Mushonga | Oncology | School of Medicine

Dr. Melinda Mushonga

Position(s)

Assistant Professor

Current Hospital Appointment:

Attending Staff Kingston General Hospital

Areas of Clinical Interest:

Breast
Gynecological malignancies
Lung
Brain metastases

Areas of Education Interest:

Education and training of medical students and residents

Areas of Research Interest:

Advancing global oncology through equitable access to radiation therapy
Clinical outcomes research focused on access to relevant and culturally appropriate, evidence-based cancer care
Strengthening and supporting collaborative clinical trials across income settings

Dr. Melinda Mushonga is a Radiation Oncologist at Kingston General Hospital and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Oncology at Queen’s University. She completed her undergraduate medical degree and specialty training in Clinical Oncology at the University of Zimbabwe, followed by a Radiation Oncology Clinical Fellowship at the University of Toronto.

Her clinical areas of interest include gynecological malignancies, lung cancer, breast cancer, palliative radiotherapy, and central nervous system (CNS) malignancies. A key career goal is to advance radiation oncology in transitioning centers by introducing and strengthening advanced radiation techniques, including image-guided brachytherapy for gynecological cancers.

Dr. Mushonga’s research interests, grounded in the field of global oncology, include clinical outcomes research focused on access to relevant and culturally appropriate, practice-relevant, evidence-based cancer care. She is also involved in collaborative clinical trials and is committed to strengthening bidirectional education and training in radiation oncology between low- and high-income settings.

She is an active member of several oncology organizations, including:

African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC)
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
Other regional and international oncology networks

Dr. Mushonga has received numerous prestigious awards and fellowships, including:

Africa Cancer Leader Institute Fellow (2019–2020), AORTIC
Africa Clinical Trials Consortium Award, National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Global Oncology Leadership Development (GOLD) Award, Princess Margaret Hospital
University of Toronto Radiation Oncology Fellowship Award (2020–2022)
ASCO Journal of Global Oncology Editorial Fellowship (2021–2022)
ASCO Journal of Global Oncology Editorial Mentorship Program (2022–2023)
ASCO Young Investigator Award (2022), Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF), Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Global Oncology Program Fellowship (2022–2023), Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

She has published in several peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Clinical Oncology, International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics (Red Journal), eCancer, and Clinical Oncology, among others.

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