Dr. Jennifer Ritonja, Scientist at the BC Cancer Research Institute, has been appointed as an Assistant Professor (Partner) in the School of Population and Public Health.
Dr. Ritonja’s research program specializes in identifying modifiable risk factors for cancer prevention in women using a variety of epidemiologic techniques. She holds an MSc and PhD in epidemiology from Queen’s University where she studied night shift work as a possible carcinogen, and conducted her postdoctoral training at McGill University and CRCHUM examining lifestyle risk factors across the life course and ovarian cancer risk. She is a recipient of the Cancer Research Society’s Next Generation of Scientists Award, and her work has been recognized with awards from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Santé.
Welcome Dr. Jennifer Ritonja! Dr. Ritonja will be starting as an Assistant Professor (Partner) on February 1, 2026. She can be reached at jritonja@bccrc.ca.