Otto Sanchez, Ph.D., is still as passionate about cancer research as he was 25 years ago. The professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences has dedicated his career to pushing the boundaries of cancer research in order to better understand its metastatic mechanisms and more recently its suspected environmental triggers. As a medical student, Dr. Sanchez had a close aunt with cancer and was unable to do anything to help. He completed his post-doctorate fellowship at the world-renowned Ontario Cancer Institute at Princess Margaret Hospital and continues to collaborate with research teams in the labs there on groundbreaking cancer research. Dr. Sanchez began his teaching career over 20 years ago at the School of Nursing at McMaster University. His teaching focus shifted to blending technology with health sciences when he became an expert in distance education. He joined in 2003 as an associate professor; in 2006 he was appointed associate dean; and he held the position of Director of Research and Partnerships between 2010 and 2013. Dr. Sanchez attributes teaching aspiring health professionals and researchers as his most gratifying work. Each year he meets over 200 new students and hopes to inspire them to follow his path toward making a difference through lifelong learning. Dr. Sanchez graduated from medical school in Bogota, Colombia in 1983, after which he completed a clinical residency in Pathology at the Colombian National Cancer Institute in 1988. He earned a Master of Science degree at the University of Toronto in Ontario in 1990 and obtained his doctorate at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario in 1997. His graduate research focused on cancer cytogenetics and mechanisms of bone metastasis, respectively. Ontario Tech University