Dr. Holcik trained at Univerzita Komenského (Bratislava, Slovakia; RNDr. 1990) and Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada; Ph.D. 1995). He pursued his postdoctoral training at Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Philadelphia, U.S.A) working in the laboratory of Dr. Stephen A. Liebhaber on the stability of a-globin mRNA (1995-1996), and later in the laboratory of Dr. Robert G. Korneluk (Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa; 1996-2000) investigating the Inhibitors of Apoptosis (IAP) family of proteins. Following his postdoctoral training Dr. Holcik worked as a Scientist in Apoptogen, Inc. (2000-2001) before he joined the staff at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute and newly formed Apoptosis Research Center.

 

Dr. Holcik has been awarded several awards including the Cooley’s Anemia Foundation (U.S.A.) Research Fellowship (1996), Medical Research Council of Canada Fellowships (1998, 2000), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator award (2001), Premier's Research Excellence Award (2004), and most recently the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine Young Researcher Award (2007) and the University of Ottawa Young Professor Award (2007).