Title:   
Senior scientist 

Institute:
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Department:  
Cancer Therapeutics

Province:
Ontario

Training:  
Postdoctoral Fellow, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
PhD, microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
BSc, Biochemistry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
 
Research interests:
Breast cancer, cell migration, tumor microenvironment 

Recognitions:
University of Ottawa Governor General’s Award

Career highlights:
Cloning of the Myotonic Dystrophy gene

Research Projects

Project title:
The role of Periostin/OSF-2 in ErbB2-driven tumorigenesis

Funding period:  
2010-2012

Program:
Operating Grant (Basic Research)

Summary:
Periostin has been shown to stimulate the growth and invasion of many cancers, including breast tumors. We will investigate the role of Periostin in breast cancer using mice that do not express Periostin in a tumor environment. We will then attempt to interfere with Periostin’s function in vivo in order to suppress tumor progression.