Fall 2014                                                 Vol. 5

 
 

The Windsor Cancer Research Group didn't take much time off this summer! Check out what we have been up to over the past few months.
MEET OUR CROSS BORDER HEALTH RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

On October 7, 2013, Caesars Windsor kicked off the WCRG's PASSPORTS campaign with a $25,000 donation. Since then the campaign has been fully funded by support from the University of Windsor's Cross Border Institute and Windsor Regional Hospital. A main goal of this initiative is to establish a cross-border research coordinating office that would work to standardize the cross-border access, transportation and processing of tissue samples. To drive this initiative forward and achieve these goals, we are excited to introduce you to WCRG's Cross Border Health Research Associate, Salma Aljannati, BSc CCRP.
 

Salma comes to us from Princess Margaret Cancer Centre where she was a Clinical Data and Regulatory Coordinator within the Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology. 
 
COMMERCIALIZATION RESEARCH ASSOCIATE JOINS OUR TEAM



Thanks to the generous support of the Cross Border Institute, we were able to add a Commercialization Research Associate
to our team. Rebecca Williams has a PhD in Molecular Ecology 
from the University of Windsor as well as a Bachelors of Education. Her new role will focus on advancing the commercialization of cancer-related innovations and products.  
 
WCRG EXECUTIVE RECOGNIZED BY THE HOSPICE
Ron and Noella Truant received an award from the Hospice of Windsor-Essex for excellence in fundraising at a ceremony Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, in Windsor, ON. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
Ron and Noella Truant(DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
OF WINDSOR   
  


Congratulations to WCRG Executive Member Ron Truant and his wife Noella for being this year's recipients of the Stuart & Marjorie Leschield Award for excellence in fundraising as part of Hospice's annual volunteer awards. We are fortunate enough to have Ron on the WCRG Executive and Co-Chair of the Governance Committee and Finance & Administration Committee. Congratulations Ron and Noella - the Windsor-Essex community is very lucky to have you! Read more... 



2nd BIENNIAL CANCER RESEARCH CONFERENCE

On November 22, 2014, the WCRG will be hosting it's 2nd Biennial Cancer Research Conference at Caesars Windsor. This event will highlight clinical, psycho-social and basic biomedical research going on in Ontario and collaborating centres in the USA. Based on the success of the 2012 event, we anticipate that there will be over 300 participants. We are very excited to be featuring two world-class keynote speakers:
  • Dr. Craig Earle, Program Lead, Health Services Research, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
  • Dr. Ronny Drapkin, Principal Investigator, Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 

 

Registration and Abstract Submission are now open 
WCRG's FIRST STRATEGIC PLAN
  
The WCRG's Executive Committee has approved it's first Strategic Plan. The plan introduces our core values and the 5 strategic directions that will guide our work. We hope you will take a few minutes to review the highlights of this new plan - it can be found on our website
 
To learn more about the WCRG: