Jason Cain

Biography

 Jason Cain is Head of Developmental and Cancer Biology  in the Department of Oncology in the Monash health, Australia. Dr Jason Cain is Head of the Developmental and Cancer Biology research group in Hudson Institute’s Centre for Cancer Research and a Chief Investigator for the Paediatric Precision Medicine Program. A developmental and cancer biologist, Dr Cain is driving cutting-edge research to understand the role of critical embryonic signalling pathways and epigenetic mechanisms in normal and abnormal development and disease, including paediatric connective tissue (sarcomas) and brain cancers (including atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumours, medulloblastoma and diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma). After completing his PhD studies at Monash University in 2006, Dr Cain moved to The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada to complete postdoctoral training with Dr Norman Rosenblum in the Program of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology. Here, he focused on the role of the Hedgehog signalling pathway in renal development and disease, developing specialised skills in developmental biology, mouse models of human disease, and congenital and paediatric disease. On his return to Australia in late 2010, he joined Hudson Institute of Medical Research as a Research Fellow under Professor Neil Watkins. In 2014, Dr Cain was appointed Head of the Developmental and Cancer Biology laboratory, continuing his work in developmental biology and paediatric brain and solid cancers.

Research Interest

Oncology