Tumor-Draining Lymph Nodes: Gaps and Opportunities Forum Series (Upcoming Forums)

Upcoming Forums

Tuesday, January 13, 2026 | 11:30-1:00 pm ET

Lymph Nodes Remodeling in Health and Disease: Lessons for Cancer

Moderator & Speakers

Burkhard Ludewig, DVM Professor
Head Medical Research Center, Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen, St.Gallen, Switzerland

Amanda W. Lund, PhD Associate Professor
Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology NYU Grossman School of Medicine, USA

Ivan Maillard, MD, PhD Head of Division of Hematologic Malignancies
Department of Medicine Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA

Sophie E. Acton, PhD Professor of Immunology and Senior Cancer Research Fellow
Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, UK

Thursday, February 12, 2026 | 12:00 to 1:30 pm ET

Events that Facilitate Metastasis to the Tumor Draining Lymph Nodes

Moderator & Speakers

Timothy P. Padera, PhD Professor of Radiation Oncology
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Jessalyn M. Ubellacker, MD, PhD Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular Metabolism, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Stefani Spranger, PhD Associate Director of Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and Kathleen and Curtis; Marble Professor in Cancer Research
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jonathan Villena-Vargas, MD Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center