Abstract
Catherine Poh speaks to G Westcott, Commissioning Editor: Dr. C Poh gained a dental degree from the National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan and went on to gain her PhD from the University of British Columbia in 1997, looking into molecular biology in oral cancer. In addition to her current role an associate professor in the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of British Columbia, she is a senior clinician scientist at the Integrative Oncology Department of the BC Cancer Agency's Research Centre. She has various other roles, including being active within the Oral Oncology Department at BC Cancer Agency and the Oral Mucosal Disease Program at Vancouver General Hospital. Her research focuses on the application of molecular and imaging tools for screening, detection and management of at-risk oral lesions. She is currently the principal investigator of a Terry Fox Research Institute-funded ($5 million), pan-Canadian multicenter randomized controlled surgical trial.
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Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral Biological & Medical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada cpoh@ dentistry.ubc.ca part of
QQ Can you tell us a little about your career to date, & how you came into oral oncology? I am a dentist and an oral pathologist by training
I had the opportunity to analyze the clinical information from oral cancer patients as well as the pathology and molecular results
Summary
I did my PhD training at the University of British Columbia (Canada) and studied molecular biology of oral cancer and premalignant lesions. I had the opportunity to analyze the clinical information from oral cancer patients as well as the pathology and molecular results. With the opportunity to combine knowledge of all three aspects from oral cancer patients, I feel like I am in the right position to answer a lot of questions.
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