Dr. Joanne Kotsopoulos

Professor

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Biography

Joanne Kotsopoulos is a Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto and an affiliated scientist at the Women’s College Research Institute. Her research primarily focuses on cancer epidemiology, particularly in breast and ovarian cancer, with special emphasis on BRCA1/2 mutation carriers. Kotsopoulos has an extensive academic background with a Ph.D. from the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto. She has conducted post-doctoral research at the Channing Laboratory at Brigham Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Her notable contributions include identifying modifiable risk factors in hereditary cancers and prognostic factors in ovarian cancer patients. She has been recognized with several awards, including the Victoria University Distinguished Alumni Award and a Canadian Cancer Society Career Development Award in Prevention. Kotsopoulos has published numerous influential papers and actively teaches both graduate and undergraduate students, coordinating courses related to nutrition and cancer.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

2015-01-01 — Present

Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Associate Professor

2012-01-01 — Present

Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Assistant Professor

2009-01-01 — Present

Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Scientist

2009-01-01 — Present

Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Awards

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Victoria University Distinguished Alumni Award

2015-01-01
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Canadian Cancer Society Career Development Award in Prevention

2012-01-01

Requirements for University of Toronto

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:93
Prerequisites
Appropriate four-year bachelor's degree Background in sociological theory and statistics preferred
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Specialization Notes

Department of Sociology