Spring 2009
Cancer Center Seminar Series &
Hematology/Oncology Grand Rounds
Spring 2009 Schedule
Fridays 12:30-1:30pm
McKim Hall Auditorium, unless otherwise noted
The UVA Cancer Center, in conjunction with the Division of Hematology/Oncology, presents this seminar series. Refreshments will be served outside McKim Auditorium beginning at 12:00.
Please note, neither the Seminar Series nor Grand Rounds are being
offered for CME credit.
January February March April
May June
| Jan 8, 2009 |
Priya Gopalan, M.D., Ph.D., Fellow,
Hematology/Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St.
Louis, MO Regulation of Hematopoietic Stem Cells by the Bone Marrow Microenvironment |
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Seminar Series (Cancer Center Conf Rm 6191) |
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Jan 9, 2009 |
Fellow, Jeanna Knoble, M.D., Division of
Hematology-Oncology |
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Grand Rounds |
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| Jan 9, 2009 | Rongfu Wang, Ph.D., Professor,
Department of Immunology and The Center for Cell and Gene Therapy,
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX Control of Innate and Adaptive Immunity by Regulatory T Cells and Innate Immune Receptors |
Host: Craig Slingluff, M.D., Dept of Surgery | Seminar Series (McKim Aud) |
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| Jan 16, 2009 |
Fellow, Matt Quesenberry, M.D., Division
of Hematology-Oncology |
Grand Rounds (Cancer Center Conf Rm 6191) |
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| Jan 23, 2009 |
Harold L. Moses, M.D., Director Emeritus, Hortense B. Ingram Professor
of Molecular Oncology, |
Host: Vic Engelhard, Ph.D., Dept of Microbiology |
Seminar Series (McKim Aud) |
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| Jan 30, 2009 | Mark Stoler, M.D., Dept of
Pathology, & Fellow, Jennifer Young, M.D., Division of
Gynecology-Oncology Vaccines Can Prevent and (maybe even) Treat Cancer: The Cervical Cancer Paradigm |
Host: Sally Parsons, Ph.D., Dept of Microbiology |
Joint
Seminar |
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| Feb 6, 2009 | Joyce
Slingerland, M.D., FRCP(C), Ph.D., Director, Braman Family Breast
Cancer Institute, University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer
Center, Miami, FL Mechanisms Underlying ER-Negative Breast and Ovarian Cancer |
Host: Peggy Shupnik, Ph.D., Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism |
Seminar |
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| Feb 13, 2009 | John O. DaSilva, Ph.D., Dept of
Microbiology, & Fellow, George Kannarkat, M.D., Division if
Hematology/Oncology Heat Shock Proteins: Chaperones of Tumorigenesis |
Host: Sally
Parsons, Ph.D., Dept of Microbiology |
Joint Seminar Series / Grand Rounds (McKim Aud) |
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| Feb 20, 2009 | Fellow, Rommel Lu, M.D., Division of
Hematology-Oncology Complement-Mediated Hemolysis in Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria |
Grand Rounds |
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| Mar 6, 2009 |
Ivan M. Borrello, M.D., Associate Professor of Oncology, Johns
Hopkins University, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center,
Baltimore, MD Adoptive T Cell Therapy with Marrow Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Multiple Myeloma |
Host: Timothy Bullock, Ph.D., Dept of
Pathology |
Seminar Series (McKim Aud) |
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| Mar 13, 2009 |
Charles M. Friel, M.D., Department of
Surgery Management of Early Distal Rectal Cancer |
Host: Geoffrey Weiss, M.D., Division of Hem/Onc | Grand Rounds (McKim Aud) |
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| Mar 17, 2009 |
Tuesday 4:15pm Rainer Glass, Ph.D., Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany Glioma-Stroma Interactions Affect Tumor Expansion: The Impact of Endogenous Neural Precursors and Microglia |
Host: Roger Abounader, M.D., Ph.D., Depts
of Neurology and Microbiology |
Seminar Series (Cancer Center Conf
Rm 6191) |
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| Mar 19, 2009 |
Thursday 12:00pm Robert H. Silverman, Ph.D., Mal and Lea Bank Chair and Professor, Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, OH Implication for RNase L and the Novel Retrovirus XMRV in Prostate Cancer |
Host: Gary Owens, Ph.D., Dept
of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics |
Seminar Series/ CVRC Series (MR5 Rm 1005) |
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| Mar 20, 2009 |
Leisha A. Emens, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Oncology,
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD The Hidden Immune-Modulating Potential of Cancer Therapeutics: Insights from Bench to Bedside |
Host: Paula Fracasso, M.D., Ph.D.,
Division of Hem/Onc |
Grand Rounds (McKim Aud) |
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| Mar 27, 2009 | Fellow, George Kannarkat, M.D., Division
of Hematology-Oncology Mutation Testing in Acute Myeloid Leukemia |
Grand Rounds (Cancer Center Conf Rm 6191) |
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| Apr 3, 2009 |
James Foran, M.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham
Comprehensive Cancer Center, Birmingham, AL Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in African American Population: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Survival & Socioeconomic Disparities |
