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Prof. Olga Kovalchuk

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Can...

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Prof. Dr. Olga Kovalchuk is a Professor, Board of Governors Chair in Cancer, and Canadian Institute of Health Research Chair in Gender and Health at the University of Lethbridge. She is also a member of the Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute at the University of Calgary. Dr. Kovalchuk has published over 120 peer-reviewed research articles and numerous abstracts and proceedings. She has been funded by many granting agencies, including Alberta Innovate Health Solutions, Alberta Cancer Board, Canadian Institute for Health Research, National Science and Engineering Research Council, US Department of Energy, and several others. Her areas of focus include: the role of epigenetic dysregulation in carcinogenesis; epigenetic regulation of the cancer treatment responses; radiation epigenetics and the role of epigenetic changes in genome stability and carcinogenesis; radiation-induced oncogenic signaling, and radiation-induced DNA damage, repair, and recombination.

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Epigenetics
Gene Expression
Molecular Biology
High throughput sequen...
radiation epigenetics

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Prof. Dr. Olga Kovalchuk is a Professor, Board of Governors Chair in Cancer, and Canadian Institute of Health Research Chair in Gender and Health at the University of Lethbridge. She is also a member of the Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute at the University of Calgary. Dr. Kovalchuk has published over 120 peer-reviewed research articles and numerous abstracts and proceedings. She has been funded by many granting agencies, including Alberta Innovate Health Solutions, Alberta Cancer Board, Canadian Institute for Health Research, National Science and Engineering Research Council, US Department of Energy, and several others. Her areas of focus include: the role of epigenetic dysregulation in carcinogenesis; epigenetic regulation of the cancer treatment responses; radiation epigenetics and the role of epigenetic changes in genome stability and carcinogenesis; radiation-induced oncogenic signaling, and radiation-induced DNA damage, repair, and recombination.