Dr. Connie Eaves (BA & MSc, Queens University, Canada; PhD University of Manchester, UK) was a co-founder of the Terry Fox Laboratory in 1981 and has served both as its Deputy Director and Director.

She is a recipient of numerous awards, including the NCI (Canada) Robert L. Noble Prize for Excellence in Cancer Research and the 2019 Canada Gairdner Wightman Award.

During her PhD studies in the late 1960’s, she discovered that two cell populations contribute to the generation of antibody responses, heralding the subsequent recognition of B and T cells. She has since contributed many seminal advances to our understanding of progenitors and stem cells involved in blood formation and their regulation in both normal and perturbed states, with a particular emphasis on chronic myeloid leukemia.

Over the last decade, she has also become an expert in breast stem cells and has continued to work in hematopoietic stem cells. She has published more than 440 papers and continues to direct a dynamic research group. She is a major protagonist of excellence in training, having personally supervised 80 graduate students and post-MD and post-PhD fellows.

Learn more about Connie as a scientist, a mother, a wife, and a fabulous mentor!