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Brad Urquhart PhD

PhD. Associate Dean, Basic Medical Sciences Undergraduate Education, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry. Professor, Physiology and Pharmacology, Western University.

Research Interests / Specializations: Studying the mechanisms responsible for variation of response to medications in kidney disease.

Ted Vandenberg MD. FRCPC.

Retired. Adjunct Professor, Department of Oncology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University.

Research Interests / Specializations: Translational research; Breast cancer; Treatment for metastatic breast cancer; Tumor biomarkers

Mark Vincent MD. FRCPC.

Professor, Department of Oncology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University. Medical Oncologist, Verspeeten Family Cancer Centre. Chairman and Member of Thoracic Multidisciplinary Team. Member of GI Multidisciplinary Team. London Health Sciences Centre.

Research Interests / Specializations: Translational Research - Reversal of drug resistance.

Aaron Ward PhD.

Associate Professor, Departments of Medical Biophysics, BioMedical Engineering, and Oncology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University. Scientist, London Health Sciences Research Institute.

Research Interests / Specializations: Novel methods of image registration; GU/Prostate, lung, CNS cancer, image-guided diagnosis and therapy: Translational research.

Stephen Welch MD. FRCPC.

Associate Professor, Department of Oncology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University. Chair, Division of Medical Oncology. Director, Baker Center for Pancreatic Cancer. Clinical Lead, Verspeeten Clinical Genome Centre. Medical Director, Canadian Cancer Trials Group. Medical Oncologist, Verspeeten Family Cancer Centre, London Health Sciences Centre. President, Canadian Association for Medical Oncologists (CARO).

Research Interests / Specializations: Clinical care of GI and GYN malignancies, clinical trials, investigational new drugs, personalized medicine, cancer genomics, pharmacogenomics, translational research.

Eric Winquist MD. FRCPC.

Professor, Departments of Oncology, Surgery (Urology) and Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University. Medical Oncologist, Verspeeten Family Cancer Centre.

Research Interests / Specializations: GU and Head & Neck cancer; Investigational new drug development; Translational research; Biomarkers.

Eugene Wong PhD. FCCPM. MCCPM.

Professor, Departments of Medical Biophysics, Oncology (Radiation), Physics & Astronomy, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University. Medical Physicist, Verspeeten Family Cancer Centre, London Health Sciences Centre.

Research Interests / Specializations: Optimization of radiotherapy, intensity modulated radiation therapy; Translational research; GI cancer; Metastasis - detection and characterization; Cancer imaging, DCE-CT

John Yoo MD. FRCSC. FACS.

Dean - Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry. Professor, Departments of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, and Oncology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University. Former President - Canadian Association of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology. Former Executive Council Member - Canadian Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

Research Interests / Specializations: Head and Neck Cancer with emphasis in Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery. Reconstructive Surgery of the Head and Neck. Reconstruction of the Paralyzed Face.

Jawaid Younus MD. FRCPC.

Associate Professor, Department of Oncology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University. Medical Oncologist, Verspeeten Family Cancer Centre, London Health Sciences Centre.

Research Interests / Specializations: Clinical care, translational research, breast cancer, clinical education tools, electronic device apps, Complementary Medicine and Supportive Care.

Edward Yu MD. PhD. FRCPC.

Retired -Professor Emeritus, Department of Oncology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University.

Research Interests / Specializations: Clinical Care: Thoraric and Breast Cancer. Research: Metastasis.

Greg Zaric PhD.

Professor, Management Science, Ivey Business School; Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University.

Research Interests / Specializations: Health economics, pharmacoeconomics, cost effectiveness analysis, decision-analytics models, health care operations management, management science analytics. Editor-in-Chief of Health Care Management Science and a member of the Ontario Steering Committee for Cancer Drugs.

Shayna Zelcer MD. FRCPC.

Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University. Neuro Oncologist, Children's Hospital of London. Associate Scientist, Lawson Research Institute at St. Joseph's Health Care London.

Research Interests / Specializations: Pediatric Oncology, Pallative Care, Cancer Survivorship.

Qi Zhang MBBS. PhD. FRCPC.

Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University. Associate Scientist, London Health Sciences Research Institute. Pathologist, London Health Sciences Centre.

Research Interests / Specializations: Clinical: neuropathology (surgical and autopsy) and anatomical pathology (GI tract). Research: epilepsy related neuropathological finding brain metastasis from systemic malignancy and neurodegenerative disease.

Xiao Zhen Zhou MD.

Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University.

Research Interests / Specializations: Pin1 inhibitors to turn immunologically cold tumors hot for eradicating cancers

Terry Zwiep MD. MSc. FRCSC.

Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, and Oncology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry. General Surgeron, London Health Sciences Centre.

Research Interests / Specializations: Clinical and Research Interests: benign and malignant colorectal disease, quality improvement with a focus on pre-operative optimization.