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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu

@drfeifeiliu.bsky.social
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Scientific Director, CIHR Institute of Cancer Research Radiation-Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto Views are my own.

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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
IARC’s next Monograph topic will be “Cannabis smoking & and cancer”. They are seeking scientific experts on this issue – if you would like to contribute – please contact imonews@iarc.who.int by Dec 16, 2025. Learn more here: monographs.iarc.who.int/wp-content/u...
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
CIHR-ICR had a very productive meeting with Ness O’Sullivan, Graham Campbell, and Victoria Mico from the Medical Research Council (MRC)/UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and Claire Millington from CIHR
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
CIHR-ICR was delighted to host the Institute of Aging's Scientific Director, @jane-rylett.bsky.social at the ICR office today during her meeting with visitors from the Medical Research Council (MRC)/UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)!
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Excited to share that the Editorial written by my colleagues Drs. Karim Khan, Rae Yeung, and myself has been published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Views expressed are my own and not those of CIHR. Read more here: bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl...
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Time to fund exercise programmes for cancer survivors: the evidence is mounting
The number of cancer patients in the world is projected to climb by 77% to a total of 35 million individuals by 2050, due to both rising incidence as the global population increases and ages, as well ...
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Also congrats for Dr Lee-Hwa Tai - inducted on Saturday as a new College Member of the Royal Society of Canada
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
So proud of my brother Dr. Peter Liu, inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada on Saturday in Montreal! Congratulations Peter!
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Great to be a part of the #CCRC2025 Opening Ceremony and introduce the members of the Executive Planning Committee with my co-Chair Dr. Paula Robson
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Beyond grateful to this group for their outstanding session on meaningful #PatientEngagement in research at ICR's ECR Workshop. My sincerest thanks to Dr. Cedric Tremblay, Carolyn Van, Dr. Doreen Ezeife, Dana Bellis, Megan Sewell and Martina Wood for your sharing your insights and experiences! 👏
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Such a pleasure to co-moderate Dr. Paul Hébert's presentation on Day 1 of the #CCRC2025 with the Director General of CIHR's Program Design and Delivery branch, Paula Kirton.
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Our talented and highly-engaged 2025 Early Career Researcher Workshop cohort! ⭐
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Such a fantastic panel on "How to Get the Grant Money" at ICR's ECR Workshop. Shout-out to the incredible panelists Drs. Mona Shafey, Kathy McCoy and Winson Cheung and our outstanding moderator Dr. Judy Bray. Thanks for your participation on this panel!
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
An honour to co-host a fireside chat with CIHR President, Dr. Paul Hébert at ICR's Early Career Researcher (ECR) Workshop in Calgary this past Saturday. Thank you Dr. Hébert for taking the time to join us and share your insights. It was great to see such high engagement from our ECRs!
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Thank you to our ICR IAB members for yet another successful and productive meeting this past Friday Oct 31, 2025 in Calgary!
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
ICR's Assistant Director, Dr. Emma Ito represented CIHR/Canada at the TRANSCAN-3 JTC 2023 Symposium in Milan, Italy. Great to connect with Dr. Manoj Lalu from OHRI and Dr. Julie Lessard from REACTION, the team co-funded by ICR in the 2023 JTC.
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Very promising study highlighting a new potential technology for cancer early detection, one of ICR's research priorities. Looking forward to the results of the ongoing trial. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Galleri test: Exciting results from blood test for 50 cancers
The Galleri test looks for fragments of DNA that have broken off a tumour and are circulating in the blood.
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Dr. Ito (Assistant Director, CIHR-ICR) and Dr. Haibe-Kains (Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre) attending the fantastic ARCHIMEDES Health Data Summit, hosted by Dr. Peter Liu (NPA, Brain-Heart Interconnectome).
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Excited to be attending the 13th Conference of the #GA4GH in Uppsala, Sweden! Thrilled to re-connect with Dr. Peter Goodhand (GA4GH CEO) and Dr. Étienne Richer (Director, Genomics Programs, @genomecanada.ca).
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Excellent meeting this morning in Ottawa between Elisabete Weiderpass (Director, IARC) and Pamela Aung-Thin (Assistant Deputy Minister of the Health Products and Food Branch) and Kelly Robinson (Director General of the Pharmaceutical Drugs Directorate) from Health Canada!
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Another productive meeting between Dr. Weiderpass and our Health Canada colleagues Dr. Robin Churchill (Director, Bureau of Chemical Safety in the Food and Nutrition Directorate) and Dr. Tim Singer (Director General, Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate). Thanks for meeting!
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Great meeting with Dr. Elisabete Weiderpass and our friends and colleagues @genomecanada.ca, Dr. Étienne Richer (Director, Genomics Programs), Ms. Sapna Mahajan (Director, Research and Innovation), and Dr. Rob Annan (CEO) in Ottawa!
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Wonderful meeting with Dr. Elisabete Weiderpass and Dr. Mona Nemer, Canada's Chief Science Advisor, to discuss IARC's impactful cancer research programs. Thank you for meeting with us Dr. Nemer!
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Honoured to have hosted and introduced Dr. Elisabete Weiderpass for her seminar today on "The Global Cancer Burden: IARC's Evolving Research and Prevention Strategies" at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre—a fantastic session with valuable insights and discussion on #GlobalCancerPrevention!
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Excited to be welcoming Dr. Elisabete Weiderpass, Director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), to her first day of her one week visit to Canada!
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Grateful to our CIHR President, Dr. Paul Hébert, for visiting our Institute of Cancer Research yesterday and taking the time to meet with leadership, as well as early- and mid-career researchers across our cancer research community @pmresearch-uhn.bsky.social @uhnresearch.ca. Thanks for the visit!
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Congratulations to these outstanding awardees! Your groundbreaking work has been transformational for #CancerResearch in Canada. So well-deserved! ⭐
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Fantastic meeting today with Jennifer Bernard, President and CEO @sickkidsvs.bsky.social. Many thanks for stopping by the ICR office!
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Carolyn Van @carolynvan.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
It was wonderful to sit down with @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social while at @theaacr.bsky.social's #AACR25 to learn about what is top of mind for Canada. Enjoy our conversation! oncodaily.com/blog/carolyn... #CandidlyWithCarolyn #CancerResearch #CancerInnovation #CancerFutures #CIHR
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Carolyn Van: What Investigative Priorities Are Top of Mind for Canada - OncoDaily
Carolyn Van: What Investigative Priorities Are Top of Mind for Canada / cancer, Carolyn Van, Fei-Fei Liu, OncoDaily, Oncology
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Some more photos from the 67th session of IARC's Governing Council! Honoured to have been a part of these great discussions about what is happening in #CancerResearch on the global scale. Looking forward to the next session in May 2026!
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
At the CRUK Cancer Prevention Research Conference in London, UK, with this fantastic group of Canadian attendees and research talent! #PrevConf25
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Congratulations to the latest members inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame, including Dr. Nadine Caron, Dr. Geoffrey Fong, and Dr. Steven Narod. Great to see such incredible Canadian cancer research talent inducted this year! www.cdnmedhall.ca/induction
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2025 Induction Ceremony
Six Canadian changemakers are inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame each year. Their work may be a single outstanding contribution or a lifetime of meritorious achievement. Pioneers in their...
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Was in Ottawa this week for CIHR's final in-person Science Council meeting at 160 Elgin before we relocate to the new office. As always, great to connect with my fellow Institute Scientific Directors and the CIHR executive leadership team to discuss strategic directions in research!
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Honoured to have attended the Hotıì ts’eeda gathering in Aurora Village near Yellowknife last week. Also grateful to have been invited to the Book of Hope dinner event, where Sara Komarnisky and NWT Health Minister Lesa Semmler spoke—an inspiring evening of connection and dialogue. nwtspor.ca/en
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
An excellent Canadian study reporting the strong association between UPF consumption and cardiometabolic blood results, which can be reversed in part with fresh fruits and vegetables. nutritionandmetabolism.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Ultra-processed food consumption and cardiometabolic risk in Canada: a cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian health measures survey - Nutrition & Metabolism
Background Ultra-processed food (UPF) contributes to nearly 50% of Canadians’ diets. Research in other countries has begun to implicate high intakes of UPFs and negative health outcomes, including bod...
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Congrats to the CCTG team, led by Dr. Kerry Courneya, on their RCT demonstrating the significant DFS benefit of structured exercise for CRC patients - just published in NEJM! www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Structured Exercise after Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Colon Cancer | NEJM
Preclinical and observational studies suggest that exercise may improve cancer outcomes. However, definitive level 1 evidence is lacking. In this phase 3, randomized trial conducted at 55 centers, ...
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Having an amazing time in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories (NWT), to discuss bringing radiotherapy care close to home for cancer patients in the North. Thank you to all of the incredible people I've had the pleasure of meeting during my time in NWT!
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
What a privilege to represent CIHR and Canada at the 67th Session of the IARC Governing Council earlier this month in Lyon, France. It is always such a pleasure to be in attendance!
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Lovely meeting the inaugural cohort of the AACR-CIHR Scholar-in-Training Awards at #AACR25 alongside @theaacr.bsky.social President, Dr. Lillian Siu! CIHR-ICR is proud to support the next generation of cancer scientists and their cutting-edge research. Bravo!
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Fascinating article describing colibactin mutational signature in early onset colorectal cancer: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Geographic and age variations in mutational processes in colorectal cancer - Nature
Nature - Geographic and age variations in mutational processes in colorectal cancer
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
An honour to co-present the CIHR-ICR & CAPO Research Excellence and Early Career Investigator Awards with CAPO President, Dr. Doris Howell to our awardees Dr. Josée Savard and Dr. Laura Struik (accepted on her behalf by her grad student, Ashmeet Mand) at the CAPO Conference last week!
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Amazing talk on patient and family storytelling by Mike Lang and Dr. Andrea Bezjak at the 40th annual CAPO Conference last Friday in Toronto!
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
What a privilege meeting our AACR & CIHR-ICR Scientist-Survivor Program co-sponsored Patient Advocates (L to R) Martina Wood, Carolyn Van, Dana Bellis and Megan Sewell in Chicago at the AACR Annual Meeting. Such incredible cancer advocacy being done by these 4 individuals! ⭐ @theaacr.bsky.social
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Thrilled to share that applications for CIHR-ICR's 2025 Early Career Researcher (ECR) Workshop are now open! This is a fantastic professional development opportunity for #ECRs. Please share with your networks! Applications due: June 23, 2025 cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/53480.html
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Congrats @daniel-decarvalho.bsky.social on your Gairdner Momentum Award! 🎉 www.gairdner.org/resource-hub...
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2025 Canada Gairdner Award Winners Announced
2025 Canada Gairdner Awards recognize world-renowned scientists for transformative contributions to research impacting human health
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Absolutely delighted to have opened the Preclinical Reproducibility in Immunotherapy through Multilaboratory Innovation and Discovery (PRIMED) Conference in Toronto last weekend. Such a fantastic initiative!
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
It was great meeting and reconnecting with those in our BC community, including Dr. Marco Marra, Dr. François Bénard, Dr. Emilia Lim, Mr. Darren Lissimore and his daughter Clara, Dr. Rachel Murphy, Dr. Victor Ling, Dr. Intan Schrader as well as our IAB members Drs. Parveen Bhatti and Martin Hirst.
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Each year, ICR hosts a Community Event with our IAB meetings. We had the pleasure of hosting our event at UBC last week with a focus on #PrecisionOncology. Such impactful research and powerful stories on this topic – thanks to everyone involved in the event and all that came to support!
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Genome Canada @genomecanada.ca · 08/04/2025
So pleased to have joined the CIHR Institute of Cancer Research and the CIHR Institute of Genetics in hosting the Canadian Health Research Data Workshop in Vancouver last week, exploring key issues and opportunities for the health data ecosystem. bit.ly/43LCPRB
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Last week, ICR co-hosted the Canadian Health Research Data Workshop with CIHR-IG and @genomecanada.bsky.social in Vancouver. What a successful event with important discussions about enhancing the health research data landscape. My gratitude to all of those in attendance!
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Dr. Fei-Fei Liu @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
What a pleasure meeting the CIHR Institute of Gender and Health (IGH) team at their office at SFU while the ICR team was in Vancouver! Thanks Dr. Kaida and team for being such great hosts! 😊
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