Radiobiology and Imaging Program (Abramson Cancer Center)

Seminar Schedule 2016-2017

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All seminars are at 12:00-1:00pm in SCTR 8-146AB unless otherwise noted

Date Speaker and Title

Thursday, 9/8/2016

Ronny Drapkin, MD, PhD
Director, Gynecologic Cancer Research, Basser Center for BRCA
Director, Ovarian Cancer Research Center
Associate Professor of Pathology in Obstetrics and Gynecology  
Title: "Staring down the barrel fo a tube at the origins of ovarian cancer."

Thursday, 11/10/2016

Andrea Facciabene, PhD
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology 
Title: "Modulation of the Immune System and Impact on the Development and Therapy of Tumors by Gut Microbiota."

Thursday, 1/12/2017

Mark Rosen, MD, PhD
Associate Professor and Chief of Division of Abdominal Imaging
Department of Radiology
Title: "Multi-parametric prostate MRI.  Implications for early stage prostate cancer diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment."

Thursday, 1/26/2017

Christine Hill-Kayser, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
Title: "Pediatric Patients, Radiation, & Technology: Clinical and Research Opportunities"

Thursday, 2/9/2017

Rahim Rizi, PhD
Professor
Department of Radiology
Title: "The Use of Imaging Techniques to Assess Pulmonary Disorders."

Thursday, 3/9/2017

Michael Farwell, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology
Title: "Development of new imaging tools for visualizing the immune system in the setting of cancer immunotherapy."

Thursday, 4/13/2017

Robert H. Mach, PhD
Britton Chance Professor and Director of Radiochemistry Research
Department of Radiology
Title: "Novel PET imaging strategies to predict response to molecular therapies in the treatment of cancer."

Thursday, 6/15/2017
(rescheduled from 5/11)

Theresa Busch, PhD
Associate Professor and Associate Director of Research
Department of Radiation Oncology
Title: "Clinically Informed Translational Research in Photodynamic Therapy: A Tale of Two Trials."