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Join fellow Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center members for the HICCC Member Symposium & Retreat, featuring a keynote address from Andrea Califano, Dr.

The program will showcase cutting-edge research from HICCC investigators and trainees across the cancer research continuum, from basic and translational science to clinical and population-based research. HICCC Director Anil K. Rustgi, MD, and Deputy Director Dawn Hershman, MD, MS, will also share updates on the cancer center's vision and priorities for the year.

Attendees will have opportunities to connect with colleagues, celebrate scientific achievements, and explore new avenues for collaboration across the HICCC community.

This event is open to all. HICCC members and trainees are expected to attend.

Program: 

9:00 - 9:15 AM - Welcome
9:15 - 10:00 AM - Program Session 1 - Cancer Population Science

• Delivette Castor, PhD “An Implementation Science Partnership to Reduce HPV-Related Disease in Low- and Middle-Income Countries”

• Despina Kontos, PhD “The AI Revolution in Cancer Imaging: Can we Re-imagine Personalized Cancer Care?”

• Lauren Houghton, PhD “From Community Priorities to Cancer Prevention: A RCT of Physical Activity and Childcare”

10:00 - 10:45 AM - Program Session 2: Tumor Biology and Microenvironment

• Tal Danino, PhD "Synthetic Biology–Enabled Bacterial Therapies for Cancer"

• Nick Arpaia, PhD “Microbe-induced immunosuppression determines responsiveness to bacterial cancer therapy”

10:45 - 11:15 AM - Break

11:15 - 12:00 PM - Program Session 3: Precision Oncology and Systems Biology

• Sascha Haubner, MD “Decoupling CAR T cell potency from toxicity in AML”
• Elham Azizi, PhD "AI for modeling cellular dynamics in the tumor microenvironment"

12:00 -12:45 PM - Program Session 4: Cancer Genomics and Epigenomics

• Edmond Chan, MD "Genome-Scale Interrogation of Tumor–Immune Interactions in Fully Patient-Derived Ex-Vivo Models"

• Aaron Viny, MD “Targeting Ectopic Transcription Factor Cistromes in Hematological Malignancies"

• Jay Mahat, PhD “Non-coding regulatory elements mediate immunosuppression in cancer”

Discussion Panel

1:00 - 2:00 PM- Lunch & Breakout sessions

2:00 - 3:00 PM - Trainee lightning talks

3:00 – 3:50 PM- Keynote speech

• Andrea Califano, Dr “Quantum Cancer Biology: Dissecting and Targeting the Cancer Ecosystem”

3:50 - 4:00 PM: Award Presentation and Closing Remarks

• Dawn Hershman, MD, MS, FASCO

4:00 - 5:30 PM: Reception