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Todd McMullen

ResearcherSurgery and CancerUniversity of Alberta

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Todd McMullen

Researcher

Surgery and Cancer

Health Sciences

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
4 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (3 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2019.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2016.

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Research

Papillary Thyroid Cancer Radiopharmaceutical Cell Fate Dedifferentiation Positron Emission Tomography Cell Differentiation Immuno-Pet-Pdgfra Biomarker

Latest papers

Pregnancy-induced Cushing syndrome mediated by overexpressing LHCGR with bilateral micronodular adrenocortical disease.
JCEM case reports · 2026
The Impact of Proactive Fecal Calprotectin Collection in an Outreach Protocol for Biologic-Naïve Ulcerative Colitis Patients-Ulcerative Colitis Clinical Outreach (UCCO).
Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
Apolipoprotein-A1 transports and regulates MMP2 in the blood.
Nature communications · 2025

All 14 publications

Latest funding

Probing the Role of Glycans in Immunooncology using Genetically Encoded "Liquid Glycan Arrays"
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$944,775
Targeting lysophosphatidate (LPA) signaling to improve therapeutic outcomes for breast cancer patients
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$937,125
An Immuno-PET-PDGFRa Conjugate to Identify Metastases and Predict Outcomes for Papillary Thyroid Cancer
CIHR · 2019 · Nominated PI
$818,550

All 8 grants and awards

14 publications.

Pregnancy-induced Cushing syndrome mediated by overexpressing LHCGR with bilateral micronodular adrenocortical disease.

Gandhi C, McNab T, Khurana R, Tateno T, McMullen T, Chik C

JCEM case reports2026

DOI: 10.1210/jcemcr/luag240 PMID: 42656546

The Impact of Proactive Fecal Calprotectin Collection in an Outreach Protocol for Biologic-Naïve Ulcerative Colitis Patients-Ulcerative Colitis Clinical Outreach (UCCO).

MacKay S, Parsons D, Hagerman C, Lytvyak E, Dieleman L, Hoentjen F, Kroeker K, Peerani F, Wong K, Gozdzik M, Oguro K, McMullen T, Halloran B

Diseases (Basel, Switzerland)2025

DOI: 10.3390/diseases14010002 PMID: 41590218

Apolipoprotein-A1 transports and regulates MMP2 in the blood.

Sarker H, Panigrahi R, Lopez-Campistrous A, McMullen T, Reyes K, Anderson E, Krishnan V, Hernandez-Anzaldo S, Zheng XL, Glover JNM, Hardy E, Fernandez-Patron C

Nature communications2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-59062-0 PMID: 40263360

First-Generation Radiolabeled Cyclic Peptides for Molecular Imaging of Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor α.

Pike S, Wuest M, Lopez-Campistrous A, Hu MY, Derda R, Wuest F, McMullen T

Molecular pharmaceutics2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.4c00549 PMID: 39152916

Depletion of essential fatty acids in muscle is associated with shorter survival of cancer patients undergoing surgery-preliminary report.

Bhullar AS, Rivas-Serna IM, Anoveros-Barrera A, Dunichand-Hoedl A, Bigam D, Khadaroo RG, McMullen T, Bathe O, Putman CT, Baracos V, Clandinin MT, Mazurak VC

Scientific reports2021

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-02269-0 PMID: 34836998

BIK drives an aggressive breast cancer phenotype through sublethal apoptosis and predicts poor prognosis of ER-positive breast cancer.

Pandya V, Githaka JM, Patel N, Veldhoen R, Hugh J, Damaraju S, McMullen T, Mackey J, Goping IS

Cell death & disease2020

DOI: 10.1038/s41419-020-2654-2 PMID: 32528057

Lipid is heterogeneously distributed in muscle and associates with low radiodensity in cancer patients.

Bhullar AS, Anoveros-Barrera A, Dunichand-Hoedl A, Martins K, Bigam D, Khadaroo RG, McMullen T, Bathe OF, Putman CT, Clandinin MT, Baracos VE, Mazurak VC

Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle2020

DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.12533 PMID: 31989803

Active surveillance of low-risk papillary thyroid cancer: A meta-analysis.

Saravana-Bawan B, Bajwa A, Paterson J, McMullen T

Surgery2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2019.03.040 PMID: 31526581

Clinical and biological characterization of skeletal muscle tissue biopsies of surgical cancer patients.

Anoveros-Barrera A, Bhullar AS, Stretch C, Esfandiari N, Dunichand-Hoedl AR, Martins KJB, Bigam D, Khadaroo RG, McMullen T, Bathe OF, Damaraju S, Skipworth RJ, Putman CT, Baracos VE, Mazurak VC

Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle2019

DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.12466 PMID: 31307124

Immunohistochemical phenotyping of T cells, granulocytes, and phagocytes in the muscle of cancer patients: association with radiologically defined muscle mass and gene expression.

