RSC 2024 Fellow: Torsten Nielsen

Torsten Nielsen has short salt-and-pepper hair and blue yes. He is wearing a bright red shirt with a black tie. He smiles towards the camera with his lips closed.

Dr. Torsten Nielsen is one of fifteen UBC faculty members announced by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) as new Fellows and Members of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists in September 2024. Fellows and College Members are officially inducted into the RSC at the annual Celebration of Excellence and Engagement in November. 

Torsten Nielsen is a clinician-scientist pathologist who is working to translate the vast amount of molecular information about cancer gained from new genomic technologies into practical advances that improve health. In sarcomas he has developed new, faster and more accurate diagnostics and made discoveries that have led to new targeted therapies. For breast cancer, he has developed tests that identify women who can safely avoid radiation and chemotherapy.

See all of UBC's 2024 RSC Inductees
 

 

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