Kathy Steffan – What’s My Breast Cancer Story?
Throughout my professional career, I have been involved with many non-profilt organizations, both as a board member and as an auditor/advisor. I feel that this is my most significant board involvement because of my personal connection with breast cancer. It involves my own baby girl, Nicole. Actually, she hasn’t been a baby for a long […]
Determining how proteins interact with breast cancer cells
Hello, everyone! My name is Sami Khan and I’m an MSc candidate in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Western University. In Dr. Alison Allan’s laboratory at the London Regional Cancer Program, we study proteins that may be involved in the preferential metastasis (or spread) of breast cancer to the lung and the […]
Investigating early events in estrogen signaling
Hi, my name is Bart Kolendowski and I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Biochemistry at Western University. I currently work at the London Regional Cancer Program in Dr. Joe Torchia’s lab researching the role of the estrogen receptor in breast cancer. The estrogen receptor is often a therapeutic target in a subset […]
What being a breast cancer researcher has taught me.
Hello! My name is Ashkan Sadri and I’m a Masters candidate in Dr. Alison Allan’s lab in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Western University, just coming to the conclusion of my thesis research. When I engage in casual conversation, the topic of graduate school and breast cancer research often arise. By far, […]
Introducing New Breast Cancer Research Trainee Scholarships in London
We are pleased to announce 13 new graduate student scholarships at Western University for the 2017-2018 academic year. These awards are supported by the Breast Cancer Society of Canada’s very generous commitment to the Pamela Greenaway-Kohlmeier Translational Breast Cancer Research Unit (TBCRU) at London Health Sciences Centre’s London Regional Cancer Program (LRCP). Trainees compete annually […]
“Research is a shared responsibility of participants and investigators”
Becky S., 37, calls herself “a girl on a winning streak.” That might sound a bit strange after you learn that she is a breast cancer survivor who has had an extensive history of surgery and chemotherapy. Yet, Becky truly believes that her hormone-sensitive stage II breast cancer, which was diagnosed in 2016, has been […]
Marc Guay – What’s my Breast Cancer Story?
We recently asked Marc Guay, (former member of the Breast Cancer Society of Canada’s Board of Directors), what his cancer story is. This is the story he told us, this is Marc Guay’s cancer story. It never really occurred to me that it would happen. And happen. And happen. The first time was twelve years ago when I […]
Uncovering the role of RNA in breast cancer
My name is Thomas Huynh and I’m a Masters student in Dr. Paola Marcato’s laboratory in the Department of Pathology at Dalhousie University. The support generously provided to me by the Breast Cancer Society of Canada and the QEII foundation through the Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute has been invaluable in helping me pursue my […]
3D Surface Imaging Technique for Breast Cancer
My name is Olivia Tong and I am a MESc candidate in the Department of Biomedical Engineering under Drs. Jeffrey Carson and Mamadou Diop at Lawson Health Research Institute. We are developing a non-contact scanner that can monitor the blood oxygen level in the tumor during chemotherapy. The success of this project will lead to […]
Personalized radiation from the inside-out
My name is Justin Michael and I’m an MESc candidate studying in the Department of Biomedical Engineering under Dr. Aaron Fenster in the Robarts Research Institute. Just weeks after Canada’s 150th birthday, complete with fireworks and concerts, I travelled to our nation’s capital to present at a scientific conference on a distinctly Canadian project. I […]