Anoveros-Barrera A, Bhullar AS, Stretch C, Dunichand-Hoedl AR, Martins KJB, Rieger A, Bigam D, McMullen T, Bathe OF, Putman CT, Field CJ, Baracos VE, Mazurak VC

Skeletal muscle2019

DOI: 10.1186/s13395-019-0209-y PMID: 31521204

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Todd McMullen

Research

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Latest funding

Pregnancy-induced Cushing syndrome mediated by overexpressing LHCGR with bilateral micronodular adrenocortical disease.

The Impact of Proactive Fecal Calprotectin Collection in an Outreach Protocol for Biologic-Naïve Ulcerative Colitis Patients-Ulcerative Colitis Clinical Outreach (UCCO).

Apolipoprotein-A1 transports and regulates MMP2 in the blood.

First-Generation Radiolabeled Cyclic Peptides for Molecular Imaging of Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor α.

Depletion of essential fatty acids in muscle is associated with shorter survival of cancer patients undergoing surgery-preliminary report.

BIK drives an aggressive breast cancer phenotype through sublethal apoptosis and predicts poor prognosis of ER-positive breast cancer.

Lipid is heterogeneously distributed in muscle and associates with low radiodensity in cancer patients.

Active surveillance of low-risk papillary thyroid cancer: A meta-analysis.

Clinical and biological characterization of skeletal muscle tissue biopsies of surgical cancer patients.

Immunohistochemical phenotyping of T cells, granulocytes, and phagocytes in the muscle of cancer patients: association with radiologically defined muscle mass and gene expression.

Probing the Role of Glycans in Immunooncology using Genetically Encoded "Liquid Glycan Arrays"

Targeting lysophosphatidate (LPA) signaling to improve therapeutic outcomes for breast cancer patients

An Immuno-PET-PDGFRa Conjugate to Identify Metastases and Predict Outcomes for Papillary Thyroid Cancer

Optical Thin Film Diagnostic Using Designer Antibodies

Molecular imaging of autotaxin: Targeting the crossroad of cancer and inflammation

Targeting PDGFRa using PET Imaging to Diagnose Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Cancer and Improve Treatment

Molecular targeting of platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha (PDGFRa) in papillary thyroid cancer

The Biological and Clinical Significance of Platelet Derived Growth Factor Receptor in Papillary Thyroid Cancer

Frequent collaborators

Sambasivarao Damaraju

Levinus Dieleman

Ratmir Derda

Karen Kroeker

Vickie Baracos

Oliver Bathe

Frank Wuest

Xi-Long Zheng

Liang Li

Farhad Peerani

Todd McMullen

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Pregnancy-induced Cushing syndrome mediated by overexpressing LHCGR with bilateral micronodular adrenocortical disease.

The Impact of Proactive Fecal Calprotectin Collection in an Outreach Protocol for Biologic-Na&#xef;ve Ulcerative Colitis Patients-Ulcerative Colitis Clinical Outreach (UCCO).

Apolipoprotein-A1 transports and regulates MMP2 in the blood.

First-Generation Radiolabeled Cyclic Peptides for Molecular Imaging of Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor &#x3b1;.

Depletion of essential fatty acids in muscle is associated with shorter survival of cancer patients undergoing surgery-preliminary report.

BIK drives an aggressive breast cancer phenotype through sublethal apoptosis and predicts poor prognosis of ER-positive breast cancer.

Lipid is heterogeneously distributed in muscle and associates with low radiodensity in cancer patients.

Active surveillance of low-risk papillary thyroid cancer: A meta-analysis.

Clinical and biological characterization of skeletal muscle tissue biopsies of surgical cancer patients.

Immunohistochemical phenotyping of T cells, granulocytes, and phagocytes in the muscle of cancer patients: association with radiologically defined muscle mass and gene expression.

Probing the Role of Glycans in Immunooncology using Genetically Encoded "Liquid Glycan Arrays"

Targeting lysophosphatidate (LPA) signaling to improve therapeutic outcomes for breast cancer patients

An Immuno-PET-PDGFRa Conjugate to Identify Metastases and Predict Outcomes for Papillary Thyroid Cancer

Optical Thin Film Diagnostic Using Designer Antibodies

Molecular imaging of autotaxin: Targeting the crossroad of cancer and inflammation

Targeting PDGFRa using PET Imaging to Diagnose Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Cancer and Improve Treatment

Molecular targeting of platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha (PDGFRa) in papillary thyroid cancer

The Biological and Clinical Significance of Platelet Derived Growth Factor Receptor in Papillary Thyroid Cancer

Frequent collaborators

Sambasivarao Damaraju

Levinus Dieleman

Ratmir Derda

Karen Kroeker

Vickie Baracos

Oliver Bathe

Frank Wuest

Xi-Long Zheng

Liang Li

Farhad Peerani

The Impact of Proactive Fecal Calprotectin Collection in an Outreach Protocol for Biologic-Naïve Ulcerative Colitis Patients-Ulcerative Colitis Clinical Outreach (UCCO).

First-Generation Radiolabeled Cyclic Peptides for Molecular Imaging of Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor α.