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CCS-CIHR Action Grant – “The Colorectal Cancer Chemoprevention Acceleration and iMprovement Platform (CRC-CHAMP) Study”

Dr. Darren Brenner, Dr. Bob Hilsden and study team, also received funding through the CCS-CIHR Action Grant competition for their grant entitled “The Colorectal Cancer Chemoprevention Acceleration and iMprovement Platform (CRC-CHAMP) Study”. The overall goal of this pilot project is to develop a platform for both large-scale chemoprevention trials and real- world chemoprevention studies for…

CCS-CIHR Action Grant – “Making Healthy Changes Easy: AI-Enabled Dialogue-Driven App for Personalized Cancer Prevention – RiskDialogue”

Dr. Lin Yang and Dr. Christine Friedenreich have received funding through the CCS-CIHR Action Grants for their grant proposal entitled “Making Healthy Changes Easy: AI-Enabled Dialogue-Driven App for Personalized Cancer Prevention – RiskDialogue”. This two-year project, funded with $200,000, aims to develop a digital framework to support cancer risk reduction behaviour change. At this proof-of-concept…

Special Issue of IJERPH

Karen and Lin will be guest editors of a special issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). The issue is titled “Cancer Prevention Research: Ideas and Opportunities Across the Life Course”. New research papers, review articles, brief reports and conference papers are welcome. Manuscripts with a focus on primary cancer…

Farewell Charlotte Ryder-Burbidge!

After two years in the department, Charlotte Ryder-Burbidge will be leaving us to start a new job with the Canadian Institute for Health Research’s Knowledge Mobilization Strategies team. Charlotte has made many valuable contributions to both Dr. Christine Friedenreich and Dr. Miranda Fidler-Benaoudia’s research programs over the past two years and she will be missed!…

Friend of IARC

Congratulations to Dr. Christine Friedenreich who was recently named as a ‘Friend of IARC’ (International Agency for Research on Cancer)! This is a very prestigious honor that is only granted to a small and select group of people. There are currently a total of 22 ‘Friends of IARC’ from all over the world who act…

Dr. Cheryl Peters accepts new position

Dr. Cheryl Peters has accepted a new position as a Senior Scientist with the BC Centers for Disease Control/BC Cancer Agency. Her last day with CEPR will be January 14, 2022. In this new position, Dr. Peters will be responsible for developing primary and secondary cancer prevention programs, research and policy directions and evaluation of…

Cumming School of Medicine – Charbonneau Postdoctoral Scholar

Congratulations to Dr. Anita Brobbey, supervised by Dr. Cheryl Peters, on being selected as the Cumming School of Medicine-Charbonneau Postdoctoral Scholar for her work titled “Investigating the impacts of air pollution and radiation exposures on the risk of cancer and mortality in Canada”. Dr. Brobbey’s research focuses on identifying whether exposure to air pollution or…

Alberta Cancer Research Conference 2021

The inaugural virtual Alberta Cancer Research Conference was held October 25-28, 2021 with 615 registrants, mainly from Alberta. The ACRC 2021 arose from a discussion that Christine held with our leaders in Cancer Research and Analytics about the lack of opportunities for learning and networking across cancer research institutions in Alberta. The last provincial cancer…

AYA-PACT Kickoff!

The Adolescents and Young Adults Becoming Physically Active After Cancer Trial (AYA-PACT) officially started on Monday, September 27th with a mail out through the Alberta Cancer Registry. This 5 year study is led by Miranda and Christine. The study is examining if a home-based, mobile health (mHealth) physical activity intervention can help to support a…

Student contributions

Chao Cao is a PhD student at Washington University School of Medicine in the US. Chao has been working with Dr. Yang since 2018 and has more recently been working closely with us on several projects within CEPR.