M.\u00a0Marra est professeur Killam de g\u00e9n\u00e9tique m\u00e9dicale \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de la Colombie\u2011Britannique et aux Laboratoires Michael\u00a0Smith. Il est aussi le chef de file Terry\u00a0Fox en mati\u00e8re de g\u00e9nomique du cancer. Cofondateur et directeur du Michael\u00a0Smith Genome Sciences Centre du Canada pendant plus de 20\u00a0ans, M.\u00a0Marra est connu pour ses travaux dans le domaine de la g\u00e9nomique et de l\u2019oncologie de pr\u00e9cision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
M.\u00a0Marra a favoris\u00e9 l\u2019expansion de la g\u00e9nomique au Canada. Il a dirig\u00e9 ou codirig\u00e9 de nombreux projets sur le cancer, qui ont permis de d\u00e9couvrir de nouvelles mutations, de nouveaux biomarqueurs et de nouvelles cibles th\u00e9rapeutiques dans les cancers de l\u2019ovaire, les lymphomes\u00a0B, les cancers du cerveau, les cancers du sein, les m\u00e9dulloblastomes, les leuc\u00e9mies, les tumeurs rhabdo\u00efdes et les cancers du col de l\u2019ut\u00e9rus. En 2003, il a dirig\u00e9 les efforts qui ont permis de produire la premi\u00e8re s\u00e9quence g\u00e9n\u00e9tique de l\u2019agent responsable du SRAS, ce qui a permis de d\u00e9couvrir qu\u2019il s\u2019agissait d\u2019un coronavirus et de d\u00e9montrer que le s\u00e9quen\u00e7age g\u00e9nomique d\u2019un agent pathog\u00e8ne pouvait grandement contribuer \u00e0 la rapidit\u00e9 d\u2019intervention lors de l\u2019\u00e9mergence d\u2019une nouvelle maladie infectieuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
M.\u00a0Marra codirige actuellement le programme Personalized OncoGenomics, le premier \u00e0 d\u00e9montrer l\u2019utilisation du s\u00e9quen\u00e7age du g\u00e9nome entier et du transcriptome pour personnaliser les m\u00e9dicaments oncologiques. L\u2019\u00e9quipe du programme, qui compte 80\u00a0% des oncologues m\u00e9dicaux de la Colombie\u2011Britannique, a recrut\u00e9 des milliers de patients atteints d\u2019un cancer avanc\u00e9 et a publi\u00e9 de nombreux articles d\u00e9crivant comment la g\u00e9nomique du cancer peut influencer la prise de d\u00e9cision en mati\u00e8re de traitement clinique pour aider des patients atteints de cancer et leur famille.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
M.\u00a0Marra participe maintenant au R\u00e9seau des centres d\u2019oncologie du Marathon de l\u2019espoir de l\u2019Institut de recherche Terry\u00a0Fox dans le but de mettre la m\u00e9decine g\u00e9nomique oncologique de pr\u00e9cision \u00e0 la disposition des patients atteints de cancer partout au Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
M.\u00a0Marra est un scientifique visionnaire dont les contributions avant-gardistes aux sciences de la sant\u00e9 ont eu une incidence consid\u00e9rable sur la soci\u00e9t\u00e9, tant \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle nationale qu\u2019\u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle internationale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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