Upcoming Research Events
"Creating an Obesity and Cancer Initiative at Massey Cancer Center"
Presenter: Bing Li, Ph.D.
Endowed Professor for Cancer Immunology,
Department of Pathology, University of lowa
Event details: 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. | Zoom details (passcode: 775947)
Presenter: Marcia Cruz-Correa, M.D., Ph.D.
Executive Director and GI Oncology Division Chair,
University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico Medical Campus
Event details: June 29 from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. and June 30 from 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Stay tuned for more information regarding the 2023 Lawrence Research Retreat!
Past events
"Therapeutic Target Identification and Validation in Clear Cell Sarcoma and Breast Cancer"
Presenter: Bingbing Li, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry
School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University
Event details: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Zoom details (passcode: 610801)
"Mobilizing Assets to Transform Community Health (MATCH): A Community Engagement Model"
Presenter: Marcie S. Wright, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Associate Director, Center on Health Disparities;
Associate Professor, Department of Health Behavior and Policy,
VCU School of Medicine
Event details: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. | Registration required
The Cancer Biology Program Retreat will provide learning and networking opportunities to Massey members, students and trainees. If you are interested in attending this event, please contact Priscilla Ochsendorf at ochsendorfp@vcu.edu for additional information.
Location: Science Museum of Virginia
2500 W Broad St, Richmond, VA 23220
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
"Per- and Polyfluorinated Substances (PFAS) and Cancer Risk"
Presenter: Jongeun Rhee, Sc.D., M.S.
Research Fellow, Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology
Branch Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics
National Cancer Institute
Event details: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Zoom details (passcode: 912926)
"MVA-Vectored Multivalent EBV Prophylactic Vaccine - Towards a Phase I Clinical Trial"
Presenter: Javier Gordon Ogembo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Immuno-Oncology, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope
Director, City of Hope Global Oncology & Diabetes Initiative
Associate Director, Health Equity, City of Hope Cancer Center
Event details: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Zoom details (passcode: 473524)
"Evolution of Metabolic Phenotypes in Cancer"
Presenter: Mehdi Damaghi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology
Stony Brook Cancer Center
Event details: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Zoom details (passcode: 162930)
"Partnering to Promote Health Equity"
Presenter: Jennifer Hatcher, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S.N
Professor, Public Health
Associate Director, Cancer Center Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity & Accessibility
Interim Associate Director, Cancer Center Community Outreach & Engagement
The University of Arizona Cancer Center
Event details: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. | Zoom details (passcode: 338680)
"Sex Disparities in Cancer – BH3 Mimetic Navitoclax Enhances the Innate Immune Response to Lung Cancer in Females Through Improved TRAIL Signaling"
Presenter: Joseph Landry, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Human & Molecular Genetics
VCU School of Medicine
Event details: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. | Registration required
Location: GRL 122 or via zoom
"Origins of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Heterogeneity: Driver Mutations and Hepatocyte Phenotypes"
Presenter: Alan McLachlan, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Illinois at Chicago
Event details: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Zoom details (passcode: 162546)
"Pre-clinical Model of Generational Obesity and the Ovarian Peritoneal Metastatic Niche"
Presenter: Tyvette Hillard, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of Notre Dame
Event details: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Zoom details (passcode: 812422)
"The Role of A-FABP in Obesity/Cancer Associations"
Presenter: Bing Li, Ph.D.
Endowed Professor for Cancer Immunology
Department of Pathology
University of Iowa
Event details: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Zoom details
"Noninvasive Detection of Chronic Diseases and Treatment Enabled by Protein Design”
Presenter: Jenny J. Yang Ph.D.
Regents’ Professor, Director of Advanced Translational Imaging Facility
Associate Director of Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics
Department of Chemistry, College of Arts & Sciences, Georgia State University
Event details: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Zoom details
Keynote: Charles Kamen, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
University of Rochester Medical Center, School of Medicine and Dentistry
Location: Westover Building - 1000 Westover Road, Richmond, VA 23220
Questions? Contact Priscilla Ochsendorf at ochsendorfp@vcu.edu
"Epigenetic Deregulation in Myeloid Malignancies: Biological and Clinical Implications”
Presenter: Maria E. Figueroa, M.D.
Co-Leader, Cancer Epigenetics Research Program and Assistant Director, Translational Research,
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center;
Associate Professor, Department of Human Genetics,
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Event details: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. | Must RSVP to Priscilla Ochsendorf at ochsendorfp@vcu.edu | Zoom details
“Glucose-6-phosphate Dehydrogenase, Thioredoxin Reductase 1 and Stat3 as Tumor-intrinsic Vulnerabilities of TNBC”
Presenter: James Turkson, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine, Medical Oncology Division
Association Director, Diversity & Inclusion and Strategy, Cedars-Sinai Cancer
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Details: 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. | Zoom
"Hospital Participation in Accountable Care Organizations: Quality of Care, Costs and Implications for Cancer Care Delivery"
Presenter: Askar Chukmaitov, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.A.
Associate Professor, Department of Health Behavior and Policy
VCU School of Medicine
Details: 12 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Registration required!
“Racial Disparities & Prostate Cancer: From Bedside to Bench”
Presenter: Stephen J. Freedland, M.D.
