Officer of the Order of Canada
- Awarded on: October 16, 2024
Nada Jabado, O.C.
Montréal, Quebec
McGill University professor Nada Jabado revolutionized pediatric neuro-oncology with her discovery of oncohistones, linking mutations in regulatory histones to cancer. This groundbreaking work revealed histones’ role in developmental and neurodevelopmental diseases, driving new research, clinical trials and treatments, and reshaping cancer and epigenetics studies globally.