The Institute for Comparative Cancer Investigation (ICCI) at the University of Guelph facilitates translational oncology research in companion animals at the OVC Mona Campbell Centre for Animal Cancer by managing clinical trials and the Companion Animal Tumour Sample Bank (CATSB). Our goals: to advance the understanding of cancer and improve treatment options to benefit both companion animal and human cancer patients.

ICCI Team

ICCI Team (Left to Right): Dr. Paul Woods (ICCI co-director), Dr. Kaya Skowronski (Tumour Bank Coordinator); Dr. Vicky Sabine (Clinical Research Coordinator), Dr. Michelle Oblak (assistant ICCI co-director), Dr. Geoff Wood (assistant ICCI co-director) and Dr. Brenda Coomber (ICCI co-director).

Launched in 2007, the institute is the first of its kind in Canada, combining our expertise in basic cancer biology and veterinary medicine to take an integrated approach to cancer studies that cannot easily be matched in human research setting and it is dedicated to furthering the understanding of the cancer for the benefit of all species, including humans.

ICCI entails collaborative research from 37 cancer investigators from ~8 departments across UoGuelph including cancer biologists, veterinarians, chemists, mathematicians, computer scientists, toxicologists, psychologists and and others who represent Guelph’s unique capacity to broaden the scope of research and deepen our understanding of cancer. Furthermore, ICCI includes external research groups from UoWaterloo & UoToronto.

A key component of this groundbreaking initiative is the establishment of a world-class Animal Cancer Centre in the OVC Health Sciences Centre. The centre is dedicated to cancer diagnosis, treatment, teaching and clinical research.

Mona Campbell Centre for Animal Cancer and ICCI in the media:

Nationalpost recently published an article on the important contribution that companion animal cancer patients provide by participating in clinical research studies to veterinary and human healthcare.

CityNews Toronto recently visited the Mona Campbell Centre for Animal Cancer.

GuelphToday – series of photographs following a recent visit of one of our osteosarcoma patients to the Mona Campbell Centre for Animal Cancer.

Mona Campbell Centre for Animal Cancer received a national awardearlier this year for comprehensive cancer care benefiting both humans and animals.

ICCI member Dr. Alicia Viloria-Petit among this years “Top 10” Most influential Hispanic Canadians for her significant contributions to cancer research.

 

Originally published on the University of Guelph website