Thomas J. Hudson MD, PhD

Dr. Thomas J. Hudson is President and Scientific Director of the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, which focuses on translational research in prevention, detection, diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Dr. Hudson is internationally renowned for his work in genomics and human genome variation. Past positions include leadership roles as Founder and Director of the McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Centre, and Assistant-Director of the Whitehead/MIT Center for Genome Research, where he led a team that generated physical and gene maps of the human and mouse genomes.