Professor of Pediatrics
McGill University, Canada
Janusz Rak, MD, PhD trained in Poland, United States and Canada, and for the past several years his laboratory has been investigating how oncogenes deregulate stromal and vascular responses in cancer. His current work focuses on extracellular vesicle mediated intercellular communication including deregulation of hemostasis, angiogenesis and brain tumour progression, including in children. Dr. Rak published over 150 scientific papers (over 22,000 citations) and is currently supported by grants from Canadian Institutes of Health Research and other agencies.