Researcher Profiles

Dr. Robin Urquhart, PhD

Appointments: Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Dalhousie; Cross-appointment, Community Health & Epidemiology, Dalhousie; Cross-listed in Medical Education, Dalhousie Affiliations: Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Health Authority Research Interests: Health services research and knowledge translation/implementation science, related to cancer. Narrowing the ‘gap’ between research and practice Robin’s primary research interests relate to understanding and optimizing the movement … Read more

Dr. David Waisman, PhD

Appointments: Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Pathology Canada Research Chair in Cancer Research Affiliations: Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine; adjunct Professor, University of Calgary Research Interests: mechanisms of tumour growth, angiogenesis and metastasis; developing and testing compounds that block angiogenesis and metastasis Blocking the drivers of tumour growth and metastasis Dr. David … Read more

Dr. Alison Wallace, MD, PHD, FRCSC

Appointments: Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery and Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University; Thoracic Surgeon, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre Research Interests: Lung cancer, precision oncology, epigenetics, molecular biology, transcriptomics, molecular profiling, organoids, thoracic surgery, lung cancer management Research Summary: I am a thoracic surgeon and PhD scientist. The focus of … Read more

Dr. Jun Wang, Ph.D

Appointments: Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Pediatrics, Dalhousie University Affiliations: Canadian Canter for Vaccinology IWK Health Centre Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Pediatrics Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University Research Interests: IL-17, IL-17R, cancer and infection, adaptive immunity, immune regulation Targeting on the IL-17/IL-17R axis The immune system plays a vital role in … Read more

Dr. Peizhong Peter Wang, M.D., Ph.D

Appointments: Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s; Adjunct Professor, Tianjin Medical University, China; Visiting Professor, Wenzhou Medical College, Zhejiang, China Affiliations: Division of Community Health and Humanities; Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland; School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China Research Interests: Cancer Epidemiology, Aging, Disability, Health Survey, and Statistical Modeling. … Read more

Dr. Adrienne Weeks, MD PhD FRCSC

Appointments: Assistant Professor Division of Neurosurgery, Dalhousie University Cross Appointments: Division of Radiology, Dalhousie; Medical Neurosciences, Dalhousie Co-Chair Neuroncology Co-Lead CNS Tumour Bank Research Interests: Brain Tumours, GBM, Astrocytoma, Extracellular Vesicles, Stress Granules, transcriptomics As both a neurosurgeon and a scientist I find it imperative to find better solutions to helping patients afflicted with brain … Read more

Dr. Lori Weeks, PhD

Appointments: Professor, School of Nursing Associate Research Scholar, Healthy Populations Institute Cross-Appointment in Gender and Women’s Studies Nova Scotia Health: Scientific/Affiliated Appointment, Continuing Care MSSU Associate Scientist Canadian Association on Gerontology Vice-President CIHR Institute of Aging Advisory Board Member Affiliations: Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Health Research Interests: Aging, caregivers, abuse, housing, long-term care, community-based … Read more

Dr. Zhaolin Xu, MD, FRCPC, FCAP

Appointments: Professor, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University Pulmonary Pathologist and Cytopathologist, QE II Health Sciences Centre, NSHA Chair, Pathology Working Group and Network Member, Pan-Canadian Lung Cancer Screening Network, Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC) Chair, Pathology Working Group and Steering Committee Member, Lung Cancer Screening Network, Cancer Care Nova Scotia (CCNS) Committee Member, Correlative Sciences … Read more

Dr. Shine (Xu) Zhang

Appointments: Research Chair in Applied Nanotechnology in Verschuren Centre, and Cross Appointment to Department of Chemistry Affiliations: Cape Breton University Research Interests: Nanomedicine, Nanozymes, Nano-biosensors, and photocatalyst Nanomaterials based theranostics Development of multifunctional material/device platform for cancer diagnostics and treatment based on nanotechnology. For example, targeting cancerous tissue with DNA aptamer technology, developing novel drug … Read more