LCRF’s 2026 Scientific Symposium, Current and Emerging Hot Topics, was held November 5 to kick off our Lung Cancer Awareness Month activities. Watch the replay below. The slide deck can be downloaded here.

Learn more about our program participants:

Host


Kathryn A. O’Donnell, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biology,
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Co-leader, Development and Cancer Program, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Chair, LCRF Scientific Advisory Board

Speakers


Shirish Gadgeel, MD
Co-Chair, Protocol Review and Monitoring Committee,
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology and Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Member, LCRF Scientific Advisory Board


Colleen Conner-Ziegler
Patient Advocate

Chair, LCRF Board of Directors


Lecia Sequist, MD, MPH
Professor, MGBCI Faculty Solid Tumor MGPO,
Mass General Research Institute
Landry Family Professor of Medicine in the Field of Medical Oncology, Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Medicine-Hematology and Medical Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital



Christian Rolfo, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology
The Ohio State University
Director of the Division of Medical Oncology; Associate Director for early phase clinical trials
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center



Timothy Burns, MD, PHD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute

Member, LCRF Scientific Advisory Board


Moderator


Isabel Preeshagul, DO, MBS
Assistant Attending Physician, Thoracic Oncology,
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

LCRF Education and Engagement Committee Chair


Special thanks to our sponsors for this event!

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