Biography:

 

Dr. Morgan Roberts is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urologic Sciences and a Senior Research Scientist at the Mohseni . She is an immunologist who earned a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of British Columbia in 2015, investigating how the regulation of signaling thresholds in innate immune cells affects mucosal immune responses. She then joined the Vancouver Prostate Centre as a Postdoctoral Fellow, where she gained expertise in basic and translational immuno-oncology and in pre-clinical evaluation of novel therapeutics for bladder cancer. Dr. Roberts’ lab uses a combination of fundamental and translational research to gain insight into the mechanism regulating anti-cancer immunity and immune evasion in bladder cancer. The primary goal of her research program is to gain an understanding of the underlying immuno-biology of bladder cancer in order to identify clinically actionable mechanisms of immune evasion and ultimately improve patient outcomes. As part of this work, Dr. Roberts’ lab is investigating how sex-dependent regulation of tumor-immune interactions affects outcomes in women with bladder cancer.