April Chau, is improving delivery of radiotherapy to patients
1. Who are you? Tell us about yourself. My name is April Chau, and I am in my second year of a Master’s degree in Medical Biophysics at Western University. I am currently working under the supervision of Dr. Stewart Gaede within the London Regional Cancer Program (LRCP) at the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC). […]
Olivia Tong, Is Developing A Non-Contact Imaging System
1. Who are you? Tell us about yourself. My name is Olivia Tong – I am a Master’s of Science graduate student in Biomedical Engineering at Western University, working under the supervision of Dr. Jeffrey Carson and Dr. Mamadou Diop. I completed my undergraduate degree with Combined Honours in Biology and Psychology from the University […]
Milica Krstic, Studies A Protein Called TBX3
1. Who are you? Tell us about yourself. My name is Milica Krstic. I am a recent Ph.D. graduate from the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Western University. I have worked in the lab of Dr. Alan Tuck and Dr. Ann Chambers over the course of my studies. 2. Why is the TBCRU […]
Determining Breast Cancer Patients’ Cardiac Risk
Hello BCSC donors and friends, I am April Chau, currently in my first year of a Medical Biophysics Master’s degree at Western University under the supervision of Dr. Stewart Gaede. I would like to start off my research update with a huge thank you to the generous support I have received from the Breast Society […]
The Triple Negative Breast Cancer Battlefield
New Tools for Testing Therapies How do we attack an enemy we can’t even see? This is the challenge doctors and scientists face when they come head-to-head with Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC). This subtype is called “triple negative” because it lacks any of the three principle markers found on other forms of breast cancer: […]
When Less Means Better
Matthew Mouawad Seeks for a Way to Reduce Treatment Times “How long will my treatment last?” Physicians frequently hear this question from breast cancer patients. A treatment plan may include several steps such as surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and hormonal and targeted therapy. The availability of many life-saving options brings hope and excitement to patients’ lives; […]
Making every x-ray count
Developing a new x-ray detector to help find breast cancer Tomi Nano, a PhD candidate in the Department of Medical Biophysics at Western University, has always had a curiosity about how things work. “It is fascinating to make possible what was previously impossible. In this sense, medical biophysics is a perfect field where scientists have […]
Dr. Alison Allan, why do you walk on Mother’s Day?
We recently asked a couple of the researchers at the Translational Breast Cancer Research Unit (TBCRU) at the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), “Why do you walk on Mother’s Day for BCSC?” Our second Q & A is with Dr. Alison Allan, a breast cancer researcher and the new Director of the TBCRU in London […]
Monitoring blood oxygen levels inside tumours
My name is Olivia Tong and I am in my second year of a Master’s degree in biomedical engineering under the supervision of Drs. Jeffrey Carson and Mamadou Diop. You might have seen Lawrence Yip’s blog post regarding 3D photoacoustic tomography. As an extension of Lawrence’s work, we are developing a non-contact photoacoustic tomography system […]
Why do you walk on Mother’s Day?
We recently asked a couple of the researchers at the Translational Breast Cancer Research Unit (TBCRU) at the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), “why do you walk on Mother’s Day for BCSC?” Our first Q & A is with Adrienne Borrie, PhD student researcher at the TBCRU in London below are her replies. 1. Who are […]
