breast cancer

Dr. Barbara Karten, PhD

Appointments: Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Department Head, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Affiliations: Dalhousie University Research interests: Cell Biology, Intracellular lipid metabolism, cholesterol homeostasis, neuroblastoma, neurons, endosomes, mitochondria, breast cancer Research Summary: Linking cellular cholesterol homeostasis to cancer cell growth All animal cells require cholesterol, which regulates membrane and membrane protein function. Cholesterol is present … Read more

Dr. Greg Fairn, PhD

Appointments: Professor, Pathology and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. Tier 1 Canada Research Chair Affiliations: Dalhousie University and University of Toronto Research interests: My research interests include multiomics, metabolism, lipids, cholesterol, breast cancer, liver cancer, EGFR, AKT, Protein lipidation, Fatty acid synthase, K-Ras, and immunity. Research Summary: My lab investigates many vital areas for human health, … Read more

Dr. Sheila Drover, PhD

Appointments: Associate Professor, Immunology & Infectious Diseases Research Group, Division of BioMedical Sciences Affiliations: Memorial University of Newfoundland, Faculty of Medicine Research Interests: Cancer Immunology, Breast Cancer and Autoimmunity Immune Markers and Immune Modulation in Breast Cancer Patients with breast cancer have a better outcome if their tumor cells express certain types of HLA molecules … Read more

Dr. Arik Drucker, MD, FRCPC

Appointments: Assistant Professor, Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University Staff Medical Oncologist, Nova Scotia Cancer Centre Member Cancer Care Nova Scotia Breast and Genitourinary Site Teams Affiliations: Dalhousie University, Faculty of Medicine, Capital Health Research Interests: Mechanisms of carcinogenesis and cancer genetics, development of surrogate markers of cancer diagnosis/progression … Read more

Dr. Violet D’Souza, PhD

Appointments: Assistant Professor, Department of Dental Clinical Sciences, Dalhousie University Affiliations: Associate Member, Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute Healthy Populations Institute, Scholar Research Interests: Oral Health, Frailty, Healthy Aging, Chronic Disease in Elderly, Chronic Disease Prevention, Psychosocial Oncology, Cancer Survivorship, Cognitive Decline, Population Health I am interested in cancer survivorship research. To date, I have conducted … Read more

Dr. Gregory C. Knapp, MSc, MD, FRCSC

Appointments: Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University; Director, Global Surgery Office Affiliations: Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia Health Authority, IWK Research Interests: global oncology, breast cancer, access, peritoneal surface malignancy, cancer genomics, screening, low-and middle-income countries There are three pillars to my research: 1) local breast cancer research, with an interest in building local biobanking … Read more

Dr. Michael Leitges, PhD

Appointments: Full Professor, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Cell Signaling and Translational Medicine Affiliations: Division of BioMedical Sciences / Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Health Science Centre, 300 Prince Philip Drive, St. John`s, Newfoundland, Canada A1B 3V6 Research Interests: Protein Kinase C signal transduction, Protein Kinase D signal transduction, Cell Cycle, Mouse … Read more

Dr. Paola Marcato, PhD

Appointments: Associate Professor Affiliations: Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University Research Interests: Cancer, Breast Cancer The research projects in my laboratory have the long-term goal of developing improved therapeutic strategies for breast cancer based on a precision medicine approach. We use transcriptome and genome-wide functional assays, cell lines, patient-derived xenografts (PDXs), mouse tumor models, and analysis of published … Read more

Dr. Luc J. Martin, PhD

Appointments: Associate Professor Affiliations: Biology Department, Université de Moncton Research Interests: Molecular endocrinology, Steroidogenesis, Transcriptional regulation, Cell-to-cell interactions, Tumor Leydig cells, Breast cancer Xanthophylls in cancer prevention Our research aims to study the carotenoids of xanthophylls type for their anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic activities on cancer cells. We have shown that fucoxanthinol can reduce the viability … 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