CAROL CASS

Carol Cass became Director of the Cross Cancer Institute (the tertiary cancer centre serving Edmonton and northern Alberta) in 2003 after having served as Associate Director – Research from 1996-2003. Dr. Cass has played a significant leadership role in academic oncology in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta. She was the founding Chair of the Department of Oncology. Dr. Cass received a Tier I Canada Research Chair in 2001. She has served as numerous panels, including the Gairdner Foundation Medical Advisory Board, the Institute Advisory Board of the CIHR Institute of Cancer Research and the selection committee for the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. She received the AHFMR Twenty Years of Excellence Award in 2001, Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada in 2002, and the Province of Alberta’s Centenary Medal in 2005.