Dr. Gerald Batist is Director and Professor of the McGill University Centre for Translational Research in Cancer, McGill University. He is former Chair of the McGill University Department of Oncology. He received his B.S. from Columbia University and his M.D. from McGill University. He completed his postdoctoral training in New York, Boston and finally at the National Cancer Institute in Washington. There he trained in medical oncology and molecular pharmacology. His work, both in his lab and clinical research focuses on therapeutic resistance. This includes large consortia that run large-scale biopsy-based clinical trials to identify novel mechanisms of resistance to specific drugs. In 2014 he co-led a successful application that resulted in the establishment of the Canadian National Centre of Excellence in Personalized Medicine, Exactis Innovations. The core feature is a program to build a massive database linked to a prospective longitudinal registry of cancer patients followed throughout the trajectory of their illness, a project called ‘Personalize My Treatment’. In 2016, Dr. Batist was appointed Member of the Order of Canada and Knight of the National Order of Quebec.