Researcher Profiles

Dr. Patricia Oliver, PhD, MCCPM

Appointments: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Dalhousie University; Cross appointed with the Dept. of Physics and Atmospheric Science; Medical Physicist, Nova Scotia Health Affiliations: Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia Health Research interests: Medical physics, radiation oncology, stereotactic radiosurgery, stereotactic body radiotherapy, linac quality assurance testing, radiotherapy treatment planning, Monte Carlo simulations, radiation dosimetry, adaptive radiotherapy … Read more

Dr. Jennifer Payne, PhD

Appointments: Associate Professor, Dept of Diagnostic Radiology, Dalhousie Adjunct Appointment, Dept of Community Health & Epidemiologist, Dalhousie Affiliated Scientist, Nova Scotia Health Authority Affiliated Scientist, IWK Health Centre Affiliations: Senior Epidemiologist, Nova Scotia Breast Screening Program Research Interests: Breast imaging, breast screening, breast cancer, health services utilization Breast Screening in Nova Scotia My work focuses … Read more

Dr. Devanand M. Pinto, PhD

Appointments: Senior Research Officer, National Research Council, Adjunct Professor, Dalhousie University Affiliations: National Research Council, Human Health Therapeutics. Dalhousie University, Department of Chemistry Research Interests: Proteomics, Predictive & prognostic biomarkers, cancer metabolism, bioinformatics and circulating tumor cells. Quantitative Analysis of Biological Systems My research involves the development of bioanalytical techniques for quantitative measurement of nucleic … Read more

Dr. Geoff Porter, MD, FRCSC, FACS

Appointments: Professor, Departments of Surgery and Community Health & Epidemiology Gibran and Jamile Ramia – QEII Health Sciences Centre Chair in Surgical Oncology Research Clinical Head, Capital Health Cancer Care Program National Project Lead, Breast Cancer Synoptic Reporting, Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC) Affiliations: Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine, Capital Health Research Interests: Clinical and … Read more

Dr. Thomas Pulinilkunnil, PhD

Appointments: Associate Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick Affiliations: Adjunct Professor, University of New Brunswick Research Interests: Energy metabolism, proteotoxicity, autophagy, lysosome, fatty acids, cardiotoxicity, Breast Cancer, Anti-cancer drugs Lysosomal autophagy and proteotoxicity in cancer biology and therapeutics Role of energy metabolism in cancer pathology Pathophysiology of anti-cancer … Read more

Dr. Jan Rainey, PhD

Appointments: Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, cross-appointed to Department of Chemistry Affiliations: Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University Faculty of Science Research Interests: Structural biology; Regulatory peptides; Membrane proteins; Extracellular matrix; G-protein coupled receptor activation mechanisms; Therapeutic design; Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy; Atomic force microscopy; Fluorescence & circular dichroism spectroscopy. … Read more

Dr. Murali (Mal) Rajaraman, MD, FRCPC

Appointments: Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology Radiation Oncologist, QEII Cancer Care Program Affiliations: Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine, Capital Health, Nova Scotia Health Authority Research Interests: Dr. Rajaraman’s clinical expertise is in the areas of Thyroid Cancer, Head & Neck Cancer, Breast Cancer, Sarcoma, Lung Cancer, and Skin Cancer. Research activities and interests are … Read more

Dr. Ravi Ramjeesingh, MD, PhD, FRCPC

Appointments: Medical Oncologist & Associate Professor, Division of Medical Oncology Chair Hepatopancreobiliary (HPB) Oncology Halifax Director of Research, Division of Medical Oncology Associate Member, Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute Affiliations: Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia Health Research Interests: Pancreatic cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, biliary tract cancers, breast cancer, real world evidence, translational research, clinical trial design The … Read more

Dr. Daniel Rayson, MD, FRCPC

Appointments: Associate Professor, Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine Director, Atlantic Clinical Cancer Research Unit (ACCRU) Medical Oncologist, QEII Cancer Care Program Vice-Chair of the Development Board, Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute Affiliations: Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine, Capital Health Research Interests: Clinical trials in breast cancer, breast cancer care path analysis, pathology studies of … Read more

Dr. Tony Reiman, MD, SM, FRCPC

Appointments: Canadian Cancer Society Research Chair, University of New Brunswick; Medical Oncologist, Saint John Regional Hospital; Professor of Medicine at Dalhousie University Affiliations: Dalhousie University; Saint John Regional Hospital, Saint John, NB Research Interests: Myeloma, lung cancer, lymphoma, cancer clinical trials, translational cancer research, multidisciplinary supportive cancer care research. Involving patients in cutting edge cancer … Read more