Frances Alice Shepherd, is a

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recognized for her research on

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and her contributions to the design, development, and conduct of

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s. She is currently a senior staff physician at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, where she has held the Scott Taylor Chair in Lung Cancer Research since 2001, and she is a professor in the Department of Medicine at the

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Contributions

Dr. Shepherd has been a co-investigator or principal investigator in over 100 clinical trials and authored more than 450 peer-reviewed publications and 35 book chapters. She is on the editorial board of several journals, including the

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, as well as on numerous lung cancer advisory boards and data and safety monitoring boards for international lung cancer trials. She has mentored more than 30 post-doctoral research fellows. Her past work includes serving as President of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, a member of the

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Concept Evaluation Panel, Chair of the Lung Cancer Committees of the National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group, Chair of the

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Membership and Publications Committees, and the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre's Lung Cancer Site Group Leader.

Awards

Shepherd has been the recipient of numerous awards. * Jacqueline Seroussi Memorial Foundation for Cancer Research Award (2004) * National Cancer Institute of Canada O. Harold Warwick Award for Research Excellence (2006) * Scientific Award from the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Research Award (2007) *

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(2007) * Ontario Premier's Summit Award for Medical Research (2008) * Boehringer-Ingelheim Innovation Award (2010) * British Thoracic Oncology Group International Award for Contributions to Lung Cancer (2012) *

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Whiteman Award and Visiting Professorship (2012) * Wan Ki Hong Award and Visiting Professorship (2012) * MD Anderson Cancer Center and the University of Texas (2012) *

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(2012) * Novartis Canada Oncology Award for Mentorship (2013) * Claude Jacquillat Award for Cancer Research (France) (2015) * Dr. Joseph Pater Excellence in Clinical Trials Research Award of the National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group (2015) * Gairdner Foundation Wightman Award (2018) *

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, for "her leadership in improving treatment options and outcomes for individuals with advanced lung cancer."

References

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