Rama Khokha
Cancer
University of Toronto
Canada
Biography
Rama Khokha PhD Professor Contact information Toronto Medical Discovery Tower (East Tower) Princess Margaret Cancer Centre 101 College St., Rm 13-314 Toronto Ontario M5G 1L7 Phone: 416-634-8773 Fax: Email: rama.khokha@utoronto.ca Research location: Princess Margaret Hospital/Research Institute (UHN) Primary Research Area: Cancer Secondary Research Area: Molecular & Cell Biology Research Statement: Rama Khokha PhD Professor Contact information Toronto Medical Discovery Tower (East Tower) Princess Margaret Cancer Centre 101 College St., Rm 13-314 Toronto Ontario M5G 1L7 Phone: 416-634-8773 Fax: Email: rama.khokha@utoronto.ca Research location: Princess Margaret Hospital/Research Institute (UHN) Primary Research Area: Cancer Secondary Research Area: Molecular & Cell Biology Research Statement:
Research Interest
Dr. Khokha received her M.Sc. from the University of Delhi India in 1978, and her Ph.D. in biochemistry in 1985 from University of Western Ontario. She was a postdoc at Cancer Research Labs in London, Ontario until 1989 and a von Humboldt Fellow at European Molecular Biology Labs from 1990 to 1992. She began her independent program in 1990 at the London Regional Cancer Centre and then joined Ontario Cancer Institute, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto. She is currently a Professor and Acting Chair for the Department of Medical Biophysics, with a joint appointment at the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto. Dr. Khokha received Canadian Institutes of Cancer Research Studentship among other awards and was a Canadian Institutes of Cancer Research Scholar. Recently, her work was recognized by the prestigious 2014 Robert L Noble Prize from the Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute.
