Appointments: Research Scientist, Nova Scotia Health Authority Staff Scientist, IWK Health Centre Affiliations: Nova Scotia Health Authority, IWK Health Centre, Biomedical Translational Imaging Centre (BIOTIC) Research Interests: Molecular imaging, cancer immunotherapy, MRI, drug development Using Molecular Imaging for the Development of Novel Cancer Therapeutics There are hundreds of novel cancer therapeutics currently under development in … Read more
Appointments: Associate Professor Pharmacology, Dalhousie University Adjunct Professor Business, University of New Brunswick Affiliations: Translational Scientist, New Brunswick Heart Centre Chief Scientific Officer, NBBM Inc. Research Interests: Translational Medicine, Nanomedicine, Heme Metabolism Our research program is interested in quality of life improvements for patients living with or after cancer. We seek to maximize the efficacy … Read more
Appointments: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of New Brunswick Affiliations: Assistant professor at the University of New Brunswick; Board member at the Canadian Cancer Society – New Brunswick Research Interests: Chronicity – Cancer risk and cancer prevention, Health Promotion, Immigrants and refugees, and Qualitative Research Methods. Cancer prevention I examine the way cancer, cancer risk, … Read more
Dr. Amanda Caissie MD, PhD, FRCPC is Associate Professor and Head of Dalhousie University’s Department of Radiation Oncology (DRO). A native Maritimer, she returned to work in the Dalhousie DRO after completing medical school at Queen’s University 2007 and radiation oncology residency at the University of Toronto 2012. A McGill alumna who completed her PhD … Read more
Appointments: Professor, Departments of Psychology & Neuroscience and Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Canada Research Chair in Children’s Pain (Tier 1); Scientific Director, Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP) Cross-appointed in the Department of Anesthesia, Pain Management, and Perioperative Medicine & the Department of Psychiatry and the School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Affiliations: Dalhousie … Read more
Appointments: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie Affiliations: Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute, Associate Member Research interests: Peptide Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Radiochemistry, Cytotoxic Peptides, Peptide Therapeutics, Heterocyclic Peptides Reimagining Peptide Structure for Precision Cancer Targeting My research group focuses on controlling the three-dimensional shape of a peptide to “seek and destroy” cancer cells … Read more
Appointments: Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology Affiliations: Dalhousie University Research Interests: Proteome homeostasis, proteasome, protein translation, lung cancer, bacterial infection, host immunity, inflammation Linking protein homeostasis to cancer treatment Receptor for activated C kinase 1 (RACK1), a scaffold protein and core component of the protein translation apparatus, has emerged as a novel molecular … Read more
Appointments: Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Cross-appointed to Faculty of Medicine; Deputy Head (Graduate Studies); Program Lead, Atlantic Cancer Consortium, Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres, Terry Fox Research Institute Affiliations: Memorial University of Newfoundland Research Interests: Regulation of cell fate decisions by signaling pathways Work in Dr. Christian’s lab is focused on how cells communicate with … Read more
Appointments: Hematopathologist, QEII Health Sciences Centre; Section Head, Molecular Hematopathology, NSHA Central Zone; Hematopathology Division Head, IWK Health Centre; Associate Professor, Departments of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, and Pediatrics, Dalhousie University Affiliations: QEII Health Sciences Centre; IWK Health Centre; Dalhousie University Research Interests: Cancer detection, point-of-care, assay optimization How to improve cancer diagnostics By collaborating … Read more
Appointments: Associate Professor, Biology Department, Acadia University; Adjunct Professor, Pathology Department, Dalhousie University Affiliations: Acadia University; Dalhousie University Research Interests: Cancer, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, immunology, host defense peptides and phytochemicals Investigating Effects of Anti-cancer Peptides and Phytochemicals on Cancer and Immune cells Dr. Melanie Coombs’s research interests include the investigation of the anti-cancer and … Read more