Dr. Rama Khokha is a Senior Scientist, and Professor in the Department of Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto. She received her MSc from Delhi University (India), PhD from Western University, and was awarded von Humboldt Fellowship for postdoctoral training at EMBL (Germany). She began her independent program at the London Regional Cancer Centre, moved to Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, was the Vice Chair Biology for MBP and Interim Director of PMCC. Her lab studies tissue homeostasis and adult stem cell niches. Her work was recognized by the Robert L Noble Prize from the Canadian Cancer Society in 2014. She is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and currently holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair.