What’s new at the Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Institute?

The Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Institute (GCI) is proud to celebrate Julie Shizas, a first-year PhD student in Experimental Medicine, on being awarded the Tomlinson Doctoral Fellowship, McGill University’s most prestigious graduate student honours.

A research team co-led by Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Institute (GCI) Professor Ian Watson, PhD, was just awarded a prestigious Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) Challenge Grant. The award will fund an innovative project aimed at translating melanoma immunotherapies to neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1)-associated tumours. The project is co-led by Dr. Daniela D’Agostino, who oversees the adult NF1 clinic at the McGill University Health Center (MUHC).

A team of more than a 15 researchers from the Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Institute (GCI), with trainees driving much of the work from the ground up, has published a major systematic review and meta-analysis comparing two of the most widely used preclinical models in cancer research: patient-derived organoids (PDOs) and patient-derived xenografts (PDXs).

Highlight of some of the recipients of the Canderel Rising Star Undergraduate Award 2026

Morag Park appointed President and Scientific Director of the Gairdner Foundation

The Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Institute (GCI) is pleased to congratulate Prof. Vincent Giguere, of the GCI and McGill’s Department of Biochemistry, who was awarded the 2025 Robert L. Noble Prize by the Canadian Cancer Society.

We are pleased to congratulate Dr. Morag Park, of the GCI and McGill’s Department of Biochemistry, on her induction into The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame June 18, 2026 - "A trailblazer in cancer research and precision therapies"

Asimov will provide cell line development and process development services to support promising biotherapeutic molecules identified through McGill’s oncology research programs

May is Melanoma Awareness Month, a time to reflect on how far research has come, and how much further we need to take it.