April Rose lab

April Rose, MD, PhD, FRCPC

Principal Investigator

Dr. April Rose is a clinician scientist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Oncology at McGill University. She is a staff Medical Oncologist at the Segal Cancer Centre of the Jewish General Hospital (CIUSSS West-Central Montreal) and a Principal Investigator at the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research. 

Dr. Rose obtained her PhD in Experimental Medicine from McGill University. During this time she identified GPNMB as a novel mediator of breast cancer metastasis. She went on to obtain her medical degree from McGill University where she also completed residency training in Internal Medicine. She went on to pursue residency training in Medical Oncology at the University of Toronto, followed by a fellowship in clinical and translational oncology at the Princess Margaret Cancer Center.

Dr. Rose has clinical interests in melanoma and genitourinary cancers. Her research interests are in molecular and translational oncology as well as in the development of novel immunogenomic therapies for treatment resistant cancers.

Dr. Rose is also a mom to 3 kids and 2 dogs and in her leisure time she enjoys sleeping.

Team RoseLab

Dr. Huijie Wang
Lab Manager

Dr. Karen Christensen
Research Associate

Demystifying NRAS mutant cancers and metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer mechanims.

Jennifer Maxwell
PhD Student

Evaluating novel therapeutic approaches for Class 3 BRAF mutant cancers.
CIHR Doctoral Award (2025–2028); FRQS Doctoral Training Award (2024)

Emmanuelle Rousselle
PhD Student

Characterizing the genomic and clinical landscape of tumors with MAPK pathway mutations.
CIHR Doctoral Award (2025–2028); FRQS Doctoral Training Award (2024)

Marine Lingrand
Research Assistant

Translational cancer research support and Project coordination

Meghan Vrkoc
MSc Student

Delineate mechanisms of NRAS mutants in melanoma
CGRS‑M (09/2026–08/2027)

Imran Yahaya
MSc Student

Characterizing the functional interactome of BRAF mutant cancers

Chantel Mukonoweshuro
PhD Student

Exploring the role of RAS mutations in therapeutic resistance
Cancer Research Society Doctoral Research Award (2025–2027)
CIHR CGS‑M (2023–2024)

Dr. Islam Elkholi
Postdoctoral Fellow

Characterizing the functional interactome of BRAF mutant cancers
Canadian Cancer Society Postdoctoral Training Award (2024–2027); 
FRQS Postdoctoral Award (2024–2026, declined)

Lisa David
MSc Student

Molecular Pathways Driving Therapeutic Resistance in Metastatic Castration‑Resistant Prostate Cancer
CGRS‑M (2026–2027); 
Max Stern Fellowship (2025–2026)

Mehdi Haghi
PhD Student

Exploring circulating tumor DNA biomarkers to guide precision treatment in prostate cancer
Kuok Fellowship (2025–2028)

Farida Zakariya
Research Assistant

Undergraduates students

Claire Covert

Summer Program Student
Current role: BSc Student Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS

Monica Moon

BSc Student
Current role: BSc Student, McGill University

Medical Fellow

Former Lab Members

MSc Student / Research Assistant

Sadaf Solati

2024-2026
Current Role: Research Associate II, AstraZeneca

Research Associate

Théo Goullet de Rugy PhD

2025
Current Role: Senior Scientist III, AstraZeneca

MDMC student

Sera Whitelaw

2022-2023
Current Role: Medical Student, McGill University

BSc student

Alessandra Giglia

2025
Current Role: BSc Student McMaster University

Postdoctoral Fellow

Isabel Soria Bretones PhD

2021-2022
Current Role: Associate Director, Precision medecine oncology
AstraZeneca

BSc Student

Erica Cianfarano

2021-2022
Current Role: PhD student, McGill University

Medical Oncology Fellow

Dr. Soumaya Labidi

2022-2025
Current role: Medical Oncologist, Dr. Georges L. Dumont University Hospital

Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Melody Riaud

2021-2025
Current Role: Scientist, Biocodex

BSc student

Rania Khan

2023
Current Role: Incoming medical student, McGill University

MDCM Student

Lucy An

2023-2024
Current Role: Medical student, McGill University

BSc student

Shirin Rhaimipour Anaraki

2022-2023
Current Role: Medical student, Laval University

BSc student

Marini Jayasekera

2022

MDCM Student

Alicia Belaiche

2021
Current Role: Medical resident Ottawa

MDCM Student

Peter Tai

2021
Current Role: Medical student, McGill University

BEng Student

Sara Fraser

2024
Current Role: MSc Student McGill University

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