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Roger Moorehead

Roger Moorehead

Professor

Ontario Veterinary College, Department of Biomedical Sciences

rmoorehe@uoguelph.ca
(519) 824-4120, Ext. 54950
Office:OVC Main Animal Holding, Room 3626
The Moorehead Lab
Lab: Biomed 3638 OVC
519-824-4120 Ext. 58261

BSc, PhD (McMaster)

Research Interests

  • Role of insulin-like growth factors in mammary and lung physiology and tumorigenesis
  • Generation of transgenic mouse models to study human disease
  • Understanding the role of the miR-200 family in breast and ovarian cancer

Selected Publications

  • Simpson KE, Staikos CA, Watson KL, Moorehead RA.Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Sep 6;24(18):13730. doi: 10.3390/ijms241813730.PMID: 37762032
  • Simpson KE, Watson KL, Moorehead RA.Genes (Basel). 2022 Apr 14;13(4):691. doi: 10.3390/genes13040691.PMID: 35456497
  • Watson KL, Yi R, Moorehead RA.Transl Oncol. 2021 Dec;14(12):101228. doi: 10.1016/j.tranon.2021.101228. Epub 2021 Sep 22.PMID: 34562686
  • Roth MJ, Moorehead RA.BMC Dev Biol. 2021 Aug 28;21(1):12. doi: 10.1186/s12861-021-00243-7.PMID: 34454436
  • Simpson K, Conquer-van Heumen G, Watson KL, Roth M, Martin CJ, Moorehead RA.Cancer Cell Int. 2021 Feb 4;21(1):89. doi: 10.1186/s12935-021-01784-4.PMID: 33541373
  • Martin CJ, Moorehead RA.Int J Oncol. 2020 Nov;57(5):1085-1094. doi: 10.3892/ijo.2020.5122. Epub 2020 Sep 17.PMID: 33491744
  • Jagroop R, Martin CJ, Moorehead RA.Oncol Lett. 2021 Jan;21(1):52. doi: 10.3892/ol.2020.12313. Epub 2020 Nov 18.PMID: 33281963
  • Watson KL, Sauerzopf K, Moorehead RA.Nutr Cancer. 2021;73(8):1340-1349. doi: 10.1080/01635581.2020.1795210. Epub 2020 Jul 21.PMID: 32692262
  • Moorehead RA.Genes (Basel). 2019 Jul 26;10(8):566. doi: 10.3390/genes10080566.PMID: 31357528
  • Jones RA, Moorehead RA.Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2019 Jun;58(6):381-391. doi: 10.1002/gcc.22729. Epub 2019 Jan 30.PMID: 30597648
  • Jones RA, Franks SE, Moorehead RA.PLoS One. 2018 Nov 9;13(11):e0206948. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206948. eCollection 2018.PMID: 30412601
  • Watson KL, Jones RA, Bruce A, Moorehead RA.Exp Cell Res. 2018 Aug 1;369(1):17-26. doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2018.04.024. Epub 2018 Apr 25.PMID: 29702103
  • Jones R, Watson K, Bruce A, Nersesian S, Kitz J, Moorehead R.Oncotarget. 2017 Apr 4;8(14):23727-23749. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.15829.PMID: 28423599