Biography: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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Morag Park, PhD - Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre - RI-MUHC" (in en-US). https://rimuhc.ca/-/morag-park-phd.
- ↑ Network, Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres. "Morag Park" (in en). https://www.marathonofhopecancercentres.ca/about-us/bio/morag-park.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Professor Morag Park - 2022 Woman of Distinction - Research and Innovation" (in en-US). https://fondation.ydesfemmesmtl.org/en/laureates/morag-park/.
- ↑ "Morag Park | Researcher and Quebec scientific". https://www.genomequebec.com/1106-investigator/morag-park/.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Staff, McGill Reporter (2022-09-26). "Morag Park honoured by Women's Y Foundation" (in en-US). https://reporter.mcgill.ca/morag-park-honoured-by-womens-y-foundation/.
- ↑ "Prix Michel Sarrazin – CRCQ" (in fr-CA). https://crcq.ca/prix-michel-sarrazin/.
- ↑ "Dr. Morag Park awarded prestigious Robert L. Noble Prize - Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre - RI-MUHC" (in en-US). https://rimuhc.ca/-/dr-morag-park-awarded-prestigious-robert-l-noble-prize.
- ↑ "2015 Awards | Canadian Cancer Research Alliance (CCRA)" (in en-US). https://www.ccra-acrc.ca/ccra-awards/2015-awards/.
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