Stephen Robbins

Dr. Robbins is currently a Professor at the University of Calgary in the Departments of Oncology and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. He is a former Canada Research Chair in Cancer Biology, and is an AHFMR Scientist. Dr. Robbins obtained his Ph. D from the University of British Columbia in 1991 and pursued postdoctoral training at the University of California, San Francisco, under the mentorship of Nobel Laureate Dr. J. Michael Bishop. His current research interests are in the area of developing novel therapeutics for cancer with a specific focus on brain tumours.