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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT AND SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR New deputy director brings wealth of expertise and experience to OICR. Read more |
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LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT The achievements and contributions of Dr. Robert A. Phillips, who retires as the Institute's Deputy Director this fall, were celebrated at a symposium in September. Read more |
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| APPOINTMENT Dr. Eric Lander appointed co-chair of OICR's Scientific Advisory Board Lander is Director of the Broad Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University and co-chair of U.S. President Barack Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. |
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NEWS >> RESEARCH COLLABORATION Scientists from OICR and the Ontario Cancer Institute (OCI) are joining forces with Pfizer Global Research and Development to discover and validate new targets for the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of colorectal cancer. Read more |
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RECOGNITION An Ontario-based initiative to measure the impact of public policy on tobacco is among the first-ever recipients of the Top Canadian Achievements in Health Research Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ). Read more |
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RECOGNITION Members of the scientific community are invited to celebrate two decades of accomplishment and discuss and debate currently burning issues at the first International RB Tumour Suppressor meeting, to be held in Toronto from November 19 to 21, 2009. Read more |
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ANNUAL REPORT Having spent three years building research capacity and recruiting world-leading expertise, the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) is now poised to meet the cancer challenge. Read more |
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ONTARIO CANCER RESEARCH ETHICS BOARD The Ontario Cancer Research Ethics Board (OCREB) has built on its successes with another year of solid growth, achieving the majority of its goals for 2008-2009, making progress in other areas of its mandate and spreading the word about the success of its unique model for research ethics review of multi-centred clinical trials. Read more |
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TERRY FOX FOUNDATION On Friday, September 11 a team of four OICR “shavees” participated in the third annual Great Canadian Head Shave at Brookfield Place, shaving their heads to raise funds and awareness for cancer research. Read more |
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