M. Park
Associate Professor
DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY
McGill University
Canada
Biography
Dr. Morag Park is a James McGill Professor in the Departments of Biochemistry, Medicine and Oncology at McGill University, where she holds the Diane and Sal Guerrera Chair in Cancer Genetics. She is also the current Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Cancer Research. Dr. Park has published over 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals. Her work has been recognized with numerous awards including becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Research Interest
Dr. Park has a long standing interest in the molecular mechanisms of cancer. More recently her interests include how changes in the tumor microenvironment modulate breast cancer progression. She founded the Breast Cancer Functional Genomics Group, which integrates breast cancer sample collection, laser capture microdissection microarray-based gene expression profiling and signature validation, and includes members from basic research, informatics as well as clinical surgery and pathology.
Publications
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MS/MS-based strategies for proteomic profiling of invasive cell structures. Havrylov S, Park M. Proteomics. 2015 Jan;15(2-3):272-86.
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Breast Cancer Anti-Estrogen Resistance-3 inhibits transforming growth factor-ß/Smad signaling and associates with favorable breast cancer disease outcomes. Guo J, Canaff L, Rajadurai C, Fils-Aimé N, Tian J, Dai M, Korah J, Villatoro M, Park M, Ali S, Lebrun JJ. Breast Cancer Res. 2014 Dec 13;16(6):476.
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Deficiency of the chromatin regulator Brpf1 causes abnormal brain development. You L, Zou J, Zhao H, Bertos NR, Park M, Wang E, Yang XJ. J Biol Chem. 2015 Jan 7. pii: jbc.M114.635250.
