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Collaboration is a key value at the heart of OICR.
Collaboration is an integral driver of our leadership team, which brings together experts with diverse voices, backgrounds and skill sets to lead our shared pursuit of world-class translational cancer research together. OICR is overseen by a volunteer Board of Directors, which is responsible for the success and sustainability of the Institute and the overall governance of the affairs of the corporation.
Executive

Laszlo Radvanyi, PhD
President and Scientific Director

Christine Williams, PhD
Executive Vice President and Head of Implementation Science

Lincoln Stein, MD, PhD
Head, Adaptive Oncology

Rima Al-awar, PhD
Head, Therapeutic Innovation and Drug Discovery

Steven Gallinger, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Head, Clinical Translation and Co-Lead, PanCuRx

Rebecca Tamarchak, PhD
Head of Strategy, Governance and Partnerships

Jeanette Dias D’Souza, CPA, CA, ICD.D
Senior Vice President, Corporate Services and Group Chief Financial Officer of OICR and FACIT
Board of Directors
Susan Fitzpatrick (Chair)
Head Canadian Drug Agency Transition Office at Health Canada
Jason Berman, MD
Chief Executive Officer and Scientific Director, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO); Research Institute and Vice President Research, CHEO
Rodney Cheung, P. Eng, EMBA
Global Chief Information Officer (CIO), BGIS
Jennifer Chan, MD
Director of the Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute and an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, at the University of Calgary
Janice Deakin, PhD
President and CEO, Higher Education Quality Council
Laurie Harrison
Former Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Hospital for Sick Children
Wendy Kelley, JD
Chief Legal Officer, People Corporation
Ken Lawless, MSc
President and Chief Executive Officer, Epitope Capital Corp.
Anne-Marie Mes-Masson, PhD
Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Montreal, Deputy Scientific Director, Basic and Translational Research at the Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM).
Ken Newport, CPA
Chair, BioCanRx
Andrea Redway, LLB
Patient Representative
Nancy Ross, PhD
Vice-Principal Research
Dawn Powell, MSc
President, Dawn M. Powell Appraisals
Bradly G. Wouters, PhD
Executive Vice President, Science and Research, University Health Network
Scientific Advisory Board
Richard L. Schilsky, MD, FASCO (Chair)
- Former Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, American Society of Clinical Oncology
François Bénard, MD
- Professor and BC Leadership Chair in Functional Cancer Imaging, Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia
- Vice President Research, BC Cancer Agency
Ewan Birney, PhD
- Director and Joint Head of Research and Senior Scientist, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI)
Hakim Djaballah, PhD
- President and CEO, Keren Therapeutics
Sylvia K. Plevritis, PhD
- Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Data Science
Elaine R. Mardis, PhD
- Nationwide Foundation Endowed Chair in Genomic Medicine
- Co-Executive Director, Institute for Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
- Professor of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Deborah Schrag, MD, MPH
- Chair of the Department of Medicine
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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