Stacey Johnson
Stacey Johnson is the editor of Signals and a contributor. For 25 years, Stacey has been providing strategic communications counsel to government, corporate, technology and health organizations. She began her career at the CTV Television Network and then moved to Hill & Knowlton Canada where she advised clients in a variety of industries and sectors. Stacey is the Vice President, Communications and Marketing for CCRM, a leader in developing and commercializing regenerative medicine-based technologies and cell and gene therapies. She has a Master's degree in Public Relations. You can follow her on Twitter @msstaceyerin.
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Right Turn: An estimated 22,465 people died from cancer yesterday
According to the World Health Organization, there were 8.2 million cancer related deaths in 2012 so by my calculations, that’s over 22,000 each day. Cancer has been on my mind a lot this week, and not just because yesterday was #WorldCancerDay. On February 1st, the wife of a friend passed away from leukaemia. She had […]
Right Turn: Regenerative medicine debuts on The Late Show
Does it seem like regenerative medicine is having its moment in the sun? Last week, the news that GE Healthcare and the Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM) are building a centre for advanced therapeutic cell technologies, with $20 million coming from the Government of Canada and a matching $20 million coming from GE […]
Right Turn: New $40M centre will solve cell therapy manufacturing challenges
It was huge news in Canada on Wednesday (January 13) when the Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM) and GE Healthcare announced their partnership in the development of a new centre for advanced therapeutic cell technologies. GE Healthcare is providing CAD $20 million that the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) […]
Right Turn: “Rock star” researcher awarded $2.4 million to create new skin
Jakub Tolar, the University of Minnesota researcher who shared stage time with Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder, has been awarded $2.4 million, by the Schulze Family Foundation, to support his work creating new skin for people suffering from burns and skin diseases, such as epidermolysis bullosa (EB). (Michele De Luca and Graziella Pellegrini are also doing […]
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