
15: What the HEK is lupus?
As part of our Autoimmunity x Immunotherapy series we explore the autoimmune disease known as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or more simply, lupus with Dr. Maria Tokuyama. Dr. Tokuyama is an assistant professor in Mi

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What the HEK is immunotherapy? With this podcast we are trying to answer that question! Through interviews with professors, students, patients, and other experts in the field we hope to introduce different types of immunotherapy and the research that is ongoing, specifically within the Canadian field. Join us as we try to make immunotherapy more digestible!Creators & Producers: Gillian Savage, Grace Bernard, and Dr. Pauline LoosPodcast Logo is designed by Mia PortelanceMusic is by Lara Antebi (https://laraantebi.bandcamp.com/)
WTHisImmunotherapy hosts What the HEK is Immunotherapy?, a science show with 18 episodes published.

As part of our Autoimmunity x Immunotherapy series we explore the autoimmune disease known as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or more simply, lupus with Dr. Maria Tokuyama. Dr. Tokuyama is an assistant professor in Mi

So we have talked a lot about immunotherapy for cancer - but its also used to treat autoimmune diseases! In this episode we talk with Dr. Marc Horwitz, a professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of Brit

Patients are the centre of why we do what we do in immunotherapy research - so shouldn’t they have a say?? Well that's where patient engagement in research comes in! It is becoming increasingly common to involve patients

You've heard of clinical trials - but how do they actually work? We get into the nitty gritty of clinical trials in part 1 of our miniseries on clinical trials where we here about it from the scientist's perspective! In

Vaccines not only prevent infectious diseases - they can also help cure cancer! To learn how this works and all about the field of cancer vaccines we are joined by Dr. Brian Lichty, an associate professor in Medicine at

How can we improve outcomes for cancer patients undergoing surgery? With Immunotherapy! In this episode we discuss perioperative immunotherapy with Dr. Rebecca Auer, a Surgeon-Scientist and the CEO & Scientific Director

To end off the year Grace and Gillian dive into some of the scientific findings and news they found most interesting in the immunotherapy field for 2024! We hope this gets you excited about the progress of immunotherapy

So you may have heard us talk about animal work in this podcast - specifically working with mice. But we wanted to dive a little deeper into what that looks like - specifically from the ethics/regulations side of things.

Last month, Dr. Lee-Hwa Tai taught us about what oncolytic viruses or "OVs" are. So naturally we followed up with a trainee to learn about some cool research going on in the field. Dr. Reza Rezaei, a recent PhD graduate,

Wait, viruses as cancer therapy?? That's right! Oncolytic viruses or OVs are a newer and promising type of therapy that uses viruses to take down cancer in a safe manner. But how the HEK do they work? This month we sit d

Some cool and emerging immunotherapies use viruses to kill cancer cells. But what the HEK are viruses and how do they work? In this week’s episode we chat with Trinity Tooley, a graduate student studying viruses at Queen

Last episode we learnt all about tumour infiltrating lymphocyte or TIL therapy through interviewing Dr. Simon Turcotte. We touched on his research, but what other research is going on within the TIL space in Canada? Well

This month Gillian and Pauline learn all about Tumor infiltrating Lymphocyte (aka TIL) therapy with Dr. Simon Turcotte! Dr. Turcotte is a surgical oncologist at the CHUM Research Centre in Montreal, Quebec, who has a kee

So we learnt all about CAR T cell therapy on episode 2 with Dr. Scott McComb, but what exactly is the current landscape of CAR T cell therapy research like? To answer some students we chatted with 4 PhD students to learn

This week we are doing something a bit different - Grace and I sit down with Danielle Eldridge to chat about her experience receiving immunotherapy. About Danielle: Danielle recently graduated in May 2023 with a degree i

On this month’s episode we are joined by Dr. Scott McComb, a researcher at the National Research Council of Canada, to talk about Chimeric Antigen Receptor aka CAR T cells! Listen in as we discuss topics such as what exa

What the HEK is immunotherapy? With this podcast we are trying to answer that question! Through interviews with professors, students, patients, and other experts in the field we hope to introduce different types of immun

Before we dive into the different types of immunotherapy we wanted to take a step back to actually give a primer on what the HEK is immunotherapy? In this month's episode, hosts Gillian and Grace, along with co-creator D
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Dr. Maria Tokuyama
University of British Columbia
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Dr. Marc Horwitz
University of British Columbia
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Dr. Brian Lichty
McMaster University
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Rebecca Auer
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
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Dr. Lee-Hwa Tai
University of Sherbrooke
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Trinity Tooley
Queen’s University
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Dr. Simon Turcotte
CHUM Research Centre
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Danielle Eldridge
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National Research Council of Canada
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