LHSC: Verspeeten Family Cancer Centre
Starting February 3, you may see staff members and physicians at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) and St. Joseph’s Health Care London (St. Joseph’s) wearing “Ask me about clinical trials” buttons. The buttons are part of the national ‘Ask Me’ campaign run by the Canadian Cancer Clinical Trials...
London researchers are using a novel technique to more precisely define the extent of skin cancer. In the new Lawson Health Research Institute (Lawson) study, scientists found that the standard radiation margins used for treating non-melanotic skin cancer may not be large enough for all patients...
Trevor Shepherd obtained his undergraduate degree from The University of Western Ontario Honours Genetics Program in 1995 before going on to perform graduate studies with Dr. John Hassell at McMaster University. For his PhD, he studied the function of the PEA3 subfamily of Ets transcription factors...
• Distinguished Oncology Scientist of the London Regional Cancer Program (the LRCP, at the London Health Sciences Centre) • Director, Strategic Training Program in Cancer Research and Technology Transfer (CaRTT, funded by the London Regional Cancer Program, Western Department of Oncology, the Lawson...
Dr. Asfaha completed his undergraduate training in molecular biology, followed by his Ph.D in mucosal inflammation at the University of Calgary. His clinical training includes his MD degree from the University of Calgary, residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Alberta and his fellowship...
Dr. Mymryk received his B.Sc. and Ph.D. in Biochemistry from McMaster University (Hamilton, ON). He then completed Post-Doctoral training in the Departments of Biochemistry and Obstetrics & Gynaecology at Western University (London, ON) and the Department of Microbiology at the University of...
Dr. Alison Allan holds an Honours BSc in Molecular Biology and Genetics and a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Guelph. She is currently Acting Chair of Anatomy & Cell Biology and an Associate Professor of Oncology and Anatomy & Cell Biology at Schulich. She is also a Senior Oncology...
Dr. Len Luyt received his Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario in Chemistry and subsequently undertook a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He then led a research team as a Senior Medicinal Chemist with the pharmaceutical company Bayer-Schering. Dr...
