Stacey Johnson
Stacey has been providing strategic communications counsel to government, corporate, technology and health organizations since completing a MSc in Public Relations in 1997. Prior to that, Stacey spent six years at the CTV Television Network, first as a researcher, then as a story producer for “Goldhawk Fights Back,” a special ombudsman segment that aired weekly on the National News and Canada AM. Before joining CCRM, Stacey was the Director of Communications for the Canadian Arthritis Network.
Posts by: Stacey
Right Turn: Everybody loves infographics (right?)!
. Inspired by the first Right Turn featuring a regenerative medicine infographic, Signals Blog is holding a contest to seek the best original (i.e. not previously published) stem cell or regenerative medicine infographics out there! We’re keeping the subject matter broad to see how creative you are. We’re looking for the following: Scientific accuracy Skill…Read more
Right Turn: Parents breathe sigh of relief after windpipe surgery success
. It was big news this week when doctors at Children’s Hospital of Illinois performed the first successful pediatric transplant in the U.S. of a regenerated trachea using a synthetic scaffold. The Canadian father and Korean mother of two-year-old Hannah Genevieve Warren are delighted that their daughter, born without a windpipe, now has one grown…Read more
Right Turn: Primer on MSCs in clinical trials
. In this podcast titled “Opportunities and Challenges in Developing Innovative Stem Cell Therapies,” Dr. Armand Keating focuses specifically on the commercialization of mesenchymal stem cells (stromal cells). He has established the largest stem cell transplant program in Canada and his clinical and research interests focus on anti-cancer cell therapy, blood and marrow transplantation, leukemia,…Read more
Right Turn: Research at the bleeding edge. Literally.
How many university students can say they invented a product that people around the world will want to use? For that matter, how many people have ever invented a product that made it to the market?! Joe Landolina is CEO and Co-Founder of Suneris, Inc. and a student at the Polytechnic Institute of New York…Read more
Master debaters have bone (marrow) to pick at StemCellTalks Toronto
I’ve always had an interest in the science of bone marrow transplants, ever since my nephew, Simon, was diagnosed with aplastic anemia at the age of two. Although it was a traumatic time for his parents and extended family, the story has a happy ending. His four-year-old brother was a bone marrow match and the…Read more
Right Turn: our new Friday feature
Signals Blog has given itself the green light to try something different. We’re launching a brand new feature, to appear on Fridays, which will showcase the “lighter” side of regenerative medicine. We will be bringing you cartoons, photos, videos and other content that may be just as thought provoking as the written submissions that you…Read more
Keeping pace with stem cell technology
On the same day that I learned the (disturbing and sad) news that a friend, a woman in her early 40s, has a pacemaker, I read that a stem cell scientist in cardiovascular medicine, at the University of California, has received a grant to develop stem cells that “could serve as a biological alternative to…Read more
All business (no hype) in commercializing regenerative medicine
My grandmother, at 97, is excited about stem cell research because she sees the possibilities. Regenerative medicine IS an exciting field. It’s on the cutting edge of science and fans and critics alike debate its merits regularly in the press and in blogs. Every day, we read stories with headlines that proclaim stem cells will…Read more
Like a cell without its media
My grandfather was a mathematician and chemical engineer who worked on the Manhattan Project. I dated a chemical engineer for two years. Those two associations are the full breadth of my understanding of this field of science. Apparently I took chemistry in high school, but I don’t remember a thing. A classmate assures me I…Read more
Zombies and regenerative medicine (a Halloween special)
with Roshan Yoganathan and Lisa Willemse Are zombies real? And yes, we mean creepy, flesh-eating, run-for-the-hills zombies — not that state you find yourself in on a Monday morning before you’ve had a double espresso. Unless you’re a zombie yourself, it’s quite likely you’ve picked up on their current popularity in gaming, film and television…Read more