Tag: Translational research

Naoto Hirano

Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre   Full Biography   Cancers of Interest Blood, Breast, Lung, Ovarian, Pancreatic, Prostate, Skin, Soft Tissue Sarcoma   Research Interests and Clinical Approach Dr. Hirano’s research team is particularly interested in understanding how the interactions between T cells and antigen-presenting cells affect priming, expansion, persistence and differentiation of T… Read more »

Glenwood Goss

FCPSA, FRCPC Professor of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Division of Medical Oncology Chair, Thoracic Oncology Site Committee Director of Clinical and Translational Research, Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre   Full Biography   Cancers of Interest Lung   Projects at BioCanRx Interrogation of Biomarkers in Patient Samples from a Phase Ib Trial of the Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor,… Read more »

Kevin Hay

Clinician Scientist & Hematologist, The Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program of BC, BC Cancer and Vancouver General Hospital Medical Director, CFIL, Immunotherapy Program of BC Scientist, Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer Research Institute Assistant Professor. Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia   Full Biography   Cancers of Interest Blood   Research and clinical approaches Bioinformatics,… Read more »

Dean Fergusson

Senior Scientist, Clinical Epidemiology Program Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Director, Clinical Epidemiology Program Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Professor, Departments of Medicine, Surgery, & the School of Epidemiology & Public Health University of Ottawa Endowed Chair, Clinical Epidemiology Program Ottawa Hospital Research Institute/University of Ottawa Scientific Co-Lead, Ontario SPOR SUPPORT Unit, Government of Ontario and the… Read more »

Michel Duval

Full Clinical Professor, Université de Montréal   Full Biography   Cancers of Interest Pediatric acute leukemia Neuroblastoma   Research Interests and Clinical Approach Innovative therapeutics Innate immune stimulation using specialized dendritic cells   Projects at BioCanRx First in Human ThINKK Adoptive Immunotherapy to Prevent Leukemia and Neuroblastoma Relapse: GMP-manufacturing and Phase I Clinical Trial  … Read more »

Jean-Simon Diallo

Senior Scientist, Cancer Therapeutics Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Associate Scientist, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa   Full Biography   Cancers of Interest Sarcoma Prostate Breast   Research Interests and Clinical Approach Oncolytic Virotherapy Viral sensitizers Combination Immunotherapy   Projects at BioCanRx Development of Supporting Analytical Assays and Regulatory Compliance Package for Viral Sensitizer… Read more »

Gregory Dekaban

Robarts Scientist and Professor, Western University   Full Biography   Cancers of Interest Blood Prostate   Projects at BioCanRx In vivo human therapeutic cell tracking using a [19F]-perfluorocarbon cellular MRI contrast agent: Phase I feasibility and preliminary safety trial

David Courtman

Director, Cell Manufacturing, Biotherapeutics Core Facilities, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Senior Investigator, Regenerative Medicine Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Assistant Professor, Dept of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa   Full Biography   Cancers of Interest Blood   Research and clinical approaches Stem Cells

Jonathan Bramson

Professor, McMaster University Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine Vice-Dean, Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University Director, Fraunhofer Project Centre for Biomedical Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing Canada Research Chair in Translational Cancer Immunology John Bienenstock Chair in Molecular Medicine   Full Biography   Cancers of Interest Bone Breast Lung   Projects at BioCanRx Phase… Read more »

John Bell

Senior Scientist, Cancer Therapeutics Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Professor, Depts. of Medicine and Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology, University of Ottawa Program Director, Ontario Regional Biotherapeutics Program(ORBiT), Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, OICR Director, Canadian Oncolytic Virus Consortium (COVCo), Terry Fox New Frontiers Program Project Grant Scientific Director, BioCanRx, Biotherapeutics for Cancer Treatment, Network of… Read more »