Dr. Fei-Fei Liu is the current Scientific Director of the Institute of Cancer Research at the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR). Her mandate is to define cancer research priorities whilst advancing the health for all Canadians, in collaboration with many national and international partners. Dr. Liu has held many leadership roles including Head of the Radiation Medicine Program at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, and Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto (2012-2022). She continues as a practising Radiation Oncologist, and Senior Scientist at the Princess Margaret, investigating novel molecular therapeutic strategies in conjunction with radiation therapy; novel biomarkers for human malignancies; as well as understanding the biological mechanisms underlying cancer treatment toxicities. Dr. Liu has published over 200 peer-reviewed publications on these topics, and has filed three patents. She is also the founding Director of a CIHR/Terry Fox Foundation Research Training Initiative, with the objective to train the next generation of trans-disciplinary scientists in Radiation Medicine.