Scientific Symposium
November 5 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Join us as we head into Lung Cancer Awareness Month with our annual Scientific Symposium, Current and Emerging Hot Topics. The virtual event on November 5 will feature a State of Lung Cancer Research address, presentations, and a roundtable discussion.
We hope you’ll join us for this exciting virtual event! Register below.
Schedule
1pm
Welcome
Kathryn A. O’Donnell, PhD
1:05-1:25pm
State of Lung Cancer Research
Sarah Goldberg, MD, MPH
1:25-2:20pm
Presentations
Patient Advocacy: Colleen Conner-Ziegler
Screening: Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang, MD
Overcoming Resistance: Don L. Gibbons, MD, PhD
Innovation: James DeGregori, PhD
2:20-2:55pm
Panel discussion
Moderators:
Kathryn A. O’Donnell, PhD
Isabel Preeshagul, DO, MBS
2:55pm
Closing remarks
Participants
Host
Kathryn A. O’Donnell, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biology,
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Chair, LCRF Scientific Advisory Board
Presenters
Sarah Goldberg, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine (Medical Oncology) and Associate Director, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program;
Research Director, Center for Thoracic Cancers, Yale School of Medicine
Member, LCRF Scientific Advisory Board
Colleen Conner-Ziegler
Patient Advocate
Chair, LCRF Board of Directors
Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang, MD
Thoracic Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Founding Director, MGH CAIIRE;
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Don L. Gibbons, MD, PhD
Isaiah J. Fidler Professorship in Cancer Research, Professor & Deputy Chair;
Director, Translational Genetic Models Laboratory;
Co-Leader, Lung Cancer Moon Shot Program;
Dept. Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, Dept. Molecular & Cellular Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center
James DeGregori, PhD
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics;
Courtenay C. and Lucy Patten Davis Endowed Chair in Lung Cancer Research;
Deputy Director, University of Colorado Cancer Center, University of Colorado Anschutz
Moderator
Isabel Preeshagul, DO, MBS
Assistant Attending Physician, Thoracic Oncology,
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
LCRF Education and Engagement Committee Chair