John Stagg, Ph.D.

Dr. Stagg is a professor in the Faculty of Pharmacy at University of Montreal and principal investigator at the Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) and its affiliated Cancer Institute of Montreal. His laboratory studies the immunological pathways regulating cancer progression and metastasis. He is particularly focused on the role played by the extracellular adenosine system in modulating tumor immunity and opportunities for identifying novel synergistic immunotherapy combinations. John received his doctorate degree from McGill University and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Center in Australia in the lab of Professor Mark J. Smyth.