• Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Molecular Oncology
• UHN Director, Office of Research Trainees
• Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
• Professor, Dept of Medical Biophysics, UofT

Linda conducted her PhD at the University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children with Dr. Bryan Williams, focusing on interferon as an anti-viral. She then pursued her Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund (now The Frances Crick Institute) in London, UK with Dr. Hartmut Land. She also enjoyed working with Dr. Gerard Evan at ‘the Fund’ and this is where her fascination with the MYC oncogene began. Moving back to Canada in the 1990’s, she established her lab with a focus on the regulation and function of the MYC oncoprotein and then evaluating the role of statin drugs as anti-cancer agents.

She is fascinated with the transformation process and identifying the tumour vulnerabilities that can be exploited as novel therapeutic strategies to impact patient care and outcome.

Dr. Penn is Senior Scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. Dr. Penn is also a Professor in the Medical Biophysics Department at the University of Toronto and Director of the University Health Network’s Office of Research Trainees. She is a scientific advisor on several national/international review panels and is on several journal editorial boards. She was recently awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree from Linkoping University in Sweden.