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Wilson H. Miller MD, Ph.D
Professor, Medicine & Oncology McGill University & Director of Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory and the Clinical Research Unit, Project Director, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research


MAILING ADDRESS
Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research
Jewish General Hospital
3755 Cote Ste Catherine
Montreal, Quebec H3T 1E2



ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Degree

Year

Discipline/Field Institution and Country

B.A.

1977

Biochemistry (Summa cum laude) Princeton University, USA

Ph.D.

1983

Developmental & Cellular Biology Rockefeller University, Israel

 MD

1984

 Cornell University Medical College

Internship

1984-1985

UCLA Center for Health Sciences, Los Angeles CA

Residency

1985-1987

Medicine UCLA Center for Health Sciences, Los Angeles CA

Fellowship

1987-1990

Medical Oncology Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Cornell University, New York NY


AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Position Held

Institution/Organization

Department/Faculty

Period

Instructor

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Cornell University

Medicine

1990-1993

Associate Professor

McGill University

Oncology and Medicine

1993-2000

Professor

McGill University

Oncology and Medicine

2000-present

Scientific Member, Member of Board of Directors

McGill University

Centre for Translational Research in Cancer

1996-present

Director

Jewish General Hospital, Laboratory Research

Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine

1996-present

Director

Jewish General Hospital

Clinical Research Unit

1997-present


RESEARCH SUPPORT

Principal Applicant

Title of Project

Funding Source and Program

Years of Tenure

W. Miller

A novel interaction between two steroid hormone receptors in breast cancer

Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Operating Grant

1994-1995

W. Miller

Estrogen receptor and retinoids in breast cancer

Cancer Research Society

1995-1997

 

W. Miller

Mechanisms of response and resistance to retinoic acid in acute promyelotic leukemia

MRC Operating Grant

1995-1998

 

W. Miller

Mecanismes moleculaires de la regulation de la croissance cellulaire et de la regulation genique par le recepteur des oestrogenes et par les recepteurs de l’acide retinoique

Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l’aide a la Recherche/ London Life Award in Medical Research (1997)

1996-1999

 

W. Miller

Mechanisms of response and resistance to retinoic acid in acute promyelotic leukemia

MRC Operating Grant

1998-2003

W. Miller

Anti-leukemic action of arsenic and antimony

Leukemia Research Fund of Canada Operatind Grant

1999-2000

W. Miller

Novel Hormonal interactions in breast cancer

NCIC Canadian Breast Cancer Research initiative Operating Grant

1999-2002

Group grant (W. Miller)

Mecanismes moleculaires de la regulation de la croissance cellulaire et de la regulation genique par le recepteur des oestrogenes et par les recepteurs de l’acide retinoique

Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l’aide a la Recherche

1999-2003