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
Undergraduates
Meghan Vrkoc
Current Role: BSc student, Queen's University
2024
Sara Fraser
Current Role: BEng student, McGill University
Former Lab Members
Isabel Soria Bretones
Current Role: Principal Scientist, Repare Therapeutics
Erica Cianfarano
Current Role: PhD student, McGill University
Rania Khan
Current Role: BSc student, McGill University
Lucy An
Current Role: MDCM student, McGill University
Shirin Rhaimipour Anaraki
Current Role: MSc student, Universite de Montreali
Marini Jayasekera
Current Role: MDCM student, McGill University
Alicia Belaiche
Current Role: MDCM student, McGill University
Peter Tai
Current Role: MDCM student, McGill University