precision medicine

Dr. Touati Benoukraf, PhD

Appointments: Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair (tier 2) in Bioinformatics for Personalized Medicine Affiliation: Division of BioMedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland Research interests: Bioinformatics, computational biology, epigenetics, omics, DNA methylation, transcription factors, sequencing, colorectal cancer Research Summary: As a Canada Research Chair in Bioinformatics for Personalized Medicine, I am actively integrating … Read more

Dr. Boris L. Gala-Lopez, MD MSc PhD ASTS

Appointments: Assistant Professor of Surgery, Microbiology & Immunology and Pathology. HPB & Multi-Organ Transplant Surgeon. Director, AHPBA Hepatobiliary Surgery Fellowship Program Affiliations: QEII Health Science Centre. Dalhousie University Research Interests: Pancreatic cancer, liver cancer, ischemia-reperfusion injury, organ transplantation, precision medicine, minimally invasive and robotic surgery techniques in hepatobiliary surgery. Personalized medicine in the treatment of … Read more

Dr. Kerry B. Goralski, PhD

Appointments: Professor and Associate Director, Research, College of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Professions, Dalhousie University (primary appointment); Cross-Appointment, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University; Cross Appointment, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University; Affiliated Research Staff, Pediatrics – Hematology/Oncology, IWK Health Centre; Past President, Canadian Society of Pharmacology and Therapeutics Affiliations: Dalhousie University … Read more

Dr. Morgan G. I. Langille, Ph.D.

Appointments: Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology; cross-appointed to Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Canada Research Chair in Human Microbiomics Affiliations: Dalhousie University Research Interests: Human microbiome, precision medicine, metagenomics, bioinformatics, cancer biomarkers The role of the microbiome in cancer The human microbiome is the community of microbes that inhabit and interact with the human body. … 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. Channakeshava S Umeshappa, DVM, MVSc, PhD

Appointments: Canada Research Chair in Human Immunology and Inflammation; Assistant Professor Affiliations: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University; Department of Pediatrics, IWK Health Centre Research Interests: Human immunology and inflammation, Cancer, Autoimmunity, Antitumor immunity, T cell- and B cell-mediated adaptive immunity, Precision medicine, Cancer immunotherapy, Nanotechnology-based photoimmuno therapy, Cellular immunotherapy. Research Summary: Chronic diseases such … 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