We are very pleased to announce the successful completion of the inaugural ATM Visiting Scientist Program with Dr. Stefan Burdach. Dr. Burdach was visiting from March to June of 2022 from the Translational Pediatric Cancer Research Action, Institute of Pathology and Children’s Cancer Research Center, Department of Pediatrics at Technical University of Munich School of Medicine and was hosted at the BC Cancer Research Institute.
Dr. Burdach’s scientific merits include four decades of bringing together basic science and clinical application in the field of pediatric oncology and hematology and significant accomplishments in establishing a research collaboration across the Atlantic Ocean to fight childhood cancer, in particular the main cause of death in these diseases, metastasis. Dr. Burdach’s work has not only elucidated important mechanisms of metastatic spread but has also developed targeted immunotherapies to potentially target the metastatic process.
We look forward to continuing the work and partnership with Dr. Burdach and his colleagues to help advance translational medicine at the University of British Columbia.
The ATM Visiting Professorship program aims to forge further collaborations between the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine and other translational medicine centres of excellence across the world.