Women in Cancer Research Symposium

In celebration of International Women's Day, this year's Rogel Cancer Center Symposium will focus on women and women advocates in the cancer sciences. The event is open to all, including trainees.

Thursday, March 7, 8 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. (HYBRID)
Great Lakes South Central, Palmer Commons
100 Washtenaw Ave  Directions
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A limited number of in-person seats are now available on a first-come, first-served basis. There will zoom option once event capacity has been reached.

Agenda

8—8:30 a.m. Continental breakfast and networking

8:30—8:40 a.m. Introductory remarks

• Sarah Hawley, Ph.D., M.P.H.
• Bhramar Mukherjee, PhD.
• Eric Fearon, MD, Ph.D.

8:40—9:10 a.m. Keynote

• Marina Pasca di Magliano, Ph.D., Maud T Lane Professor of Surgical Immunology; professor, surgery and cell and developmental biology
  Regulation and Function of the Pancreatic Cancer Microenvironment

9:15—0:15 a.m. Lightning Talk Session #1

• Kyoung Eun Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor, pharmacology
  Hypoxic Regulation of Tumor-stroma Crosstalk in Pancreatic Cancer
• Celina G. Kleer, M.D., Harold A Oberman Collegiate Professor of Pathology; medical director, Breast Pathology; program director, Clinical Research
  New Mechanisms of EZH2 in Breast Cancer Metastasis
• Monique Verhaegen, Ph.D., research associate professor, dermatology
  Mouse Modeling of Merkel Cell Carcinoma
• Shannon Carty, M.D., assistant professor, internal medicine; associate director Academic Program, Immunology Graduate Program
  Proteostatic Regulation of T Cell Fat
• Maria Castro, Ph.D., RC Schnieder Collegiate Professor of Neurosurgery; professor, cell and developmental biology; co-director, Brain Tumor Research and Translational Neuro-Oncology Laboratories
  Entering the Era of Molecular Neurosurgery: Turning Viruses into Brain Cancer Therapeutics
• Analisa DiFeo, Ph.D., associate professor, pathology; associate professor, obstetrics & gynecology
  From Patients to Progress: Unraveling Innovative Therapies through Ovarian Tumor Analysis and Genetic Insights
• Nisha J. D’Silva, B.D.S., M.S.D., Ph.D., Donald A Kerr Endowed Collegiate Professor of Oral Pathology; professor, dentistry; professor, pathology
  Head and Neck Cancer: Bridging a Gap

10:15—10:30 a.m. Break

10:35—11:05 a.m. Keynote

• Megan R. Haymart, M.D., Nancy Wigginton Endocrinology Research Professor of Thyroid Cancer; professor, internal medicine
  Patient-Centric Cancer Research

11:10 a.m.—12:10 p.m. Lightning Talk Session #2

• Lana Garmire, Ph.D., associate professor, computational medicine & bioinformatics; associate professor, biostatistics
  Overview of Garmire Group in Biomedical Informatics- from Women’s Health to Cancer Research
• Meredith Morgan, Ph.D., Theodore S Lawrence MD, PhD and Patricia Krause Research Professor of Radiation Oncology; associate chair, Department of Radiation and Cancer Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology; professor, radiation oncology
  Combining DNA Damage Response Therapeutics with Radiotherapy in PDAC and DIPG
• Erin Cobain, M.D., assistant professor, internal medicine
  Leveraging the Cancer Genome to Personalize Therapy, Risk Assessment and Disease Monitoring
• Sofia D. Merajver, M.D., Ph.D., GreaterGood Breast Cancer Research Professor; professor, internal medicine; professor, epidemiology
  Multidisciplinary Precision Oncology
• Michelle Mierzwa, M.D., associate chair of Clinical Research; associate professor of radiation oncology
  Advancing Imaging Biomarkers in Head and Neck Cancer thru Clinical Trials
• Lesly A. Dossett, M.D., M.P.H., Maud T Lane Research Professor of Cancer Quality Improvement; associate chair, Department of Surgery; associate professor, Department of Surgery
  Improving Value by Doing Less
• Alison Mondul, Ph.D., M.S.P.H., associate professor, epidemiology
  MI-CARES: The Michigan Cancer and Research on the Environment Study

12:10—1:30 p.m. Lunch and networking