Martin Yaffe, McGill University

Research

Breast Cancer Clinical Risk Factors Digital Spatial Profiling Genomics Imaging Microenvironment Radiomics Risk Stratification

Latest funding

Advancing Risk Stratification in Young Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$999,975

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Advancing Risk Stratification in Young Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Team Grant: Bringing Biology to Cancer Prevention - Breast Cancer

Principal investigators: Basik, Mark; Diorio, Caroline; Yaffe, Martin J

Keywords: Breast Cancer; Clinical Risk Factors; Digital Spatial Profiling; Genomics; Imaging; Microenvironment; Radiomics; Risk Stratification; Stroma; Young Women

$999,975

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

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Breast Cancer Dear Professor Yaffe, 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]. Your research on breast cancer 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 "Advancing Risk Stratification in Young Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer" (2025), 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]