Wey Leong, Toronto Metropolitan University

Latest papers

Impact of excluding internal mammary node coverage on musculoskeletal dosimetry in breast radiotherapy.
Clinical and translational radiation oncology · 2026
Metabolic Lipids in Melanoma Enable Rapid Determination of Actionable BRAF-V600E Mutation with Picosecond Infrared Laser Mass Spectrometry in 10 s.
Analytical chemistry · 2023
Picosecond Infrared Laser Mass Spectrometry Identifies a Metabolite Array for 10 s Diagnosis of Select Skin Cancer Types: A Proof-of-Concept Feasibility Study.
Analytical chemistry · 2022

All 6 publications

Latest funding

Experimental Study, Modelling and Design of High-Temperature Ground Thermal Energy Storage for Achieving Energy Efficient Building Energy Systems
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$132,000
Performance characterization and feasibility analysis of natural gas heat pumps for canadian weather conditions: experimental and numerical investigations
NSERC · 2015 · Co-investigator
$200,000
An apparatus for measuring the thermal conductivity of various materials
NSERC · 2014 · Co-investigator
$62,860

All 7 grants and awards

6 publications.

01

Impact of excluding internal mammary node coverage on musculoskeletal dosimetry in breast radiotherapy.

Ciocon SL, de la Pena Villarreal A, Lee G, Kamel R, Rahman M, Conroy L, Bleakney R, Croke J, Koch A, Mauti E, Jones J, Chang E, Weidman M, Leong W, Liu ZA, Ye XY, Yee Kwan JY, Liu FF

Clinical and translational radiation oncology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ctro.2025.101077 PMID: 41377100

02

Metabolic Lipids in Melanoma Enable Rapid Determination of Actionable BRAF-V600E Mutation with Picosecond Infrared Laser Mass Spectrometry in 10 s.

Katz L, Kiyota T, Woolman M, Wu M, Pires L, Fiorante A, Ye LA, Leong W, Berman HK, Ghazarian D, Ginsberg HJ, Das S, Aman A, Zarrine-Afsar A

Analytical chemistry2023

DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c02901 PMID: 37695851

03

Picosecond Infrared Laser Mass Spectrometry Identifies a Metabolite Array for 10 s Diagnosis of Select Skin Cancer Types: A Proof-of-Concept Feasibility Study.

Katz L, Woolman M, Kiyota T, Pires L, Zaidi M, Hofer SOP, Leong W, Wouters BG, Ghazarian D, Chan AW, Ginsberg HJ, Aman A, Wilson BC, Berman HK, Zarrine-Afsar A

Analytical chemistry2022

DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c03918 PMID: 36395434

04

Phase II clinical trial of adoptive cell therapy for patients with metastatic melanoma with autologous tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and low-dose interleukin-2.

Nguyen LT, Saibil SD, Sotov V, Le MX, Khoja L, Ghazarian D, Bonilla L, Majeed H, Hogg D, Joshua AM, Crump M, Franke N, Spreafico A, Hansen A, Al-Habeeb A, Leong W, Easson A, Reedijk M, Goldstein DP, McCready D, Yasufuku K, Waddell T, Cypel M, Pierre A, Zhang B, Boross-Harmer S, Cipollone J, Nelles M, Scheid E, Fyrsta M, Lo CS, Nie J, Yam JY, Yen PH, Gray D, Motta V, Elford AR, DeLuca S, Wang L, Effendi S, Ellenchery R, Hirano N, Ohashi PS, Butler MO

Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII2019

DOI: 10.1007/s00262-019-02307-x PMID: 30747243

05

Expansion and characterization of human melanoma tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs).

Nguyen LT, Yen PH, Nie J, Liadis N, Ghazarian D, Al-Habeeb A, Easson A, Leong W, Lipa J, McCready D, Reedijk M, Hogg D, Joshua AM, Quirt I, Messner H, Shaw P, Crump M, Sharon E, Ohashi PS

PloS one2010

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013940 PMID: 21085676

06

Obesity is a risk factor for developing postoperative lymphedema in breast cancer patients.

Helyer LK, Varnic M, Le LW, Leong W, McCready D

The breast journal2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2009.00855.x PMID: 19889169

Experimental Study, Modelling and Design of High-Temperature Ground Thermal Energy Storage for Achieving Energy Efficient Building Energy Systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Leong, Wey

$132,000

Performance characterization and feasibility analysis of natural gas heat pumps for canadian weather conditions: experimental and numerical investigations

Co-investigatorNSERC2015Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Fung, Alan

$200,000

An apparatus for measuring the thermal conductivity of various materials

Co-investigatorNSERC2014Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Ravindran, Comondore

$62,860

Near-field scanning optical microscopy for nanostructure analysis and maskless nanofabrication

Co-investigatorNSERC2010Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Venkatakrishnan, Krishnan

$126,000

Modelling, simulation and experimental studies of ground thermal storage systems and natural convection

Principal investigatorNSERC2005Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Leong, Wey

$120,000

A highly accurate guarded hot plate apparatus with a hybrid method for heat transfer studies

Principal investigatorNSERC2004Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Leong, Wey

$41,239

modelling, numerical and experimental heat transfer research related to energy conservation and efficiency

Principal investigatorNSERC2001Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Leong, Wey

$64,000

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

Thoracic Surgery
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Department of Medical Biophysics
Radiation Oncology
Department of Surgery
Biostatistics Division
Tumor Immunology
Other

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Leong, 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 "Impact of excluding internal mammary node coverage on musculoskeletal dosimetry in breast radiotherapy." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]