Mélanie Béland, PhD Supervisor: Dr. Maxime Bouchard Award: KRESCENT Fellowship Institution: McGill Cancer Centre Year: 2006-2009 Dr. Mélanie Béland will complete her post-doctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Dr. Maxime Bouchard at the McGill Cancer Centre in Montreal. She will be investigating the role of Pax2 in the initiation and progression of renal cell carcinomas. Kidney cancer accounts for nearly 3% of all tumors diagnosed in Canada; in 2005, approximately 4,500 new cases were reported. Previous Next