Seminar Series
Introducing the MOHCCN Seminar Series
This seminar series features virtual talks from MOHCCN research partner investigators and trainees. These seminars will be of interest primarily to cancer researchers, clinicians and trainees across the country.
Upcoming Talks
Please come back soon to learn more about the next event of the TFRI Pan-Can Seminar Series. Thanks!
Archived Talks
MOHCCN Seminar Series: Atlantic Cancer Consortium
Monday, June 6 2022
Presenters
- “Transforming the data ecosystem for precision oncology research and care” Dr. Robin Urquhart, PhD. Associate Professor, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University Nova Scotia Lead/PI for the
Atlantic Cancer Consortium
- “Clinical and social patient outcomes and their predictors” Dr. Sevtap Savas, PhD. Professor, Division of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University
- “Small RNA in extracellular vesicles (EVs) of GBM, grade 4 astrocytoma recurrence” Dr. Jeremy Roy, PhD. Scientist, Atlantic Cancer Research Institute. Adjunct (Scholar) Professor, Department of Medical Neuroscience,
Dalhousie University Associate Member, Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute and Dr. Adrienne Weeks, MD PhD. Assistant Professor, Division of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University Atlantic Canada Research Institute and Dalhousie
University
- “Applying omics and bioinformatics to investigate novel mediators of breast cancer progression” Marie-Claire Wasson. PhD Candidate, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University Trainee, Cancer Research
Training Program, Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute
MOHCCN Seminar Series: Marathon of Hope - Québec
Monday, Feb. 7, 2022
Presenters
- Natasha Szuber, MD M.Sc. FRCPC “Advances in myeloproliferative neoplasms”
- Sonia del Rincón, PhD “Targeting MNK1/2 in cancer: What have we learned and where are we going?”
- Yacine Bareche, PhD “Leveraging big data of immune checkpoint blockade response identifies novel potential targets”
- Ian Watson, PhD “The spatial immune landscape of melanoma”
MOHCCN Seminar Series: Precision Medicine Initiatives at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Consortium
Monday, Dec. 6, 2021
Presenters
- Dr. Lillian Siu
- Dr. Phillippe Bedard
- Dr. Alberto Hernando Calvo
MOHCCN Seminar Series: TFRI's EPPIC Program
MONDAY, OCT 4, 2021
Keynote
- Dr. Daniel Renouf, MD, MPH, FRCPC, presenting Precision Medicine in Pancreatic Cancer: The TFRI EPPIC Program
Presenters
Dr. Yifan Wang, MD, PhD (candidate), presenting Informing pancreatic cancer care through ambulatory oncology clinic-based germline testing models and precision medicine
James Topham (BC Genome Sciences Centre) and Erica Tsang (BC Cancer) presenting KRAS WT Pancreatic Cancer
Moderator
- Dr. George Zogopoulos, MD, PhD, FRCS(C), FACS. Associate Professor of Surgery and Oncology, McGill University and Scientist, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre and Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute