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Strategic
Plan
Our vision is "Freedom from cancer through excellence
in research and training."
Our mission is "To create a community for innovative
cancer research and training which is dedicated to achieving a
cancer-free future".
Our goals and objectives are:
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establish and maintain sustainable core funding for research,
business and technology infrastructure
- to
create a strengthened environment for team science between cancer
investigators by bringing together researchers through collaborations
and partnerships
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recruit and retain the best researchers and core facility leaders
by creating an environment that supports and promotes their
research activities
Education
The division offers an excellent environment for graduate
training leading to M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees. Graduate students
obtain a broad foundation in biochemistry and cellular and molecular
biology through study of the diverse mechanisms of cancer pathophysiology.
Students are given the opportunity to collaborate across disciplines
with high calibre researchers, access cutting-edge equipment,
attend seminars by world-class scientists, and present their work
in weekly Work-in-Progress and Journal Club meetings. Postdoctoral
Fellows in this division are mentored by ground-breaking researchers,
while having access to superb facilities in a collaborative setting.
Research opportunities are also provided for undergraduate
and high school students.
Research
Division members are involved in a wide spectrum of scientific
investigations from how aberrant molecular processes result in
tumour formation to how existing and new therapeutic agents destroy
cancer cells. These research efforts are key to understanding
how cancer develops, grows and spreads.
Moreover,
members use a team-based approach to access the latest advances
in medicine and science to determine the most effective treatments,
to understand cancer causation, to explain trends in cancer incidence
and mortality, and to improve the scientific knowledge of all
aspects of the cancer continuum.
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