Title:
PhD 

Institute:
St Michael's Hospital, Toronto

Department:  
Laboratory Medicine

Province:
Ontario

Training:  
Postdoctoral Fellow, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
PhD, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St-John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
BSc,  Biochemistry/Psychology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St-John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

Research interests:
Renal cell carcinoma, tumor biomarkers, proteomics

Recognitions:
Research Training Center Trainee Travel Award, Research Training Center in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, 2010
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Cancer Research Society, 2010-2011
Canadian Forces Decoration Medal, Canadian Forces, November 2008

Career highlights:
Dr. White has a total of 15 peer-reviewed research publications including research articles and reviews.

Research Projects

Project title:
Identifying novel biomarkers for renal cell carcinoma through quantitative proteomic analysis: Moving into an era of personalized medicine

Funding period:  
2011-2012

Program:
Fellowship Renewal

Summary:
Our objective is to identify "tumor biomarkers" for the detection of kidney cancer. We will also compare protein expression between patients that responded to treatment and patients that did not respond. This will help decide the best treatment option for each patient and have a great impact by avoiding unwanted side effects that may result from treatments that are of no benefit to a particular patient.