Simone Badal-McCreath

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

Simone Anne Marie Badal-McCreath is a Jamaican chemist and cancer researcher.[1] 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.[2][3][4][5][6] She currently lectures in Basic Medical Sciences ) in Mona, Jamaica.[7][1]

Early life

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.[8]

Career

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.[9]

She hopes to eventually market products that result from research in which she is involved. leading her to pursue a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) at the University of Wales, Cardiff. She believes that the ultimate goal of scientific research is for it to be able to make money and contribute to society.[1]

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.[10] 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."[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ "UWI Mona's Simone Badal McCreath receives prestigious Award for cancer research". www.mona.uwi.edu. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Chemists receive prize for women in science". TWAS. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  4. ^ Elsevier. "Women chemists from developing countries honored for research of natural medicinal compounds". Elsevier Connect. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  5. ^ el-Kurebe, Abdallah (2014-02-13). "Nigerian woman for the Elsevier Foundation Awards". Newsdiaryonline (Lagos). Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  6. ^ "Five Female Chemists Win TWAS Awards". Asian Scientist Magazine. 2014-02-18. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  7. ^ "Mrs. Simone Ann Marie Badal". University of the West Indies. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Simon Badal McCreath". Devex. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Dr Simone Badal McCreath's groundbreaking cancer research recognised". Loop News. 28 March 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  11. ^ 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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