Overview
    Cancer is the leading cause of premature death in Canada. Understanding its complex nature requires a high level of scientific expertise and creative collaboration between the many researchers dedicated to finding a cure for this all-to-common disease.

    The Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre (GCRC) is an internationally renowned research institution, committed to coordinating and conducting independent basic cancer research and training within a technologically advanced centre.
    Affiliated with McGill University's Faculty of Medicine , the GCRC brings together the very best scientists, technicians, graduate students and research fellows. Providing an environment where investigators work together, side-by-side sharing equipment and facilities, generates an atmosphere that fosters and encourages progressive ideas and is scientifically and financially beneficial.
    Over the next few years the Centre will heighten its initiative of new target identification and validation for the development of more efficient drugs for cancer diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. To achieve this, the GCRC encourages a multidisciplinary approach in its research activities and is intensifying the union of basic and clinical research, particularly in the support and training of its students and fellows. This union allows greater synchrony along the research pathway from the laboratory to clinical applications.
GCRC research efforts are focused along five core themes:
  * Breast cancer
  * Embryonic development and cancer
  * Cancer stem cells and signaling
  * Metabolism and cancer
  * DNA damage and apoptosis (programmed cell death)

EDUCATION & TRAINING

M.Sc. / Ph.D. Graduate Programs
    The GCRC offers a two-tier training program leading to M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees, the Regular stream and the Oncology stream. Differences between the two streams are in the areas of degree specialization and the type of internal funding available to the respective students.

Graduate Degrees
    Graduate degrees are conferred by the academic departments in which GCRC students are registered, either Biochemistry or Medicine (Division of Experimental Medicine).

Post-doctoral Training
   A competitive post-doctoral fellowship program is available at the Goodman Cancer Research Centre and entails working collaboratively with a group of internationally renowned researchers. Studies are offered in virtually all aspects of cancer research ranging from molecular biology to drug design.

Clinical Interactions
   Clinical interactions are an important part of the GCRC training program at both the graduate and post-doctoral level. A variety of multidisciplinary research connections allow the members of the Centre to offer interactions with the clinical milieu. The "bench-to-bed" principle is the axis of the Centre's mandate and therefore participation in translational research and clinical studies is offered to those interested.

Undergraduate Summer Research Training
    McGill undergraduate students are invited to apply for training with the Centre's researchers. The summer studentships, which can last from one to three months, encourage students to learn first hand about the challenges and rewards of biomedical research.

High School Program
    Interest in sciences and research is best instilled in the early education of students. It responds to requests from high schools and CEGEPS to contribute in certain training programs and participates in various mentorship programs, workshops and laboratory visits, as well as summer stages in the Centre's own research laboratories. Current partners include Collège Stanislas and St. George's School of Montreal.

GCRC RESEARCH THEMES
    In order to harness the full potential of its investigative efforts, the Centre organizes research along five cohesive themes:
    1. Breast Cancer
    2. Embryonic Development and Cancer
    3. DNA damage, repair and apoptosis
    4. Metabolism and Cancer
    5. Stem Cells and Signaling