Lymphoma Canada is pleased to award its 2015 Research Fellowship to Dr. Kerry Savage, a medical oncologist and researcher at the British Columbia Cancer Agency.
2015 Research Fellowship Award Recipient
Lymphoma Canada is pleased to award its 2015 Research Fellowship to Dr. Kerry Savage, a medical oncologist and researcher at the British Columbia Cancer Agency.
Dr. Savage has a particular interest in T-cell lymphoma and is internationally recognized as a clinical expert in this area. Her proposed research project focuses on peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTLC) – a rare and aggressive type of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma that has a very poor prognosis. With poor survival rates in PTCLs, there is an urgent unmet need for novel drug design based on an understanding of the critical genes and pathways that operate in malignant T cells. Currently, oncogenic drivers in PTCLs and their functional significance are poorly understood. Dr. Savage’s innovative experimental design has the capacity to elucidate the unknown molecular and cellular biology underlying these diseases, thereby providing the scientific basis for novel drug design.
Congratulations Dr. Kerry Savage!
Dr. Kerry Savage
Research Fellowship Recipient
Dr. Greg Hapgood
Research Fellow