Host: Mike Williams, M.D., Division of
Hem/Onc |
Grand Rounds (McKim Aud) |
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| Apr 10, 2009 |
Fellow, Jeanna Knoble, M.D., Division of
Hematology-Oncology Use of Bisphosphonates in the Cancer Patient |
Grand Rounds (Cancer Center Conf Rm
6191) |
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| Apr 10, 2009 |
David R. Jones, M.D., Department of
Surgery A Novel Role for RelA/p65: Active Transcriptional Repression Via Recruitment of DNA and Histone Methyltransferases to Chromatin |
Host: Sally Parsons, Ph.D., Dept of
Microbiology |
Seminar Series (McKim Aud) |
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| Apr 17, 2009 |
Dan Gioeli, Ph.D., Dept of Microbiology,
& Fellow, Tom Harris, M.D., Division if Hematology/Oncology The Confluence of Targeted Therapies and the Cell Signaling Network: The Case of EGFR Inhibitors |
Host: Sally Parsons, Ph.D., Dept of
Microbiology |
Joint Seminar Series / Grand Rounds (McKim Aud) |
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| Apr 24, 2009 | Fellow, J. Mark Prichard, M.D., Division
of Hematology-Oncology Renal Complications of Multiple Myeloma |
Grand Rounds (Cancer Center Conf Rm 6191) |
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| May 1, 2009 |
Linda J. Pike, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biophysics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO Signal Transduction in the EGF Receptor: A Study in Linkage and Cooperativity |
Host: Paula Fracasso, M.D., Ph.D.,
Division of Hem/Onc |
Seminar Series (McKim Aud) |
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| May 4, 2009 |
Monday 12:00-1:00pm Hanna K. Sanoff, M.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC Refining Chemotherapy Decisions for Older Colorectal Cancer Patients |
Host: Paula Fracasso, M.D., Ph.D.,
Division of Hem/Onc |
Grand Rounds (Cancer Center Conf Rm 6191) |
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| May 8, 2009 |
Thurl Harris, Ph.D., Dept of
Pharmacology, & Fellow, Jason Boyd, M.D., Division if
Hematology/Oncology mTOR Signaling and its Role in Malignancy |
Host: Sally Parsons, Ph.D., Dept of
Microbiology |
Joint Seminar Series / Grand Rounds (McKim Aud) |
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| May 12, 2009 |
Tuesday 8:00am-3:00pm (Symposium) Molecular Targets and Targeted Cancer Therapies: Melanoma and other conundrums Brochure | Registration |
Contact: Ladi Carr, Ph.D., CME
Office |
Jordan Hall Conference Center |
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| May 15, 2009 |
Fellow, Rommel Lu, M.D., Division of
Hematology-Oncology Role of Adhesion Molecules and Vascular Endothelium in Sickle Cell Crisis |
Grand Rounds (Cancer Center Conf Rm 6191) |
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| May 15, 2009 |
Alan E. Tomkinson, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine and Associate
Director of Basic Research, University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer
Center, Baltimore, MD Human DNA Ligases; From Biochemistry to Cancer Therapy |
Host: James Larner, M.D., Dept of
Radiation Oncology |
Seminar Series (Jordan 1-17) |
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| May 22, 2009 |
Robert J. Mayer, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical
School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, M Systemic Therapy for Colon Cancer: ARE WE MAKING PROGRESS? |
Host: Geoffrey Weiss, M.D., Disivion of
Hem/Onc |
Grand Rounds (McKim Aud) |
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| May 29, 2009 | Robert A.
Burger, M.D., FACOG, FACS, Section of Gynecologic Oncology,
Co-Director, Ovarian Cancer Research Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center,
Philadelphia, PA VEGF Targeted Therapy for Ovarian Cancer |
Host: Linda Duska, M.D., Division of
Gyn-Onc |
Joint Seminar Series / Gyn/Onc (McKim Aud) |
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| Jun 5, 2009 |
1:15-2:15pm |
Host: Michael Weber, Ph.D., Dept of
Microbiology |
Seminar Series (McKim Aud) |
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| Jun 9, 2009 |
Tuesday 12:00-1:00pm Suzanne Ostrand-Rosenberg, Ph.D., Professor of Biological Sciences, Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Chair of Biochemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore County |
Contact: Javanov Barksdale, Dept of
Pathology |
Joint Pathology Seminar / Seminar Series
(Hosp Exp 3025) |
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| Jun 12, 2009 | Mebea
Aklilu, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Hematology and
Oncology, Associate in Surgical Sciences-Urology, Wake Forest
University Health Sciences Update on Systemic Therapy for Colorectal Cancer |
Host: Paula Fracasso, M.D., Ph.D., Disivion of Hem/Onc | Grand Rounds (McKim Aud) |
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| Jun 19, 2009 |
Fellow, Jayme B. Stokes, M.D., Department
of Surgery, & Jill Slack-Davis, Ph.D., Dept of Microbiology |
Host: Sally Parsons, Ph.D., Dept of
Microbiology |
Joint Seminar Series / Surg-Onc
(McKim Aud) |
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| Jun 19, 2009 |
Fellow, Matt Quesenberry, M.D., Division
of Hematology-Oncology Prognostic Markers in Mantle Cell Lymphoma |
Grand Rounds (Cancer Center Conf Rm 6191) |
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