Nathan Orlando wants to increase access to breast-conserving therapy.

1. Who are you? Tell us about yourself. My name is Nathan Orlando. I’m a second year PhD student in the Department of Medical Biophysics at Western University working under the supervision of Dr. Aaron Fenster. Prior to starting my PhD at Western, I completed a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Physics at the […]

Matthew Mouawad wants to change how we treat breast cancer patients.

1. Who are you? Tell us about yourself. My name is Matthew Mouawad, I am a 5th year PhD student in the department of Medical Biophysics at Western University. I work under the supervision of Dr. Stewart Gaede, who is a Medical Physicist at the London Regional Cancer Program, and Dr. Neil Gelman, an imaging […]

Vy Ngo Is Investigating Chemotherapy Resistance

1. Who are you? Tell us about yourself. My name is Vy Ngo and I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Western University. I work under the supervision of Dr. Martin Duennwald. Before my graduate studies, I completed my BSc at McMaster University with a double honours specialization […]

Owen Hovey Studies The Migration Of Breast Cancer Cells

1. Who are you? Tell us about yourself. My name is Owen Hovey; I’m a PhD student in Dr. Shawn Li’s Lab in the Department of Biochemistry at Western University. During my undergraduate degree at Carleton University, I spent three years in the biochemistry lab of Dr. Willmore and a year in Health Canada’s stem […]

Nivin Nystrom’s Focuses On Immunotherapy Research

1. Who are you? Tell us about yourself. My name is Nivin Nystrom. I completed my Bachelors of Science in Genetics at Western before joining the Department of Medical Biophysics Ph.D. program at Western, where I am carrying out my breast cancer research under the mentorship of Dr. John Ronald & Dr. Timothy Scholl. 2. […]

Olivia Sehl wants to stop the spread of breast cancer!

1. Who are you? Tell us about yourself. My name is Olivia Sehl. I am a MSc candidate in the department of Medical Biophysics at Western University. I work at the Robarts Research Institute under the supervision of Dr. Paula Foster to conduct research for breast cancer diagnosis using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In 2018, […]

Braeden Medeiros wants to understand how metastases develop

1. Who are you? Tell us about yourself. My name is Braeden Medeiros and I am a first year MSc student in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Western University. I am working in the lab of Dr. Alison Allan at London Regional Cancer Program. Prior to pursuing my graduate work, I completed […]

Veronica Dubois is developing techniques to study a new kind of cancer therapy

1. Who are you? Tell us about yourself. My name is Veronica Dubois. I recently completed my Bachelor of Medical Science (BMSc) degree in Medical Biophysics at Western University. I am currently a first year Masters of Science graduate student in Medical Biophysics at Western University working under the co-supervision of Dr. John Ronald and […]

Natasha Knier studies how breast cancer spreads to the brain

1. Who are you? Tell us about yourself. My name is Natasha Knier. I am a current Master of Science Candidate in Medical Biophysics at Western University, working under the supervision of Dr. Paula Foster at Robarts Research Institute. Prior to this, I completed my undergraduate degree at the University of Waterloo in the Honours […]

Violet Liu is developing a preventative therapy for breast and skin cancer.

1. Who are you? Tell us a little bit about yourself My name is Violet Liu. I am a first-year M.Sc. student in the Department of Biochemistry at Western University, working under the supervision of Dr. Eva Turley at the London Regional Cancer Program (LRCP). Previously, I graduated from Western University with an Honors Specialization […]