Principal Investigator
April Rose, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Dr. April Rose is a clinician scientist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Oncology at McGill University. She is a staff Medical Oncologist at the Segal Cancer Centre of the Jewish General Hospital (CIUSSS West-Central Montreal) and a Principal Investigator at the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research.
Dr. Rose obtained her PhD in Experimental Medicine from McGill University. During this time she identified GPNMB as a novel mediator of breast cancer metastasis. She went on to obtain her medical degree from McGill University where she also completed residency training in Internal Medicine. She went on to pursue residency training in Medical Oncology at the University of Toronto, followed by a fellowship in clinical and translational oncology at the Princess Margaret Cancer Center.
Dr. Rose has clinical interests in melanoma and genitourinary cancers. Her research interests are in molecular and translational oncology as well as in the development of novel immunogenomic therapies for treatment resistant cancers.
Dr. Rose is also a mom to 3 kids and 2 dogs and in her leisure time she enjoys sleeping.
