Cancer Moonshot Seminar Series (Agenda)

Agenda

Upcoming Events


February 22, 2024, 12:00 – 1:00 pm ET [Junior Investigator Session]

Theme: Advancing the Understanding and Treatment of Adult and Childhood Cancers with Cancer Biology
Speakers: Jeremiah Wala, M.D., Ph.D., Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Seth Zimmerman, Ph.D., Duke University
Recommendations: Generation of Human Tumor Atlases and Intensify Research on the Major Drivers of Childhood Cancers

March 28, 2024, 12:00 – 1:00 pm ET [Junior Investigator Session]

Theme: Developing Immunotherapies for Adult and Childhood Cancers
Speakers: Kristopher Bosse, M.D., Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Xiao Huang, Ph.D., Drexel University
Recommendations: Create a Pediatric Immunotherapy Discovery and Development Network (PI-DDN) and Create an Adult Immunotherapy Network

April 25, 2024, 12:00 – 1:00 pm ET [Junior Investigator Session]

Theme: Implementation Science and the Development of Preclinical Models to Improve the Early Detection and Treatment of Cancer
Speakers: Rachel Issaka, M.D., M.A.S., Fred Hutch Cancer Center; Francesco Tomassoni-Ardori, Ph.D., NCI
Recommendations: Expand Use of Proven Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Strategies and Establish a Network for Direct Patient Engagement

May 23, 2024, 12:00 – 1:00 pm ET

Theme: Advancing Data Sharing through the Cancer Moonshot
Speakers: Kai Tan, Ph.D., Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Liz Salmi, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Recommendation: Expanding data sharing

 

Past Events


January 25, 2024, 12:00 –1:00 pm ET [Junior Investigator Session]

Theme: Using Telemedicine and Implementation Strategies to Improve Cancer Care
SpeakersErin Bange, M.D., M.S.C.E., Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Callie Walsh-Bailey, M.P.H., Ph.D., Northwestern University
Recommendations: Expand Use of Proven Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Strategies

September 28, 2023, 12:00–1:00 pm ET

Title: Cancer Center Cessation Initiative: Integrating Tobacco Treatment into Clinical Care for Cancer Patients at NCI-Designated Cancer Centers
Speakers: Betsy Rolland, Ph.D, Sage Bionetworks; Jessica Burris, Ph.D, University of Kentucky
Recommendations: Expand Use of Proven Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Strategies

Betsy Rolland: http://betsyrolland.com/
Jessica Burns https://psychology.as.uky.edu/users/jlburr4

August 24, 2023, 12:00 – 1:00 pm ET [Junior Investigator Session]

Theme: Spatial Data Analyses and AI Models for Cancer Research
Speakers: Adam Spannaus, Ph.D., Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Chenchen Zhu, Ph.D., Stanford University
Recommendations: Build a National Cancer Data Ecosystem and Generate Human Tumor Atlases

July 27, 2023 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET  [Junior Investigator Session]

Theme: Improving Immunotherapy Strategies for Cancers
Speakers: A.J. Robert McGray, Ph.D., Roswell Park Cancer Center; Mark Yarmarkovich, Ph.D., New York University
Recommendations: Create an Adult Immunotherapy Network and Build a Pediatric Immunotherapy Discovery and Development Network

June 22, 2023 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET

Title: Roles for Phase Separation in Oncogenesis by Fusion Oncoproteins
Speaker: Richard Kriwacki, Ph.D., St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Recommendation: Intensify Research on the Major Drivers of Childhood Cancers

May 25, 2023 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET

Title: Count Me In: Partnering with Patients to Define the Landscape of Rare, Aggressive Sarcomas (joint event with the SeqSPACE webinar series)
Speaker: Katherine Janeway, M.D., Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Recommendation: Establish a Network for Direct Patient Engagement

April 27, 2023 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET

Title: Cell death induces non-classical mechanisms of therapy resistance
Speaker: Keith Syson Chan, Ph.D., Houston Methodist Research Institute
Recommendation: Develop Ways to Overcome Cancer’s Resistance to Therapy

March 23, 2023 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET

Title: Multiplexed Tissue Imaging to Reveal the Spatial Biology of Cancer
Speaker: Sandro Santagata, M.D., Ph.D., Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Recommendation: Generate Human Tumor Atlases

February 23, 2023 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET  [Junior Investigator Session]

Theme: Advancing Cancer Outcomes through Implementation Science and Participant Engagement
Speakers: Bethany Davis, Ph.D., Translational Genomics Research Institute
Recommendations: Minimize Cancer Treatment’s Debilitating Side Effects

January 26, 2023 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET

TitleDOE-NCI Collaboration: MOSSAIC for Advancing Computational Models for Cancer Research
Speaker: Heidi Hanson, Ph.D., Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Recommendation: Build a National Cancer Data Ecosystem

December 15, 2022 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET  [Junior Investigator Session]

Theme: Molecular Dissection of Tumor Biology
Speakers: Katia Rebola, Ph.D., Oregon Health and Sciences University; Frank Szulzewsky, Ph.D., Fred Hutchison Cancer Center
Recommendations: Develop Ways to Overcome Cancer’s Resistance to Therapy and Intensify Research on the Major Drivers of Childhood Cancers

November 17, 2022 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET

Title: Joint Seminar for the Cancer Moonshot Seminar Series, NCI Emerging Technologies Seminar Series, and DataViz + Cancer
Speaker: Zeynep Gümüş Ph.D., Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
Recommendation: Develop New Enabling Cancer Technologies

September 22, 2022 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET

Title: The Role of Epithelium-Derived Alarmins in Breast Cancer Immunoprevention
Speaker: Shawn Demehri, M.D., Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital
Recommendation: Create an Adult Immunotherapy Network