2026 K. Jill Rigby Fellowship
We are pleased to announce the following recipient of the 2026 K. Jill Rigby Fellowship. Congratulations to Dr. Mark Freeman for his project Focused Ultrasound (FUS) as an Adjunct to Systemic Therapy for Leptomeningeal Metastatic Disease (LMD) from Breast Cancer.
Supervising Institution: Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Research Institute
Supervisor: Dr. Katarzyna Jerzak
We are pleased to announce the following recipient of the 2026 K. Jill Rigby Fellowship. Congratulations to Dr. Sophie Richard for her project Genomic and Transcriptomic Characterization of Invasive Lobular Carcinoma and Other Rare Breast Cancer Subtypes through Whole-Genome and Whole-Transcriptome Analysis to Enhance Personalized Oncology Care.
Supervising Institution: BC Cancer Agency, University of British Columbia
Supervisor: Dr. Nathalie LeVasseur
This is CAMO’s first partnership with a private foundation to build on our commitment to promoting oncology research and training for the next generation of oncologists in Canada.
K. Jill Rigby was a writer, photographer, and producer who was on a journey with a rare subtype of breast cancer.
Through this partnership, she aims to inspire research into less researched types of breast cancer and ultimately improve outcomes for others dealing with rarer types of breast cancer where therapeutic options are limited. Her goal was to partner with CAMO to get outside of the big institutional boxes of philanthropic giving and to attract bright minds who also want to move beyond prescribed norms in cancer research.
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