Livia Garzia (PhD)
- Associate Professor, Department of Surgery聽
- Associate Member, Department of Medicine聽
PhD
Currently supervising students
Medulloblastoma, Embryonal Tumor with Multilayered Rosettes, Glioma, and Gliomatosis Cerebri.聽
The Garzia lab investigates the molecular basis of metastasis and therapy resistance in pediatric solid cancers such as sarcomas and brain cancers. The lab uses genomics on patient samples followed by in vivo functional genomics models, our goal is to prevent or cure metastasis in these cancer types.聽
EXSU 505聽
Dr Garzia completed her Master鈥檚 in medical biotechnology in Italy at the University of Naples and earned her PhD in Life Science for her research conducted at the Telethon Institute for Genetics and Medicine in Naples. Dr. Garzia moved to Canada to advance her training in cancer genetics with a post-doctoral fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Dr. Livia Garzia is now an Associate Professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery and a principal investigator in the Cancer Research Program and the Research Institute of the MUHC. Her research program focuses on bone tumors such as Ewing Sarcoma and Osteosarcoma. Dr. Garzia uses genetic and molecular techniques to understand why certain patients respond to therapies and others do not, and how can we improve the outcome of patients where the first line of treatment has failed. She holds the Nicole et Francois Angers Sarcoma Research Chair and has been awarded many research grants including FRSQ Junior 2.聽
