Dr. Steven Narod is the director of the Familial Breast Cancer Research Unit at WCRI and a Tier I Canada Research Chair in Breast Cancer. He is a professor in the department of public
health sciences at the University of Toronto. Steven Narod is the most cited scientist in the world in the field of breast cancer. The team of scientists led by Dr. Narod includes Dr. Kelly Metcalfe and Dr. Joanne Kotsopoulos.
Research and Academic Interests:
Dr. Narod conducts longitudinal studies of women from families with and without genetic
mutations related to breast cancer. He is currently focused on translating our emerging
knowledge about hereditary cancer into more effective strategies for the prevention and
management of breast and ovarian cancer. He is also interested in delineating the
gene/environment interactions that underlie hereditary breast cancer. This work may eventually
be used to identify potential modifiers of cancer risk in high-risk groups. He is currently
principal investigator on a number of studies looking at risk factors associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, investigating the role of BRCA2 mutations in ovarian cancer, and investigating the contributions of CHK2 gene mutations to breast cancer risk. He also participates as a co-investigator on a wide-range of hereditary cancer studies conducted by his students and international colleagues.
Publications:
Review a list of Steven Narod's peer-reviewed publications as indexed by the National Library of
Medicine.