Warschaw, Robertson, Law Families Chair in Prostate Cancer
Director, Center for Integrated Research in Cancer and Lifestyle
Associate Director, Education & Training
Co-Director, Cancer Genetics & Prevention Program
Professor, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery
Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute
12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
“Translating Science from the Bench to the Bedside: The Pathologist's Way”
Presenter: Kevin Gardner, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Senior Vice Chair,
Department of Pathology and Cell Biology,
Columbia University Medical Center
Event details: 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. | Zoom link
Meeting ID: 850 3028 2228 | Passcode: 207406
“Demystify Sex Dimorphism in Cancer Immunotherapy”
Presenter: Zihai Li, M.D., Ph.D.
Klotz Memorial Chair in Cancer Research and Founding Director,
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center;
Professor, Department of Medicine
Event details: 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. | Zoom link
Meeting ID: 850 3028 2228 | Passcode: 207406
"Identifying New Targets for Hepatocellular Carcinoma"
Presenter: Devanand Sarkar, M.B.B.S., Ph.D.
Professor, Human and Molecular Genetics
VCU Massey Cancer Center
11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Presenter: Gerard Blobe, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor; Associate Director for COE
University of Illinois Cancer Center
4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
“The Promise of Social Network Methods for Cancer Health Equity at the Intersection of Biological and Structural Risks”
Presenter: Yamilé Molina, M.S., M.P.H., Ph.D.
Associate Professor; Associate Director for COE
University of Illinois Cancer Center
12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
"Predicting the Effects of FDA’s Proposed Menthol Cigarette Ban Among African American/Black Menthol Cigarette Smokers"
Presenter: Andrew Barnes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Health Behavior and Policy
VCU Massey Cancer Center
12 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
"Headache, Racial Disparity, Cancer Survivorship Exploring Phenotypes for Personalized Lifestyle Interventions"
Presenter: Yohannes W. Woldeamanuel, M.D.
Instructor, Division of Headache & Facial Pain
Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Senior Fellow, Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health
4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
We will feature our most innovative lung cancer research from across VCU and Massey Cancer Center. As well as, showcasing posters, hearing from a community panel, discussion with clinicians, scientific presentations, and networking amongst your peers and community members.
Join us for this exciting event on November 2nd, 2022 at 9 a.m., held at The Grace Center inside 5th Street Baptist Church. Breakfast and Lunch will be provided!
"Cancer Drug Discovery Targeting Transcription and DNA Repair"
Presenter: Xiangshu Xiao, Ph.D.
4 p.m. – 5 p.m.
"Cancer Health Disparities: Community-Engaged Research is Non-negotiable"
Presenter: Maghboeba Mosavel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Health Behavior and Policy
VCU Massey Cancer Center
12:00-1:00 PM
Structural and Functional Analysis of Nucleoprotein Complexes that Replicate and Maintain the Ends of our Chromosomes
Presenter: Emmanuel Skordalakes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
The Wistar Institute
Gene Expression and Regulation Program
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
University of Pennsylvania
4 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Presenter: Carter Clinton, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
Perry Anthropological Genomics Lab
Depts. of Anthropology + Biology
Pennsylvania State University
12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
“Two examples of collaborative drug discovery projects: the discoveries of sabizabulin for cancer and a selective TRPC3 inhibitor for epilepsy indication”
Presenter: Wei Li, Ph.D.
Director of UTCoP Drug Discovery Center
Faculty Director of the UTCoP Shared Instrument Facility
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
“Immune Modulation in Solid Cancers: Tregs take the Center Stage”
Presenter: Dennis Adeegbe, Ph.D.
Assistant Member, Departments of Immunology, Thoracic Oncology, & Cutaneous Oncology
Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
Assistant Professor, Department of Oncologic Sciences,
Morsani College of Medicine University of South Florida
"Novel Roles of Sphingolipids in Sexual Dimorphism of Hepatocellular Carcinoma"
Presenter: Christopher Green, Ph.D.
Instructor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
School of Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University
"Basic research into the role of vitamin D in prostate cancer health disparities using patient-derived models"
Presenter: Larisa Nonn, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology, Department of Pathology
Director of Graduate Studies
Co-Director, IRACDA at UIC Postdoctoral Program
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
“Contemporary Perspectives in Liposarcoma”
Presenter: Raphael E. Pollock, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S.
Director, The Ohio State University (OSU) Comprehensive Cancer Center
Kathleen Wellenreiter Klotz Chair in Cancer Research
Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital & Richard J. Solove Research Institute
Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, The OSU College of Medicine
Event details:
The Hilton Richmond Hotel & Spa/Short Pump
9 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.
“A Journey from Basic Cancer Research to Disparities Research using Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer as a Mode”
Presenter: Joseph Landry, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics
VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia
This is a virtual event
“The Many Strategies Used by Breast Cancer Cells to Avoid Cell Death After Chemotherapy”
Presenter: James Jackson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Tulane University School of Medicine
Event details (registration not required)
12:00 p.m. (ET)
Thalhimer Conference Room (GRL: 131)
Goodwin Research Building Room: GRL 131
“Biology’s El Dorado: How the Search for Missing Genes Got Allergists Lost in the Concrete Jungle”
Presenter: Ian A. Myles, MD, MPH
Staff Clinician, Epithelial Therapeutics Unit, NIAID
Chief Medical Research Officer, U.S Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
Event details (registration not required)
12:00 p.m. (ET)
Thalhimer Conference Room (GRL: 131)
Goodwin Research Building Room: GRL 131
“Engaging our Community on Priorities for Research and Closing Disparities Gaps”
Keynote Speaker: Hayley Thompson, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Community Outreach & Engagement
Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University
Event details:
The Westin Richmond
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
“Profiling Cigar Use in Low SES Communities: A Mixed Methods approach”
Presenter: Caroline Cobb, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Health Psychology
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
This is a virtual event