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Oncology conference brings together researchers from Canada and Brazil’s top research universities

November 15, 2013

TORONTO, ON — Renowned can­cer researchers from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to and its part­ner hos­pi­tals and the Uni­ver­si­dade de São Paulo are pre­sent­ing their lat­est find­ings at a pres­ti­gious con­fer­ence today at the MaRS Audi­to­ri­um in the heart of Toronto’s Dis­cov­ery Dis­trict.

“This joint con­fer­ence is a great oppor­tu­ni­ty for the world-renowned can­cer experts at U of T and our part­ner hos­pi­tals to form research col­lab­o­ra­tions with our peers at Uni­ver­si­dade de São Paulo” said Pro­fes­sor Peter Lewis, Asso­ciate Vice-Pres­i­dent, Glob­al Research Part­ner­ships.  “Togeth­er, our research teams will be stronger than the sum of their parts.”

The con­fer­ence will cul­mi­nate in a pub­lic lec­ture by Dr. Steven Nar­od, world-renowned breast and ovar­i­an can­cer researcher, titled “Can­cer Pre­ven­tion in the Era of Per­son­al­ized Med­i­cine.” Over the course of his career, Dr. Nar­od has pro­found­ly shaped cur­rent knowl­edge of how to assess breast and ovar­i­an can­cer risk and reduce its mor­tal­i­ty amongst car­ri­ers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 muta­tions. Dr. Nar­od is a Tier I Cana­da Research Chair in Breast Can­cer, a Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to pro­fes­sor in the Dal­la Lana School of Pub­lic Health and the Depart­ment of Med­i­cine, and a senior sci­en­tist and direc­tor of the Famil­ial Breast Can­cer Research Unit, Wom­en’s Col­lege Research Insti­tute.

In par­al­lel to the con­fer­ence on oncol­o­gy, lead­ing experts in inter­na­tion­al rela­tions from Uni­ver­si­dade de São Paulo joined their col­leagues at the Munk School of Glob­al Affairs for a work­shop called “The Role of Mid­dle Pow­ers in the 21st Cen­tu­ry Glob­al Are­na.” Co-orga­nized with USP’s Insti­tute of Inter­na­tion­al Rela­tions, the work­shop will ini­ti­ate impor­tant con­ver­sa­tions about future col­lab­o­ra­tive research projects between the two impor­tant research uni­ver­si­ties.

These events fol­low a sim­i­lar series of events held last year in São Paulo, focused on Neu­ro­science and Glob­al Cities. To help sup­port research col­lab­o­ra­tions that emerge from these joint con­fer­ences, the Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to and the Uni­ver­si­dade de São Paulo have each con­tributed funds to sup­port col­lab­o­ra­tive research projects between their researchers.

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