Current Students
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Abate, Natnael
MSc Student, Cancer Sciences; Supervisor - Dr. Michael Hendzel
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Al-Imarah, Shay
PhD Student, Cancer Sciences; Supervisor - Dr. Kristi Baker
Investigating the effects of energy sources on the metabolism of colorectal cancer with different DNA repair subtypes
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Babawale, Odunola Grace |
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Bernier, Cécilia
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Blackwood, Samantha |
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Chen, Angie Effects of mitochondrial DNA and TFAM mutation on immune activation in colorectal cancer subtypes |
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Cox, Zachary |
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Fan, Dan |
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Gazor, Alireza
MSc Student; Medical Physics; Supervisor - Dr. Gino Fallone & Tania Wood (co-supervisor) |
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Han, Gawon Auto-contouring algorithm for tumour tracking using the Linac-MR |
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Handa, Bhumika |
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Hossain, Lazina Investigating The Role of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C (VEGF-C) and Cancer Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) in Lymphatic Endothelial Cells (LECs) Response to Oxidative Stress and Hypoxia |
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Islam, Ali
MSc Student, Medical Physics; Supervisor - Dr. Geetha Menon & Dr. Keith Wachowicz
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Karimpour, Rana |
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Kate, Wisdom
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Klautau Toffoli, Jose Antonio
MSc Student, Medical Physics; Supervisor - Dr. Gino Fallone
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Knechtel, Justin Determinants of heterochromatin protein localization and compartmentalization |
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Korodimas, Jacob |
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Mashayekhi, Fatemeh |
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McMurtry, Elizabeth |
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Morris, Kayleigh
MSc Student, Cancer Sciences; Supervisor - Dr. Kristi Baker
Exploring myeloid cell activity in early and late stage colorectal cancer
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Mosely, Shayla Cytosolic DNA from DNA damage and its effects on intracellular signaling in colorectal cancer |
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Muzaffar, Fatima
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Nakevska, Zorica "Zoe" Investigating the role of the RNA cytosine methyltransferase NSUN2 in ovarian cancer |
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Nelson, Bryce Production of radiopharmaceuticals for tumor imaging and therapy |
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Oliva, Patricia Autosegmentation of organs-at-risk in cervial brachytherapy |
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Peyton, Seth
MSc Student, Cancer Sciences; Supervisor - Dr. Roseline Godbout
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Rémillard, Léo
MSc Student, Medical Physics; Supervisor - Dr. Nick de Zanche
Metamaterials for ultra-high field head MRI
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Roemer, Anastasia |
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Safarpour, Samaneh
MSc Student, Cancer Sciences; Supervisor - Dr. Spencer Gibson
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Schultz, Ben Characterization of MLC Latency for Non-Invasive Intrafractional Tumour-Tracked Radiotherapy (NifteRT) on Alberta linac-MR |
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Sedlock, Christopher |
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Semeniuk, Mitchell
MSc Student, Cancer Sciences; Supervisor - Dr. Roseline Godbout
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Smart, Lauren
MSc Student, Medical Physics; Supervisor - Dr. Jay Yun & Dr. Tania Wood
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Subramani Manivannan, Madhumita
MSc Student, Cancer Sciences; Supervisor - Dr. Spencer Gibson
Lysosome disrupting agents alone or in combination with venetoclax are effective therapy strategy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia
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Suri, Chahat Identifying novel radiotheragnostics for PET imaging and Meitner-Auger electron therapy using 133/135 La radiopharmaceuticals |
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Swallow, Alec
MSc Student, Medical Physics; Supervisor - Dr. Jay Yun
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Vignjevic, Mimi
MSc Student, Cancer Sciences; Supervisor - Dr. Spencer Gibson
Using kinase inhibitors for the targeted therapy of breast cancer-related lymphedema
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Wood, Noah
MSc Student, Cancer Sciences; Supervisor - Dr. Roseline Godbout & Dr. Hélène Lemieux
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Wright, Mark MRI acquisition and reconstruction for real-time tumour tracking |
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Wu, Sharon (Xiyuan)
PhD Student, Cancer Sciences; Supervisor - Dr. Gordon Chan
Mechanisms in synthetic lethality of targeting cell cycle checkpoints and mitotic catastrophe in cancer cells
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Yang, David (Ziyi)
PhD Student, Cancer Sciences; Supervisor - Dr. Frank Wuest
Measuring the effects of epigenetic drugs on neuroendocrine tumors (NETs)
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Zeinali, Eli
PhD Student, Cancer Sciences; Supervisor - Dr. Ismail Ismail
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Zhao, Yimiao
MSc Student, Medical Physics; Supervisor - Dr. Gino Fallone
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Alumni Graduates
A graduate degree from the Department of Oncology can lead to many different opportunities in the future. Here you will find a list of some of our graduates, highlighting where their degree in oncology has taken them.
