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Heena Kumra, Ph.D.

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education and training
University of Delhi, Delhi, IndiaBSc05/2009Biomedical Sciences
University of Delhi, Delhi, IndiaMSc05/2011Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
McGill University, Montreal, CanadaPhD05/2019Cell Biology, vascular biology and extracellular matrix biology
Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USAPostdoctoral Research FellowongoingTumor microenvironment
awards and honors
2008
Summer Research Fellowship
2009 - 2010
Rotary Postgraduate Scholarship
2010 - 2011
Postgraduate Monsanto Scholarship
2011 - 2012
Junior Research Fellowship
2013
Graduate Student Excellence Recruitment Award
2013
Differential Fee Waiver
2013
Student Conference Support
2014
Graduate Research Enhancement and Travel Award
2014
Poster Prize
2014
Differential Fee Waiver
2015
Graduate Research Enhancement and Travel Award
2015 - 2015
Doctoral research scholarship for foreign student
2015
Oral presentation award
2015
Student Conference Support
2015
Travel Award
2016
Oral presentation award
2016
Travel award
2016
Best oral presentation award
2016
International travel grant
2016
Student Conference Support
2016
Graduate Research Enhancement and Travel Award
2017
CIHR Honorable Mention Award
2017
CIHR travel award for CIHR National Research Poster Competition
2017
Best oral presentation
2017
Best poster presentation
2017
Travel Award
2017
Graduate Research Enhancement and Travel Award
2017
Student Conference Support
2018
Travel Award
2019
Travel Award
2019
Registration Support
2020
Founders Award

Overview
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I am currently a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Rakesh K Jain. The overarching goal of my postdoctoral project is to improve immunotherapy of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) by understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms that fuel PDAC progression and treatment-resistance. I have my expertise developed over 7 years during my doctoral and postdoctoral research (01/2013 - 03/2020) in the field of extracellular matrix biology and vascular biology at McGill University, and almost 2 years of postdoctoral research in pancreatic cancer biology (07/2020 -) in the Steele Laboratories.
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