In a new study, a team led by Dr. Dean Regier, Senior Scientist in Cancer Control at BC Cancer and co-chair of the MOHCCN Health Technology Assessment Working Group, conducted focus groups with individuals with lived and living experience with cancer to understand their values, expectations, and concerns for enhanced data sharing.
She introduced additional recycling bins, illustrative posters and education at BC Cancer – Abbotsford and Paulina Batke, registered nurse, saw an 83 per cent reduction in the number of recyclable items tossed in the garbage over four weeks.
A multidisciplinary team comprised of clinical experts, operations leaders and ambulatory clinic managers from BC Cancer have published a paper in the BC Medical Journal titled, “Eliminating the routine use of examination table paper in outpatient oncology clinics.”
Dr. Poul Sorensen (Molecular Oncology), with co-investigators Dr. Kevin Hay (Terry Fox Laboratory) and Dr. Wei Li (University of Pittsburgh), received a Project Grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for their project titled, “Targeting metabolic vulnerabilities in childhood cancers using immunotherapy.”
Dr. Haifeng Zhang (Molecular Oncology), with the support of Dr. Poul Sorensen as mentor, received a young independent investigator grant from the Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research (Rally).
The award is tied to a project titled, “Immunotherapeutic targeting of IL1RAP in rare pediatric cancers.”
Rally helps fund all levels of promising research initiatives, from science at the bench to translational, and includes fellows, young investigators and independent investigators.
Congratulations to Dr. Zhang on this achievement!
Dr. Poul Sorensen (Molecular Oncology), with co-investigator Dr. Wei Li (University of Pittsburgh), has been awarded with a pediatric Ewing sarcoma research grant from St. Baldrick's Foundation.
The Martha’s Better Ewing Sarcoma Treatment (BEST) Grant for All, named after a remarkable teenager who was fighting Ewing sarcoma and passed away in 2022, was awarded to Dr. Sorensen and Dr. Li for a project titled, "Better Ewing Sarcoma Treatment."
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