Adam Kinnaird is a Surgeon Scientist and Assistant Professor in the Division of Urology, Department of Surgery at the University of Alberta. He completed a fellowship in Imaging, Targeted Biopsy and Focal Therapy for Prostate Cancer at UCLA. His lab studies translational prostate cancer research with a focus on new drugs, technologies, and devices. Adam was a varsity athlete and graduate of the University of Alberta, having won two national championships while he was a member of the Golden Bears men’s ice hockey team. He completed his MD and Urology residency at the U of A, during which he was enrolled in the Clinician Investigator Program. He completed his PhD as a Vanier Scholar and was awarded the Governor General’s Gold Medal in research. He has published in high impact journals such as Nature Reviews Cancer, Cell, European Urology, and Journal of Urology and has been awarded funding from local, regional, and national grant competitions since starting as an Assistant Professor in November 2020.