Oral Cancer
Created in late 2018, the NCOHR Oral Cancer Working Group brings together researchers, educators and clinicians:
To explore what is known about oral cancer, how to prevent it, and to improve the effectiveness of its treatment.
To increase oral cancer awareness in the Canadian general population; and
To inform policies and community action to prevent oral cancers.
Belinda Nicolau DDS, MSc, PhD
Full Professor
Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences, McGill University
Associate Member of the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University
Associate Member of the Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University
Member, NCOHR Steering Committee
Chair, NCOHR Oral Cancer Working Group
Sreenath Madathil BDS, MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences
McGill University, Montreal
Sabrina Wurzba DDS, MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, McGill University
Principal Investigator, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research - Segal Cancer Center
Negin Eslamiamirabadi DDS, MSc
Clinical Research Consultant, University of Montreal
Leigha Rock DipDH, BDSc, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Dental Hygiene – Faculty of Dentistry, Dalhousie University
Cross-appointed to the Departments of Pharmacology and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University
Scientist, Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute
Affiliated Scientist, Anatomical Pathology, QEII Hospital, Nova Scotia Health
Srimathi Iyer BDS, MSc
Research Assistant
McGill Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences
McGill University
Cecilia Dong DMD, BSc(Dent), MSc(Prosth), FRCD(C)
Assistant Professor
Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University
Department of Dentistry
Cross-appointed to the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Marie-Claude Rousseau PhD
Full Professor, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), Laval, QC
Adjunct Professor, Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC
Associate Scientist, Health Innovation and Evaluation Hub, Research Centre, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC
Harsimran Singh Kapoor BDS, PhD Trainee
Faculty of Dental Medicine & Oral Health Sciences
McGill University
Claudie Laprise Bsc, MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor
Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
École de santé publique de l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of dental medicine and oral health sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Canada