Management Committee

Trevor Shepherd PhD
Director, CTCR. Professor, Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Oncology, and Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University. Translational Oncology Scientist, Mary and John Knight Translational Ovarian Cancer Research Unit, Cancer Research Laboratory Program, London Health Sciences Research Institute.Research Interests / Specializations: Ovarian cancer; metastasis; 3D spheroid; patient-derived samples; cell signalling; tumour dormancy; therapeutics testing

Danial Hadi
Fellow, Medical Oncology, Department of Oncology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University
Stephanie Leighton
PhD Candidate, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University
Sarah Mattonen, PhD.
Assistant Professor, Departments of Medical Biophysics, Oncology, and Biomedical Engineering, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University. Chair, Gerald C. Baines Research Chair for Translational Cancer Imaging, London Health Sciences Centre. Scientist, London Health Sciences Research Institute.
Armen Parsyan, MD, PhD, DSc, MPH, FRCSC.
Assistant Professor, Departments of Surgery, and Oncology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University. General Surgeon and Breast Surgical Oncologist, London Health Sciences Centre. Clinician-Scientist, London Health Sciences Research Institute. Scientist, Cancer Laboratory Research Program.
Silvia Penuela, PhD.
Assistant Dean, Translational Research, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry. Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Research, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology. Cross Appointed to Department of Oncology - Division of Experimental Oncology.
Christopher Pin PhD.
Professor, Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, Oncology and Paediatrics Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry University of Western. Ontario Distinguished Scientist, Verspeeten Family Cancer Centre, London Health Sciences Centre. Director, Living Biobank for Cancer Research. Scientist, Cancer Research Laboratory Program, London Health Sciences Research Institute.Research Interests / Specializations: Organoids, Pancreatic Cancer, Molecular Biology, Epigentics, Animal Modeling of Cancer

John Ronald, PhD.
Professor, Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, Oncology and Paediatrics Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry University of Western. Ontario Distinguished Scientist, Verspeeten Family Cancer Centre, London Health Sciences Centre. Director, Living Biobank for Cancer Research. Scientist, Cancer Research Laboratory Program, London Health Sciences Research Institute.