
The Garron Family Cancer Centre
Research
The Garron Family Cancer Centre supports innovative, novel and collaborative research improves and transforms our understanding of how cancer arises and progresses, and how we diagnose, treat and care for children with cancer.
Cancer research activities at SickKids involve all seven of Research Institute’s research programs, covering a comprehensive range of disciplines and interests.
Garron Family Cancer Centre Research Chairs

Staff Oncologist and Clinician Investigator, Division of Haematology/Oncology

Neuropathologist, Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine

Senior Scientist, Genetics & Genome Biology

Section Head, Neuro-Oncology, Division of Haematology/Oncology
Researchers

Program Head (Interim), Cell & Systems Biology
Spencer.freeman@sickkids.ca

Staff Oncologist and Clinician Investigator, Division of Haematology/Oncology
sumit.gupta@sickkids.ca
Senior Medical Advisor, Innovative Therapies
Sylvain.baruchel@sickkids.ca

Senior Scientist, Developmental, Stem Cell & Cancer Biology
tae-hee.kim@sickkids.ca
Staff Physician, Division of Haematology/Oncology
tal.schechter-finkelstein@sickkids.ca

Section Head, Neuro-Oncology, Division of Haematology/Oncology
uri.tabori@sickkids.ca

Staff Neuro-Oncologist, Section of Neuro-Oncology, Division of Haematology/Oncology
vijay.ramaswamy@sickkids.ca

Senior Scientist, Developmental, Stem Cell & Cancer Biology
xi.huang@sickkids.ca

Staff Haematologist/Oncologist, Division of Haematology/Oncology
yigal.dror@sickkids.ca

Staff Physician, Division of Clinical & Metabolic Genetics

Scientist, Developmental, Stem Cell & Cancer Biology
yun.li@sickkids.ca

Scientist, Genetics & Genome Biology
zhenya.ivakine@sickkids.ca