Dr. Fei-Fei Liu

ICR's Assistant Director, Dr. Emma Ito represented CIHR/Canada at the TRANSCAN-3 JTC 2023 Symposium in Milan, Italy. Great to connect with Dr. Manoj Lalu from OHRI and Dr. Julie Lessard from REACTION, the team co-funded by ICR in the 2023 JTC.

Galleri test: Exciting results from blood test for 50 cancers The Galleri test looks for fragments of DNA that have broken off a tumour and are circulating in the blood.

Very promising study highlighting a new potential technology for cancer early detection, one of ICR's research priorities. Looking forward to the results of the ongoing trial.

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Dr. Ito (Assistant Director, CIHR-ICR) and Dr. Haibe-Kains (Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre) attending the fantastic ARCHIMEDES Health Data Summit, hosted by Dr. Peter Liu (NPA, Brain-Heart Interconnectome).

Excited to be attending the 13th Conference of the #GA4GH in Uppsala, Sweden! Thrilled to re-connect with Dr. Peter Goodhand (GA4GH CEO) and Dr. Étienne Richer (Director, Genomics Programs, @genomecanada.ca).

Excellent meeting this morning in Ottawa between Elisabete Weiderpass (Director, IARC) and Pamela Aung-Thin (Assistant Deputy Minister of the Health Products and Food Branch) and Kelly Robinson (Director General of the Pharmaceutical Drugs Directorate) from Health Canada!

Another productive meeting between Dr. Weiderpass and our Health Canada colleagues Dr. Robin Churchill (Director, Bureau of Chemical Safety in the Food and Nutrition Directorate) and Dr. Tim Singer (Director General, Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate). Thanks for meeting!

Great meeting with Dr. Elisabete Weiderpass and our friends and colleagues @genomecanada.ca, Dr. Étienne Richer (Director, Genomics Programs), Ms. Sapna Mahajan (Director, Research and Innovation), and Dr. Rob Annan (CEO) in Ottawa!

Wonderful meeting with Dr. Elisabete Weiderpass and Dr. Mona Nemer, Canada's Chief Science Advisor, to discuss IARC's impactful cancer research programs. Thank you for meeting with us Dr. Nemer!

Honoured to have hosted and introduced Dr. Elisabete Weiderpass for her seminar today on "The Global Cancer Burden: IARC's Evolving Research and Prevention Strategies" at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre—a fantastic session with valuable insights and discussion on #GlobalCancerPrevention!

Excited to be welcoming Dr. Elisabete Weiderpass, Director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), to her first day of her one week visit to Canada!

Grateful to our CIHR President, Dr. Paul Hébert, for visiting our Institute of Cancer Research yesterday and taking the time to meet with leadership, as well as early- and mid-career researchers across our cancer research community @pmresearch-uhn.bsky.social @uhnresearch.ca. Thanks for the visit!

Congratulations to these outstanding awardees! Your groundbreaking work has been transformational for #CancerResearch in Canada. So well-deserved! ⭐

Fantastic meeting today with Jennifer Bernard, President and CEO @sickkidsvs.bsky.social. Many thanks for stopping by the ICR office!

Carolyn Van: What Investigative Priorities Are Top of Mind for Canada - OncoDaily Carolyn Van: What Investigative Priorities Are Top of Mind for Canada / cancer, Carolyn Van, Fei-Fei Liu, OncoDaily, Oncology

It was wonderful to sit down with @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social while at @theaacr.bsky.social's #AACR25 to learn about what is top of mind for Canada. Enjoy our conversation!

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Some more photos from the 67th session of IARC's Governing Council! Honoured to have been a part of these great discussions about what is happening in #CancerResearch on the global scale. Looking forward to the next session in May 2026!

At the CRUK Cancer Prevention Research Conference in London, UK, with this fantastic group of Canadian attendees and research talent! #PrevConf25

2025 Induction Ceremony Six Canadian changemakers are inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame each year. Their work may be a single outstanding contribution or a lifetime of meritorious achievement. Pioneers in their...

Congratulations to the latest members inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame, including Dr. Nadine Caron, Dr. Geoffrey Fong, and Dr. Steven Narod.

Great to see such incredible Canadian cancer research talent inducted this year!

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Was in Ottawa this week for CIHR's final in-person Science Council meeting at 160 Elgin before we relocate to the new office. As always, great to connect with my fellow Institute Scientific Directors and the CIHR executive leadership team to discuss strategic directions in research!

Honoured to have attended the Hotıì ts’eeda gathering in Aurora Village near Yellowknife last week. Also grateful to have been invited to the Book of Hope dinner event, where Sara Komarnisky and NWT Health Minister Lesa Semmler spoke—an inspiring evening of connection and dialogue.

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Ultra-processed food consumption and cardiometabolic risk in Canada: a cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian health measures survey - Nutrition & Metabolism Background Ultra-processed food (UPF) contributes to nearly 50% of Canadians’ diets. Research in other countries has begun to implicate high intakes of UPFs and negative health outcomes, including bod...

An excellent Canadian study reporting the strong association between UPF consumption and cardiometabolic blood results, which can be reversed in part with fresh fruits and vegetables.

nutritionandmetabolism.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Structured Exercise after Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Colon Cancer | NEJM Preclinical and observational studies suggest that exercise may improve cancer outcomes. However, definitive level 1 evidence is lacking. In this phase 3, randomized trial conducted at 55 centers, ...

Congrats to the CCTG team, led by Dr. Kerry Courneya, on their RCT demonstrating the significant DFS benefit of structured exercise for CRC patients - just published in NEJM!
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Having an amazing time in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories (NWT), to discuss bringing radiotherapy care close to home for cancer patients in the North. Thank you to all of the incredible people I've had the pleasure of meeting during my time in NWT!

What a privilege to represent CIHR and Canada at the 67th Session of the IARC Governing Council earlier this month in Lyon, France. It is always such a pleasure to be in attendance!

Lovely meeting the inaugural cohort of the AACR-CIHR Scholar-in-Training Awards at #AACR25 alongside @theaacr.bsky.social President, Dr. Lillian Siu! CIHR-ICR is proud to support the next generation of cancer scientists and their cutting-edge research. Bravo!

Fascinating article describing colibactin mutational signature in early onset colorectal cancer: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

An honour to co-present the CIHR-ICR & CAPO Research Excellence and Early Career Investigator Awards with CAPO President, Dr. Doris Howell to our awardees Dr. Josée Savard and Dr. Laura Struik (accepted on her behalf by her grad student, Ashmeet Mand) at the CAPO Conference last week!

Amazing talk on patient and family storytelling by Mike Lang and Dr. Andrea Bezjak at the 40th annual CAPO Conference last Friday in Toronto!

What a privilege meeting our AACR & CIHR-ICR Scientist-Survivor Program co-sponsored Patient Advocates (L to R) Martina Wood, Carolyn Van, Dana Bellis and Megan Sewell in Chicago at the AACR Annual Meeting. Such incredible cancer advocacy being done by these 4 individuals! ⭐

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Thrilled to share that applications for CIHR-ICR's 2025 Early Career Researcher (ECR) Workshop are now open! This is a fantastic professional development opportunity for #ECRs. Please share with your networks!

Applications due: June 23, 2025
cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/53480.html

2025 Canada Gairdner Award Winners Announced 2025 Canada Gairdner Awards recognize world-renowned scientists for transformative contributions to research impacting human health

Congrats @daniel-decarvalho.bsky.social on your Gairdner Momentum Award! 🎉

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