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Dr. Siu is a senior medical oncologist at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, and is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. She is the Director of the Phase I Trials Program, co-leads the Tumor Immunotherapy Program and holds the BMO Chair in Precision Genomics.  Dr. Siu had served on the Board of Directors and is a fellow for the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). Dr. Siu is the 2024-2025 President-Elect of the AACR.  Dr. Siu’s major research focus is in the area of new anticancer drug development, with respect to phase I trials and head and neck malignancies.  Internationally, Dr. Siu was the recipient of the US NCI Michaele C. Christian Award in 2010 and the TAT Honorary Award in 2020.  In 2020, Dr. Siu received the International Women Who Conquer Cancer Mentorship Award. Dr. Siu is the 2024 David A. Karnofsky Memorial Award recipient. Dr. Siu has published 400 peer-reviewed manuscripts, and she is the co-Editor-in-Chief for AACR’s Cancer Research Communications, and is on the editorial board for Cell and Cancer Cell.

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