Sharing the work being done by MOHCCN researchers across Canada

MOHCCN Seminar Series

This seminar series features virtual talks from MOHCCN research partner investigators and trainees, providing a platform for MOHCCN members to share their ongoing work in precision oncology with the wider Network. These seminars will be of interest primarily to cancer researchers, clinicians, trainees, and members of the MOHCCN Patient Working Group across the country.

Upcoming seminars

Next: Thursday, September 26th 2024 - Prairie Cancer Consortium (PR2C)

11:30 am PT / 12:30pm MT / 1:30pm CT / 2:30pm ET / 3:30pm AT / 4pm NT

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Agenda

PR2C consortium activities update

Dr. Jennifer Chan - Associate Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary; Director, Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute; MOHCCN consortium lead (PR2C)

 

Research presentations

Precision Choice at the Point of Care

Dr. Laura Hopkins - Professor, Department of Oncology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan; Gynecologic oncologist, Saskatchewan Cancer Agency; MOHCCN cohort lead

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Predicting response to immune checkpoint blockades in sarcoma

Dr. Hyojin Song - Postdoctoral associate, Morrissy lab, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

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This event will be co-chaired by Debbie Duclos, a Registered Nurse and member of the MOHCCN Patient Working Group from Campbellville, ON, and Véronique LeBlanc, PhD, Program Manager and Scientific Writer, MOHCCN.

 

 

The remaining 2024 MOHCCN seminars are tentatively scheduled for the following dates:

October 31: Atlantic Cancer Consortium (ACC)

November 28: Pan-Canadian projects

 

 

Previous seminars

2024

BC Cancer Consortium (BC2C)

Thursday, June 27 2024

 

BC2C CONSORTIUM ACTIVITIES UPDATE

Dr. Daniel Renouf - Medical Oncologist and Executive Medical Director, BC Cancer - Vancouver; Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; MOHCCN consortium lead (BC2C)

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

Multimode whole genome approaches to plasma-based disease monitoring in triple-negative breast cancer

Dr. Samuel Aparicio - Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC; Head, Department of Breast and Molecular Oncology, BC Cancer Research Institute; MOHCCN cohort lead

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Synovial sarcoma chromatin dynamics reveal a continuum in SS18::SSX reprogramming

Kiera Lee - MD/PhD Candidate, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Michael Smith Laboratories, UBC

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This event was co-chaired by Rosilene Kraft, PhD, PEng, MOHCCN Patient Working Group member, and Véronique LeBlanc, PhD, Program Manager and Scientific Writer, MOHCCN.

Marathon of Hope - Québec (MOH-Q)

Thursday, April 25 2024

 

MOH-Q CONSORTIUM ACTIVITIES UPDATE

Anne-Marie Mes-Masson, PhD, FRSC, FCAHS - Professor, Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal; Associate Scientific Director, Basic and Translational Research, Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CR-CHUM); MOHCCN consortium lead (MOH-Q)

Morag Park, CQ, PhD, FRSC, FCAHS - Distinguished James McGill Professor, Departments of Oncology, Biochemistry, and Medicine, McGill University; Diane and Sal Guerrera Chair in Cancer Genetics; Director, Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University; MOHCCN consortium lead (MOH-Q)

 
RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

Role of gut and intratumoral microbiota on response to immune checkpoint inhibitors in lung cancer and melanoma

Arielle Elkrief, MD, FRCPC - Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology-Oncology, Université de Montréal; Medical Director, CHUM Microbiome Centre; MOHCCN cohort lead

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Using unsupervised clustering of multiomic data to define molecular and transcriptional subtypes of rare pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours

Joan Miguel Romero, MSc - MD-PhD Candidate, Division of Experimental Medicine, Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute and Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), McGill University

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This event was co-chaired by Natalie A-K, BSc, MBA, CPA-CMA, de novo stage 4 breast cancer patient, MOHCCN Patient Working Group and Network Council member, and Véronique LeBlanc, PhD, Program Manager and Scientific Writer, MOHCCN.

 

 

Princess Margaret Cancer Consortium (PM2C)

Thursday, February 29 2024

 

PM2C CONSORTIUM ACTIVITIES UPDATE

Dr. Lillian Siu - Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (PMCC), University Health Network (UHN); MOHCCN consortium lead (PM2C)

Dr. Amber Simpson - Associate Professor, Queen's University; Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Computing and Informatics; MOHCCN Kingston / Queen's University institutional lead

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

Identification and clinical implications of circular RNA in cancer

Dr. Hansen He - Senior Scientist, PMCC, UHN; Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto; MOHCCN cohort lead

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Shedding light on the surge: Investigating the etiology of young onset colorectal cancer

Dr. Kevin Wang - Medical Oncology Fellow, Eliot Phillipson Clinician-Scientist Training Program, PMCC, UHN

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2022

MOHCCN Seminar Series: Atlantic Cancer Consortium

Monday, June 6 2022

Presenters

  • “Transforming the data ecosystem for precision oncology research and care” Dr. Robin Urquhart, PhD. Associate Professor, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University Nova Scotia Lead/PI for the Atlantic Cancer Consortium
  • “Clinical and social patient outcomes and their predictors” Dr. Sevtap Savas, PhD. Professor, Division of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University
  • “Small RNA in extracellular vesicles (EVs) of GBM, grade 4 astrocytoma recurrence” Dr. Jeremy Roy, PhD. Scientist, Atlantic Cancer Research Institute. Adjunct (Scholar) Professor, Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University Associate Member, Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute and Dr. Adrienne Weeks, MD PhD. Assistant Professor, Division of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University Atlantic Canada Research Institute and Dalhousie University
  • “Applying omics and bioinformatics to investigate novel mediators of breast cancer progression” Marie-Claire Wasson. PhD Candidate, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University Trainee, Cancer Research Training Program, Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute

MOHCCN Seminar Series: Marathon of Hope - Québec

Monday, February 7 2022


Presenters

  • Natasha Szuber, MD M.Sc. FRCPC “Advances in myeloproliferative neoplasms”
  • Sonia del Rincón, PhD “Targeting MNK1/2 in cancer: What have we learned and where are we going?”
  • Yacine Bareche, PhD “Leveraging big data of immune checkpoint blockade response identifies novel potential targets”
  • Ian Watson, PhD “The spatial immune landscape of melanoma”

 

2021

MOHCCN Seminar Series: Precision Medicine Initiatives at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Consortium

Monday, December 6 2021

 

Presenters

  • Dr. Lillian Siu
  • Dr. Phillippe Bedard
  • Dr. Alberto Hernando Calvo

MOHCCN Seminar Series: TFRI's EPPIC Program

Monday, October 4 2021

Keynote

  • Dr. Daniel Renouf, MD, MPH, FRCPC, presenting Precision Medicine in Pancreatic Cancer: The TFRI EPPIC Program

Presenters

  • Dr. Yifan Wang, MD, PhD (candidate), presenting Informing pancreatic cancer care through ambulatory oncology clinic-based germline testing models and precision medicine

  • James Topham (BC Genome Sciences Centre) and Erica Tsang (BC Cancer) presenting KRAS WT Pancreatic Cancer

Moderator

  • Dr. George Zogopoulos, MD, PhD, FRCS(C), FACS. Associate Professor of Surgery and Oncology, McGill University and Scientist, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre and Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute