Professor
Department of Surgery, McGill University
Montreal, QC
Anie Philip, PhD is a tenured Full Professor in the Department of Surgery at McGill University, Canada. She is also the Director of Plastic Surgery Research and Director of Plastic Suregry REsearch at McGill University, and President of the Skin Research Group of Canada. Dr Philip received her PhD from McGill and completed her post-doctoral training at the National Research Council Canada. Over the past 2 decades, her research program has focused on the molecular mechanisms of skin and cartilage repair and regeneration, and squamous cell carcinoma. Her research has been continuously funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and in addition, she recives funding from NSERC Canada and the Department of Defense USA. Her team’s recent contributions include the discovery and functional characterization of a novel TGF-beta co-receptor, identification of unique regulatory mechanisms by TGF-beta co-receptors in skin cells, chondrocytes and in squamous cell carcinoma. The tranlsational focus of her research is on the development of novel anti-fibrotic and anti-cancer peptides for which her team holds several patents.
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Saturday, April 29, 2023
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM