My research focuses on breast cancer recurrence, a major hurdle in the current treatment to improve long-term patient outcome. With internal fundings, I am able to conduct more extensive experiments that allow me to gain a better understanding of what causes cancer to come back and to find therapeutic targets within recurrent tumors.
Yu Gu
PhD Candidate
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As a French student pursuing a Master’s degree at Paris VI (now Sorbonne University), I wanted to continue my studies in Canada as teaching in France was too theoretical at the time and I felt a need for international openness.