New Investigator Clinical Trials Course Faculty Dr. Arielle Elkrief, MD, FRCPC is a physician–scientist (FRQS J1), Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology at the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM), and Co-Director of the CHUM Microbiome Centre. She leads a translational research program with the goal of developing microbiome-based therapeutic strategies to enhance the efficacy of anticancer immunotherapy. Her lab integrates clinical trials, preclinical models, and computational oncology to design and test novel microbiome-based interventions and biomarkers. She has authored more than 94 peer-reviewed publications. Her contributions have been recognized through the American Society of Clinical Oncology Young Investigator Award, the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer Women in Melanoma Award, the Terry Fox Young Investigator Award, and the Gairdner Young Investigator Award.
