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    Simone Badal-McCreath

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    Simone Badal McCreath
    Born
    Simone Ann Marie Badal
    NationalityJamaican
    Alma materUniversity of the West Indies
    Scientific career
    FieldsCancer research

    Simone Ann Marie Badal McCreath is a cancer researcher and a medical sciences lecturer at University of the West Indies.[1][2] In 2014 she was one of five women awarded the Elsevier Foundation Award for Early Career Scientists in the Developing World for her creation of a lab at the Natural Products Institute to research the anti-cancer properties of natural Jamaican products.[3][4][5][6][7] She currently lectures in Basic Medical Sciences in Mona, Jamaica.[8][1]

    Early life[edit]

    Growing up the daughter of a shop keeper in a family where no one had attended college, she intended to study medicine. Her science education was held back by a lack of teachers in her local school and it was once she reached university that she decided to be a researcher.[9]

    Career[edit]

    As of 2023 she was Senior lecturer at University of the West Indies Mona. Badal-McCreath was awarded the 2014 Elsevier Early Career Woman Scientist award in Chemical Sciences for the Latin America and Caribbean region.[10]

    In 2024, she published No Cell Left Behind: A Jamaican Scientist's Breakthrough to the First Caribbean Cell Line, ACRJ-PC28 about the discovery of a prostate cancer cell, leading to the first developed Caribbean cell line.[11] Also in 2024, British researchers summarizing research on the many lines of prostate cancer [PCa] cells concluded that "PCa cell lines are poorly clinically relevant."[12]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b Wilson, Nadine (2 March 2014). "Dr Simone Badal McCreath is focused on becoming a pioneer in cancer treatment". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
    2. ^ "After significant breakthrough, J'can scientist not letting up on cancer research". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2024-04-02. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
    3. ^ "UWI Mona's Simone Badal McCreath receives prestigious Award for cancer research". www.mona.uwi.edu. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
    4. ^ "Chemists receive prize for women in science". TWAS. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
    5. ^ Elsevier. "Women chemists from developing countries honored for research of natural medicinal compounds". Elsevier Connect. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
    6. ^ el-Kurebe, Abdallah (2014-02-13). "Nigerian woman for the Elsevier Foundation Awards". Newsdiaryonline (Lagos). Retrieved 2017-11-07.
    7. ^ "Five Female Chemists Win TWAS Awards". Asian Scientist Magazine. 2014-02-18. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
    8. ^ "Mrs. Simone Ann Marie Badal". University of the West Indies. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
    9. ^ Brink, Susan (2014-08-05). "Against All Odds: Women in Developing Countries Succeed in STEM Fields". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
    10. ^ "Simon Badal McCreath". Devex. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
    11. ^ "Dr Simone Badal McCreath's groundbreaking cancer research recognised". Loop News. 28 March 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
    12. ^ Zahra Ahmed, Warda Mosabbir, Devansh Tandon, Snehal Pinto Pereira, Umber Cheema, Marilena Loizidou, John Whithington, Caroline Moore, Susan Heavey (18 March 2024). "How clinically relevant are prostate cancer cell lines? A comprehensive multiomics analysis". Oxford Academic. British Journal of Surgery. Retrieved 21 June 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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