Morag Park

Morag Park CQ FRSC is a breast cancer and genomics researcher at the McGill University Health Centre.[1] Park is known for her work on the combination of genetic and epigenetic alterations that result in breast cancer progression and receptor tyrosine kinases involved in cancer.[2] More recently, she has worked in as primary co-researcher of a Quebec cancer biobank network that creates tumor models derived from patients, allowing for research into why individual patients respond well or poorly to cancer therapies.[3] She is currently a professor in the Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology and a member of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at McGill University.[1]

Education

Park conducted her undergraduate studies at University of Glasgow and received a B.Sc. with first class honors. She received a PhD in viral carcinogenesis at the Medical Research Council Virology Institute in Scotland and conducted her post-doctoral research at the National Institutes for Cancer Research in Washington, DC.[4]

Awards and honors

2022 Woman of Distinction Award in Research and Innovation[3][5]

Club de Recherches Cliniques du Québec Michel Sarrazin Award (2021)[6]

Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation Grand Prix Scientifique (2019)[5]

Canadian Cancer Society 2017 Robert L. Noble Prize[7]

2015 Canadian Cancer Research Alliance Award for Exceptional Leadership in Cancer Research[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Morag Park, PhD - Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre - RI-MUHC". Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  2. ^ Network, Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres. "Morag Park". Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  3. ^ a b "Professor Morag Park - 2022 Woman of Distinction - Research and Innovation". Women's Y Foundation. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  4. ^ "Morag Park | Researcher and Quebec scientific". www.genomequebec.com. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  5. ^ a b Staff, McGill Reporter (2022-09-26). "Morag Park honoured by Women's Y Foundation". McGill Reporter. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  6. ^ "Prix Michel Sarrazin – CRCQ" (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  7. ^ "Dr. Morag Park awarded prestigious Robert L. Noble Prize - Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre - RI-MUHC". Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  8. ^ "2015 Awards | Canadian Cancer Research Alliance (CCRA)". CCRA. Retrieved 2022-10-26.