Pediatrics Team looking to find new ways to treat children with ALL

Pediatrics Team looking to find new ways to treat children with ALL (L-R: Dr. Ketan Kulkarni, Dr. Andrew Stadnyk, MSc Student Zara Forbrigger) Interested in improving the outcomes when treating acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common cancer in children, Drs Andrew Stadnyk (Pediatrics), Ketan Kulkarni (Pediatrics) and MSc student … Read more

BHCRI Announces CRTP Pilot Program and Awards Competition

The Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute Announces the Fall Cancer Research Training Program Pilot Program and Awards Competition Twice each year the Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute holds a competition that provides funding to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and clinical research fellows undertaking cancer research at recognized institutions in Atlantic Canada.  A limited number … Read more

Glioblastoma Research to Improve the Lives of Patients

Glioblastoma Research to Improve the Lives of Patients By Rikki Clark, Acadia University and BHCRI Summer Student Glioblastoma is a devastating and universally deadly form of brain cancer with an uncanny ability to change and evade current standard of care treatments. This makes glioblastoma truly formidable both to research and … Read more

Dr. David Hoskin: A BHCRI Founder, Continues to Contribute

Dr. David Hoskin: a BHCRI founder, continues to contribute By Maria Laura Todesco, Public Relations student, Nova Scotia Community College Dr. Hoskin’s interest in science began when he was very young. At an early age, he had an improvised laboratory in his basement where he did research with a … Read more

Atlantic Canadians deserve better cancer treatment options

Atlantic Canadians deserve better cancer treatment options and conditions to deal with cancer’s effects on themselves, their families, and health-care systems. The most recent estimates predicts that almost 45 per cent of Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer during their lives. With the tremendous financial support by the Terry Fox Research Institute and … Read more

Efforts underway to grow scientific cancer research community

Dr. Sherri Christian, associate professor, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, has been named assistant scientific director in Newfoundland and Labrador for the Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute (BHCRI). Please view the full article: https://gazette.mun.ca/research/strength-in-numbers/

BHCRI Announces Spring 2022 CRTP Competition

The Spring 2022 Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute Cancer Research Training Program funding competition is now open.   Twice each year the Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute holds a competition that provides funding to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and clinical research fellows undertaking cancer research at recognized institutions in Atlantic Canada.  A limited number of traineeship … Read more

BHCRI Announces the 2022 Summer Studentship Competition

We are very pleased to announce the 2022 summer studentship competition with up to 4 awards offered in the amount of $5000 each for a 14-week term during the summer of 2022. The following awards are available: Jeremy Ingham Cancer Research Studentship – Applications for research into pediatric cancers are encouraged. Jeremy’s … Read more