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I will join the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center as an Assistant Professor within the Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis and the Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine during summer 2023.
I am currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Daniel De Carvalho at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network in Toronto, Canada. I earned my PhD from Western University under Dr. Frederick Dick. My work explores mechanistic connections between tumor suppression and repetitive elements, with a particular focus on how changes to heterochromatin at repetitive elements may promote immune evasion during cancer initiation. |
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Postdoctoral Fellow
Princess Margaret Cancer, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
2017-2023
Cancer epigenetics
Ph.D.
Western University, London, Canada
2011-2017
Biochemistry
B.Sc
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
2006-2011
Molecular Biology
FELLOWSHIPS
2019 CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship , Canadian Institutes of Health Research
2017 Princess Margaret Excellence Fellowship, Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation
HONORS AND AWARDS
2022 Travel Award, Canadian Epigenetics, Environment & Health Research Consortium Network
2021 Forbeck Scholar, William Guy Forbeck Research Foundation
2020 F1000Prime Award – Associate Faculty Member Travel Grant, F1000Prime
2019 Travel Award, Institute of Cancer Research, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
2019 Associate Faculty Member, Faculty Opinions (Formerly F1000Prime)
2018 Travel Award, University Health Network
2018 METIOR Incubator Early Career Researcher, Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer
2017 Lawson Leadership Impact Award, Lawson Health Research Institute
2017 Lucille & Norton Wolf Publication Award: Epigenetics, Lawson Health Research Institute
2016 Editor’s Choice, Mobile DNA
2016 Scholarship for Commercialization and Entrepreneurship, WORLDiscoveries
2014 Poster Award, Oncology Research & Education Day, Western University
2013 Scholarship, Strategic Training Program in Cancer Research and Technology Transfer, CIHR
2012 PhD Scholarship, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2021 Session Co-chair, Translational Research Conference, Ontario Institute of Cancer Research
2020- Reviewer, Doctoral Research Awards Peer Review Committee, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
2019- Associate Faculty Member, Faculty Opinions (formerly F1000 Prime)
2018- Ad hoc reviewer: Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, Clinical Cancer Research, Nature Cancer, Oncogene
2018-2019 Co-chair and Co-lead, Research Information Outreach Team, Canadian Cancer Society
2016-2017 Co-founder. Victoria Research Laboratories Bioinformatics Group, London Health Sciences Centre.
2015-2016 Strategic Planning Steering Committee Member, Department of Oncology, Western University
2013-2019 Science outreach author and speaker, Research Information Outreach Team, Canadian Cancer Society
Postdoctoral Fellow
Princess Margaret Cancer, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
2017-2023
Cancer epigenetics
Ph.D.
Western University, London, Canada
2011-2017
Biochemistry
B.Sc
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
2006-2011
Molecular Biology
FELLOWSHIPS
2019 CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship , Canadian Institutes of Health Research
2017 Princess Margaret Excellence Fellowship, Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation
HONORS AND AWARDS
2022 Travel Award, Canadian Epigenetics, Environment & Health Research Consortium Network
2021 Forbeck Scholar, William Guy Forbeck Research Foundation
2020 F1000Prime Award – Associate Faculty Member Travel Grant, F1000Prime
2019 Travel Award, Institute of Cancer Research, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
2019 Associate Faculty Member, Faculty Opinions (Formerly F1000Prime)
2018 Travel Award, University Health Network
2018 METIOR Incubator Early Career Researcher, Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer
2017 Lawson Leadership Impact Award, Lawson Health Research Institute
2017 Lucille & Norton Wolf Publication Award: Epigenetics, Lawson Health Research Institute
2016 Editor’s Choice, Mobile DNA
2016 Scholarship for Commercialization and Entrepreneurship, WORLDiscoveries
2014 Poster Award, Oncology Research & Education Day, Western University
2013 Scholarship, Strategic Training Program in Cancer Research and Technology Transfer, CIHR
2012 PhD Scholarship, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2021 Session Co-chair, Translational Research Conference, Ontario Institute of Cancer Research
2020- Reviewer, Doctoral Research Awards Peer Review Committee, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
2019- Associate Faculty Member, Faculty Opinions (formerly F1000 Prime)
2018- Ad hoc reviewer: Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, Clinical Cancer Research, Nature Cancer, Oncogene
2018-2019 Co-chair and Co-lead, Research Information Outreach Team, Canadian Cancer Society
2016-2017 Co-founder. Victoria Research Laboratories Bioinformatics Group, London Health Sciences Centre.
2015-2016 Strategic Planning Steering Committee Member, Department of Oncology, Western University
2013-2019 Science outreach author and speaker, Research Information Outreach Team, Canadian Cancer Society