The role of LC3 binding proteins in regulating autophagy mediated cell survival and cell death
PhD Student; Supervisor - Dr. Roseline GodboutOvercoming the retinoic acid resistance in HER2-enriched breast cancer: the role of MYC
Rafique, Tanzeem
MSc Student; Supervisor - Dr. Alan Underhill
Role of H4K20me3 in Modulating Nuclear Rigidity During Constricted Migration of Mammary Epithelial Cells
Sokhi, Sargun
MSc Student; Supervisor - Dr. Gordon ChanInvestigating Wee1 and Myt1 combined inhibition as a potential cancer therapeutic strategy
Oncogenic pathways activated by NF1 loss in homologous recombination-proficient tubo-ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma
Experimental studies of the therapeutic and toxic effects of FOLFIRI chemotherapy in colon cancer |
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The influence of pks+ E. coli on the effectiveness of 5-FU treatment in colorectal cancer cells |
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From histones to polysomes: characterizing the epigenetic, transcriptional, and translational reprogramming in hypoxia induced breast cancer plasticity |
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Woodfield (Way), Jenilee
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PhD Student; Supervisor - Dr. Mary HittCombining an Oncolytic Vaccinia Virus with Image-Guided Radiotherapy for Treatment of Malignant Glioma
PhD Student; Supervisor - Dr. Ismail IsmailRegulation of Double-Strand Break Repair
Bin Rashed, Faisal
PhD Graduate; Cancer Sciences
Barta, Radim
PhD Graduate; Medical Physics
Chow, Braden
PhD Graduate; Medical Physics
Chen, Huachen
PhD Graduate; Cancer Sciences
Jiang, Bingcheng
PhD Graduate; Cancer Sciences
Ferguson, Simon
PhD Graduate; Medical Physics
Johnson, Neil
MSc Graduate; Medical Physics
Purchase, Aaron
PhD Graduate; Medical Physics
Zhou, Jiesi
PhD Graduate; Medical Physics
Brown, Douglas
PhD Graduate; Cancer Sciences
Bukhari, Amirali
PhD Graduate; Cancer Sciences
Hough, Cameron
PhD Graduate; Medical Physics
Smith, Joanne
MSc Graduate; Cancer Sciences
I am a research technician in Dr. Gordon Chan and Dr. Alan Underhill's labs here at the Cross Cancer Institute. I help manage the lab, train and help others with their research, and work on my own research project.
Wang, Yixiong (Jack)
PhD Graduate; Cancer Sciences
Xu,Xia
PhD Graduate; Cancer Sciences
Dinakaran, Deepak
PhD Graduate; Cancer Sciences
I am completing my postgraduate medical residency in Radiation Oncology at the Cross Cancer Institute.
Fallone, Clara
PhD Graduate; Medical Physics
Medical Physics resident in Halifax Nova Scotia
Crowley, Powel
MSc Graduate; Cancer Sciences
Powel is currently working as a Research Assistant in Dr. Mary Hitt's lab. Their research is investigating the use of oncolytic vaccinia virus as a gene therapy vector for treatment of granulosa cell tumour.
Mowat, Courtney
MSc Graduate; Cancer Sciences
I am a research technician in Dr. Kristi Baker's lab here at the Cross Cancer Institute. I help manage the lab, train and help others with their research, and work on my own research project.
Cawston-Grant, Brie
MSc Graduate; Medical Physics
Potts, Kyle
PhD Graduate; Experimental Oncology
Research Associate at the University of Calgary in Douglas Mahoney Lab.
Brun, Miranda
PhD Graduate; Experimental Oncology
Clinical Biochemist, Alberta Precision Laboratories. Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta.
Ismail, Abdou Ismail
PhD Graduate; Cancer Sciences
Tietz, Ole
PhD Graduate; Cancer Sciences
After completing my PhD I continued my academic career with postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford. I am currently a Research Fellow at the Dementia Research Centre, Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.
Esfandiari, Nina
MSc Graduate; Oncology
Hildebrandt, Matthew
PhD Graduate; Cancer Sciences
Following my PhD I continued my academic career in Toronto where I was a post-doctoral fellow in Dr. James Ellis' lab at SickKids. There I switched from working with mice to human induced pluripotent stem cells and collaborated with several labs to study neurodevelopmental and cardiac disease models. In 2019 I transitioned from academia to industry where I took a position as an Associate Product Manager for Pluripotent Stem Cell Biology at STEMCELL Technologies in Vancouver.
Paudel, Moti
PhD Graduate; Medical Physics
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto; Medical Physicist, Department of Medical Physics, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center.
Zepeda, Nubia
MSc Graduate; Experimental Oncology
Since graduating from the Department of Oncology at the University of Alberta, I have used my degree in conducting and supporting academic research that spans biomedical, clinical and health services research programs. Specifically, I have worked as a Project Lead with the Surgery Strategic Clinical Network and the Canadian VIGOUR Centre in Edmonton. More recently, I moved to Calgary and am currently the Managing Director of Sepsis Canada, a CIHR funded research network at McMaster University.
El-Sehemy, Ahmed
MSc Graduate; Cancer Sciences
Studying medicine at University of Toronto.
PhD Graduate; Cancer Sciences
Heit, Ryan
MSc Graduate; Cancer Sciences
Elwi, Adam
PhD Graduate; Cancer Sciences
Senior Management Consultant, CGI
McPherson, Robyn
MSc Graduate; Experimental Oncology
After completing my graduate program with the Oncology department I attended medical school at the University of Calgary. I then completed residency in Pediatric Neurology at the Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary, Alberta. I am currently working as a community Pediatric Neurologist in Edmonton, Alberta.
Pervez, Nadeem
MSc Graduate; Cancer Sciences
Keats, Jonathan
PhD Graduate; Cancer Sciences
Completed 5 year fellowship at Mayo Clinic in cancer genomics. Joined the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), now an affiliate of City of Hope, as a faculty member in 2010. Currently, 2021, Director of Bioinformatics (TGen), Director Collaborative Sequencing Center (TGen), Assistant Professor - Integrated Cancer Genomics (TGen), Scientific Director - Judy and Bernard Briskin Center for Multiple Myeloma Research (COH).