Seminar Series: Dr. Martha Louzada
Regulatory Aspects of Clinical Interventional Studies: Essential Knowledge for Conducting Clinical Trials You May Not Be Aware Of
Martha de Lacerda Louzada
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University
Short Biography:
Dr. Martha Louzada, BSc, MD, MSc is a Brazilian-born Hematologist. She is an Associate Professor of Medicine and a Hematology Consultant at the University of Western Ontario/ London Health Sciences Centre in London, Ontario, Canada, joining the Department of Medicine in July 2010. She also holds a Cross Appointment in Oncology through the London Regional Cancer Program and a Cross Appointment as Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UWO 2013 to present. Dr. Louzada is currently the Multiple Myeloma Clinical and Research Director at LRCP.
Dr. Louzada took her medical training in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil. Her entire academic career in Medicine has been marked by an ascending level of qualification and recognition, both nationally and internationally at each academic institution where she studied or worked. She received her undergraduate degree in Biology with a bachelor’s degree in Genetics at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and obtained her medical degree from Souza Marques School of Medicine in December 1999, both with highest honors. After completing her Internal Medicine Residency Program at Santa Casa de Misericordia Hospital she did a 3-year Haematology Residency program at Instituto Nacional de Cancer (National Cancer Institute). This gave her a strong background in malignant Haematology and bone marrow transplantation.
In 2006, she embarked on a new experience in North America coming to Ottawa, Canada, for a 3- year postdoctoral fellowship in Thrombosis along with a Masters in Epidemiology and Community Medicine Program at the University of Ottawa / Ottawa Hospital, Canada. It was in Ottawa that her research career started. In October 2009 she was awarded the Phil Wells Trainee Research Award at the University of Ottawa recognizing Excellence in Haematology Research. She received her Masters in Epidemiology degree in January 2011.
Dr. Louzada has a special interest in venous thromboembolism and cancer and translational research in myeloma. She has over 50 peer reviewed publications and 30 oral or poster publications at International Hematology Meetings.
Date: Friday, January 24
Time: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Location: PHFM 3015 (Western Centre for Public Health and Family Medicine)
