Janusz Rak

Janusz Rak, MD, PhD is a Professor of Pediatrics and Jack Cole Chair in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at McGill University. His laboratory investigates how oncogenic events drive cancer progression through orchestrating pathological intercellular communication networks, trigger vascular alterations and systemic vascular paraneoplastic syndromes. These studies currently focus on mechanisms mediated by extracellular vesicles (EVs; including exosomes) and their molecular content. He currently directs the CFI funded Centre for Applied Nanomedicine (CAN) and the NET program sponsored by Fondation Charles Bruneau and CIBC to investigate EV-based liquid biopsy approaches in pediatric cancer. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.