Dr. Jeanie Malone in the MacAulay lab has been selected as a BC Cancer Rising Star (post-doctoral award).
The Rising Stars awards are a tribute to Dr. Connie Eaves, whose remarkable career and contributions to science continue to inspire our community. Dr. Eaves was the recipient of the Gairdner Wrightman Award, elected into the Royal Society in the UK, and appointed the Order of Canada. Her legacy of excellence and dedication to advancing cancer research lives on
through these awards. The Rising Stars awards recognize the next generation of promising researchers within our trainee community who are dedicated to shaping the future of cancer research.
The most common ovarian cancer subtype first forms in the fallopian tubes. Dr. Malone is studying whether a catheter that collects both imaging and a fluid sample from the fallopian tubes can detect early-stage ovarian cancers. She previously showed that imaging can detect early cancers in surgically resected fallopian tubes; now she is testing feasibility and safety of this device in advanced-stage cancer patients immediately before their surgery. There are no effective screening tools for ovarian cancers: if successful, this approach may enable earlier diagnosis and more care pathways for patients.
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