reviewed journals.
Obituary
2024-08-27
The Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology is saddened by the loss of Sheila Kussner,听O.C., O.Q., C.O.M. who passed away on August 6, 2024 at the age of 91. Mrs. Kussner played an invaluable role in the creation of the Department of Oncology in 1990 through her fundraising efforts.听
NSERC Discovery Research Program
2024-08-02
Congratulations to Prof. Luke McCaffrey on being awarded an NSERC Discovery Research Program grant for his project,听Regulation of apical basal polarity and epithelial architecture.听
New Director - Division of Cancer Epidemiology
2024-07-31
Effective August 1, 2024 Prof. Anita Koushik will be the new Director of the Division of Cancer Epidemiology. She is replacing听Prof. Eduardo Franco听who has served in that role since 1995.听听听 听
New Appointments
2024-07-31
Carol Oliveira - Assistant Professor (Radiation Oncology)
New Appointments
2024-07-10
Parvaneh Fallah - Assistant Professor (Medical Oncology)
Gabriel Famulari - Assistant Professor (Medical Physics)
Funding from the Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network
2024-07-04
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Congratulations to Armen Aprikian, MD,听Simone Chevalier, PhD,听Nader Sadeghi, MD and Jonathan Spicer, MD听for receiving funding from the Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network.
Armen Aprikian and Simone Chevalier:听A multi-pronged approach to accelerate precision medicine for prostate cancer in Canada
Nader Sadeghi:听Canadian Head And Neck cancer GEnomic (CHANGE) Collaborative
Jonathan Spicer:听Neoadjuvant precision therapy for non-small cell lung cancer: A platform for discovery
Award for Best Paper in Gynecologic Oncology for 2023
2024-04-15
Congratulations to Dr. Lucy Gilbert who was presented with听the award for the Best Paper published in Gynecologic Oncology for 2023 at the annual meeting of the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists on March 16.听听Based on the metrics determined by the journal's editorial team, Dr. Gilbert's paper,听, was the most cited and one of the most read papers in 2023. .
Sender Liberman appointed Assistant Dean, International Affairs
2024-04-15
Congratulations to Dr. Sender Liberman who has been appointed as the Assistant Dean, International Affairs.
Funding from the Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network听
2024-04-15
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Congratulations to Morag Park, PhD and to George Zogopoulos, MD, PhD for receiving funding from the Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network. Prof. Park's project titled,听Integrated genomics and spatial heterogeneity to enhance personalized therapies for rare metaplastic breast carcinomas,听focuses on metaplastic breast cancer (MpBC) which though rare, is aggressive. The goal of Dr. Zogopoulos' project,听Marathon of HopE Genome Sequencing to Inform Novel Treatments Portfolio Trial (MAESTRO),听is to match pancreatic cancer patients with personalized therapies. Read more.听
Oncopole Funding
2024-03-13
Congratulations to Prof. Sylvie Lambert on being one of the three recipients of funding from Oncopole's听Priorit茅 Patient 2023-2024 competition for her project:听The right level of support, at the right time, to the right person: Implementation of stepped care to increase access to rehabilitation support for cancer survivors post-radiation for a head and neck cancer.听.听
New Appointment
2024-03-12
Carlos Telleria - Associate Member (pathology; basic and translational cancer research)听
Pamela Chase Award
2024-01-26
Congratulations to Rania Iliyan, Student Affairs Officer in AEC-7, who in December 2023 received the Pamela Chase Award from 91社区, for her previous work within AEC-6 as Senior Administrative and Student Affairs Coordinator.听听
Medical Genetics at JGH and MUHC
2024-01-18
Congratulations to Dr. William Foulkes who has been appointed as the Director of Medical Genetics at the Jewish General Hospital as well as at the MUHC. .听
Promotion
2024-01-03
Congratulations to Dr. Ivan Topisirovic who has been promoted to full professor effective January 1, 2024.听
New Chair of the Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology
2024-01-03
Congratulations to Dr. Lucy Gilbert who听was appointed as the new Chair of the Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology as of January 1, 2024.
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