Savas obtained her PhD in Molecular Biology and Genetics in 1999. She trained as a post-doctoral trainee and a research associate at Louisiana State University (USA), Mount Sinai Hospital Research Institute (Canada) and Princess Margaret Hospital/Ontario Cancer Institute (Canada), before joining the Memorial University (Canada) as an assistant professor in 2008. She has a multidisciplinary research program integrating molecular genetics, bioinformatics, biostatistics and epidemiology and currently focuses on identification of genetic markers that can predict clinical outcome in colorectal cancer patients. Savas obtained her PhD in Molecular Biology and Genetics in 1999. She trained as a post-doctoral trainee and a research associate at Louisiana State University (USA), Mount Sinai Hospital Research Institute (Canada) and Princess Margaret Hospital/Ontario Cancer Institute (Canada), before joining the Memorial University (Canada) as an assistant professor in 2008. She has a multidisciplinary research program integrating molecular genetics, bioinformatics, biostatistics and epidemiology and currently focuses on identification of genetic markers that can predict clinical outcome in colorectal cancer patients.

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