McAlpine, Jessica

Professor

MD

Division Co-Head,  Gynaecologic Oncology

Biography

Dr. McAlpine is a surgeon-scientist at the University of British Columbia and BC Cancer. She holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Molecular Stratification of Gynecologic Cancers, and the Dr. Chew Wei Chair in Gynecologic Oncology. Dr McAlpine and Finlayson are the Division Heads of Gynecologic Oncology. She divides her time between research, teaching, and clinical practice, and serves as Director of the Gynecologic Tissue Bank.
Dr. McAlpine’s research focuses on molecular subtypes of endometrial, ovarian and vulvar cancers, as well as cancer prevention. She is co-Principal Investigator of EN.10/TAPER/RAINBO Blue clinical trial in endometrial cancer, the VU.2 STRIVE trial in vulvar cancer, and the COMPARE trial in co-existent/synchronous endometrial and ovarian cancers.

Areas of Interest in Teaching/Research

• Molecular characterization of endometrial and vulvar cancers
• Prognostic and predictive stratification tools
• Prevention strategies, including opportunistic salpingectoctomy
• AI image analysis
• Clinical trials