BSc – Palm Beach Atlantic University, Florida
MSc – McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
PhD – University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Postdoctoral – The Hospital for Sick Children, Ontario, Canada
Postdoctoral – German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
Honors & Awards
2024 Mark Foundation Emerging Leader Award
2020 St. Baldrick’s Foundation Robert J. Arceci Innovation Award
2016 Sontag Foundation Distinguished Scientist Award
2016 AACR NextGen Grant for Transformative Cancer Research
2016 Pew-Stewart Scholar (Pew Charitable Trusts)
2015 V Foundation V Scholar Award
2014 Pediatric Basic Science Award (Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) Meeting)
2014 German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Alumni Award
2013 Lap-Chee Tsui Publication Award for 2012 (CIHR Institute of Genetics)
2012 Roman Herzog Postdoctoral Fellowship (Hertie Foundation)
2011 Stuart Alan Hoffman Memorial Prize (University of Toronto)
2011 Keystone Symposia Future of Science Fund Scholarship (Changing Landscape of the Cancer Genome Meeting)
2010 Young Investigator Award (Basic Science Canadian Neuro-Oncology (CNO) Meeting)
Research Interests
Embryonal central nervous system tumors
Disrupted neurodevelopment in pediatric brain tumors
Genetic dependencies and preclinical model development
