Jeff Wrana

Jeff Wrana is a renowned cancer researcher and senior investigator at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute. He was awarded the McLaughlin Medal by the Royal Society of Canada (2018) in recognition of "his pivotal contributions to our understanding of biology, human disease, and its treatment." He and his team also recently discovered a new type of intestinal stem cell that may lead to a better understanding of and treatment for inflammatory bowel disease.