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Order of Canada

2024-12-18

Nada Jabado
Congratulations to Dr. Nada Jabado on being appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada.

New Appointments

2024-12-11

Daniel Markel
Daniel Markel - Assistant Professor (Medical Physics)

Obituary

2024-12-09

Abraham Fuks

The Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology (GBDO) mourns the loss of Dr. Abraham Fuks who passed away on December 1, 2024. As a member of the GBDO, Dr. Fuks had contributed to our Focus on Faculty series in October 2022, by submitting a personal and thoughtful account of the trajectory of his life and career: Focus on Faculty - Abraham FuksÌý

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.Ìý This year's Distinguished Lecturer was Prof. Eduardo Franco who gave the presentationÌýEvidence-Based Medicine in Cancer Prevention and Control: Challenges and Opportunities.ÌýÌý

Congratulations to the following award recipients:
Dr. Elliot Mitmaker:ÌýTeaching and Mentorship

Dr. Miguel Burnier: Research

Dr. Michael Sebag:ÌýClinical Service and InnovationÌý

Maria Ciccone: Academic, Clinical or Research Support

Congratulations to Dr. Luis SouhamiÌýwho received the Department's Lifetime Achievement Award.Ìý

Prix Grands SagesÌý

2024-11-15

Phil Gold
Congratulations to Dr. Phil Gold, Professor Emeritus, on being awarded the Prix Grands Sages from the Fonds de recherche du Québec, for his outstanding contributions to science and society. .

Canada Research Chair

2024-11-15

Ivan TopisirovicÌý Shirin Enger
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.Ìý

Congratulations to Prof. Shirin Enger on the renewal of her Canada Research Chair in Medical Physics (CIHR Tier 2).ÌýÌý

Next Generation of Scientists Award

2024-10-31

Cancer Research Society award announcement for Jennifer Ritonja
Congratulations toÌýJennifer 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". RitonjaÌýis a postdoctoral fellow supervised by Prof. Anita Koushik in the Division of Cancer Epidemiology.

New Appointments

2024-10-10

Joshua Vorstenbosch
Joshua Vorstenbosch - Associate Member (Surgical Oncology - Plastic Surgery)

À¦°óSMÉçÇø D2R Funding of Foundational Projects

2024-09-20

Celia GreenwoodÌý stephane richard
Congratulations to Prof. Celia Greenwood and Prof. Stéphane Richard on being awarded grants from À¦°óSMÉçÇø's D2R funding initiative.Ìý

Celia Greenwood: Modelling individual differences in patterns of epigenetic regulation

Stéphane Richard:ÌýDefining the role of arginine methyltransferases in the regulation of intronic circular non-coding RNAs in diseases

Obituary

2024-09-18

photo of Philip Branton
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 À¦°óSMÉçÇø 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’s 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,ÌýO.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.Ìý

NSERC Discovery Research Program

2024-08-02

Photo of Prof. Luke McCaffrey
Congratulations to Prof. Luke McCaffrey on being awarded an NSERC Discovery Research Program grant for his project,ÌýRegulation of apical basal polarity and epithelial architecture.Ìý

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 replacingÌýProf. Eduardo FrancoÌýwho has served in that role since 1995.ÌýÌýÌý Ìý

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

ÌýÌý Photo of Simone ChevalierÌý Photo of Nader SadeghiÌýÌýPhoto of Jonathan Spicer
Congratulations to Armen Aprikian, MD,ÌýSimone Chevalier, PhD,ÌýNader Sadeghi, MD and Jonathan Spicer, MDÌýfor receiving funding from the Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network.

Armen Aprikian and Simone Chevalier:ÌýA multi-pronged approach to accelerate precision medicine for prostate cancer in Canada
Nader Sadeghi:ÌýCanadian Head And Neck cancer GEnomic (CHANGE) Collaborative
Jonathan Spicer:ÌýNeoadjuvant precision therapy for non-small cell lung cancer: A platform for discovery

Award for Best Paper in Gynecologic Oncology for 2023

2024-04-15

Lucy Gilbert
Congratulations to Dr. Lucy Gilbert who was presented withÌýthe award for the Best Paper published in Gynecologic Oncology for 2023 at the annual meeting of the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists on March 16.ÌýÌýBased on the metrics determined by the journal's editorial team, Dr. Gilbert's paper,Ìý, was the most cited and one of the most read papers in 2023. .

Sender Liberman appointed Assistant Dean, International Affairs

2024-04-15

Sender Liberman
Congratulations to Dr. Sender Liberman who has been appointed as the Assistant Dean, International Affairs.

Funding from the Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres NetworkÌý

2024-04-15

Morag ParkÌý ÌýGeorge Zogopoulos
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,ÌýIntegrated genomics and spatial heterogeneity to enhance personalized therapies for rare metaplastic breast carcinomas,Ìýfocuses on metaplastic breast cancer (MpBC) which though rare, is aggressive. The goal of Dr. Zogopoulos' project,ÌýMarathon of HopE Genome Sequencing to Inform Novel Treatments Portfolio Trial (MAESTRO),Ìýis to match pancreatic cancer patients with personalized therapies. Read more.Ìý

Oncopole Funding

2024-03-13

Sylvie Lambert
Congratulations to Prof. Sylvie Lambert on being one of the three recipients of funding from Oncopole'sÌýPriorité Patient 2023-2024 competition for her project:ÌýThe 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.Ìý.Ìý

New Appointment

2024-03-12

Carlos Telleria
Carlos Telleria - Associate Member (pathology; basic and translational cancer research)Ìý

Pamela Chase Award

2024-01-26

Rania Iliyan
Congratulations to Rania Iliyan, Student Affairs Officer in AEC-7, who in December 2023 received the Pamela Chase Award from À¦°óSMÉçÇø, for her previous work within AEC-6 as Senior Administrative and Student Affairs Coordinator.ÌýÌý

Medical Genetics at JGH and MUHC

2024-01-18

William Foulkes
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. .Ìý

Promotion

2024-01-03

Ivan Topisirovic
Congratulations to Dr. Ivan Topisirovic who has been promoted to full professor effective January 1, 2024.Ìý

New Chair of the Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology

2024-01-03

Lucy Gilbert
Congratulations to Dr. Lucy Gilbert whoÌýwas appointed as the new Chair of the Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology as of January 1, 2024.

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