Christine Simmons, University of Calgary

Research

Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma Car T Immunotherapy Renal Cell Carcinoma Sarcoma Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Latest papers

Social Media Use Among Physicians and Trainees: Results of a National Medical Oncology Physician Survey.
Journal of oncology practice · 2016

All 1 publications

Latest funding

A Phase I Feasibility and Safety Study of GCAR1, a Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell Therapy for Patients with Relapsed/Refractory GPNMB-Expressing Solid Tumors
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$2,796,075
Preparing to survive: improving outcomes for young women with breast cancer
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$626,557

All 2 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Social Media Use Among Physicians and Trainees: Results of a National Medical Oncology Physician Survey.

Adilman R, Rajmohan Y, Brooks E, Urgoiti GR, Chung C, Hammad N, Trinkaus M, Naseem M, Simmons C, Adilman R, Rajmohan Y, Brooks E, Roldan Urgoiti G, Chung C, Hammad N, Trinkaus M, Naseem M, Simmons C

Journal of oncology practice2016

DOI: 10.1200/jop.2015.006429 PMID: 26443837

A Phase I Feasibility and Safety Study of GCAR1, a Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell Therapy for Patients with Relapsed/Refractory GPNMB-Expressing Solid Tumors

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Shafey, Mona; Abdul Razak, Albiruni R; Hay, Kevin A; Henning, Jan-Willem; Kekre, Natasha; Mahoney, Douglas J; Morrissy, Sorana A; Noujaim, Jonathan; Simmons, Christine E

Keywords: Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma; Car T; Immunotherapy; Renal Cell Carcinoma; Sarcoma; Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

$2,796,075

Preparing to survive: improving outcomes for young women with breast cancer

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Team Grant: CCS/CIHR Cancer Survivorship Team Grants

Principal investigators: Quan, May Lynn

Keywords: Breast Cancer; Patient-Oriented Research; Randomized Registry Trial; Survivorship; Young Onset

$626,557

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Medicine
Radiation Oncology/Medical Physics
Department of Medicine

Co-authors at University of Calgary, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Nazik Hammad

Department of Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Caroline Chung

Radiation Oncology/Medical Physics

1 shared papers, latest 2016

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma Dear Professor Simmons, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Social Media Use Among Physicians and Trainees: Results of a National Medical Oncology Physician Survey." (2016), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "A Phase I Feasibility and Safety Study of GCAR1, a Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell Therapy for Patients with Relapsed/Refractory GPNMB-Expressing Solid Tumors" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]