Tag: Canadian Cancer Research Alliance

Dr. Robin Urquhart at #CCRC2023

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Dr. Robin Urquhart is the co-chair of the Scientific Program Committee at the Canadian Cancer Research Conference. She is also the Scientific Director of Atlantic PATH; Canadian Cancer Society (Nova Scotia Division) Endowed Chair in Population Cancer Research; Associate Professor, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University; Senior Scientist, Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute; and Affiliate Scientist, Nova Scotia Health. Dr. Urquhart’s research interests include access to and quality of cancer care, patient and family outcomes and experiences, and how to more effectively move research evidence into clinical practice and healthcare policy.   During the conference, Dr. Urquhart can be found:  At the Opening Remarks (Sunday, November 12th, 9am AST)  Chairing a session on the Crises Affecting Healthcare (Monday, November 13th at 11:40am AST)  At the Patient Engagement Workshop (Monday, November 13th at 4:40pm AST)  Chairing a session on environment and cancer with Patient Partner, Dr. Don Desserud (Tuesday, November 14th at 11:40am AST).   

Dr. Philip Awadalla represents CanPath at #CCRC2023

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CanPath Scientific Director, Dr. Philip Awadalla, will represent CanPath at the Canadian Cancer Research Conference. Dr. Awadalla is also the Director of Computational Biology and Senior Investigator at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Professor of Population and Medical Genomics at the University of Toronto, and Executive Director of the Ontario Health Study. His research interests include the development of genomics approaches, model-based tools, and population-based approaches to study mutation rates, genome biology, and cancer.   Along with Patient Partner and Atlantic PATH participant, Pauline McIntyre, Dr. Awadalla will chair a panel on CanPath: Canada’s Largest Population Laboratory for Cancer Research on Monday, November 13th at 11:40 AST. Presenters include    Dr. Dylan O’Sullivan (Alberta Health Services, University of Calgary) speaking about risk factors for early-onset colorectal cancer;  Dr. Samina Abidi (Dalhousie University) speaking about a digital health and artificial-based public health platform for cancer risk prediction;  Dr. Sara Nejatinamini (Alberta Tomorrow Project, Alberta Health Services) speaking about changes in breast and cervical cancer screening during the COVID-19 pandemic; and   Dr. Vikki Ho (University of Montreal, CARTaGENE) speaking about harnessing data to build a cancer prevention research program.  Dr. Awadalla will also represent CanPath on a panel chaired by Dr. Sherri Christian on Networked Cancer Research in Canada on Tuesday, November 14th at 9:00am AST.