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Scientific Symposium
November 1, 2023 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT
Join us as we kick off Lung Cancer Awareness Month on November 1 with our annual Scientific Symposium, Lung Cancer: New Therapies and Novel Targets, moderated by Dr. Kathryn O’Donnell. This virtual event will feature a State of Lung Cancer Research address by Dr. Brendon Stiles, followed by a roundtable discussion on new and novel topics in lung cancer.
We hope you’ll join us for this exciting virtual event! Register below.
Schedule
3:00 pm | Welcome remarks – Dr. O’Donnell Address: State of Lung Cancer Research – Dr. Stiles |
3:10 pm | Round table discussion – Lung Cancer: New Therapies and Novel Targets |
5:30 pm | Q&A Closing remarks – Dr. O’Donnell |
Event chair
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Kathryn O’Donnell, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biology,
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Co-leader, Development and Cancer Program,
Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
Member, LCRF Scientific Advisory Board
Speaker
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Brendon M. Stiles, MD
Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery and Surgical Oncology
Associate Director, Surgical Services, Montefiore-Einstein Cancer Center
Professor of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery,
Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Montefiore Medical Center
Vice Chair, LCRF Board of Directors, LCRF Scientific Advisory Board
2013 & 2015 LCRF grantee
Chat Moderator
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Isabel Preeshagul, DO, MBS
Assistant Attending Physician, Thoracic Oncology
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Chair, LCRF Education + Engagement Committee
Panel
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Aaron Hata, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Assistant Physician, Hematology and Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital
2012 LCRF grantee
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Nikhil Joshi, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Immunobiology, Yale University
2014, 2017 & 2021 LCRF grantee
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Stephen V. Liu, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Georgetown University
Director of Thoracic Oncology; Head of Developmental Therapeutics, Georgetown University Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Member, LCRF Education + Engagement Committee
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Christine Lovly, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology
Ingram Associate Professor of Cancer Research
Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center
Member, LCRF Scientific Advisory Board | 2010 LCRF grantee
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Triparna Sen, PhD
Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Lung Cancer PDX Program,
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2017 LCRF Grantee
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Colleen Conner Ziegler
Patient and advocate
LCRF Research Advocate
Member, LCRF Scientific Advisory Board
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