The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center 25th Annual Scientific Retreat will focus on hereditary cancers and feature nationally and internationally renowned speakers on the subject.
The registration deadline is Monday, May 6, for the event, which will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on May 21 in the Vanderbilt University Student Life Center. Breakfast and lunch will be provided for those who register in advance.
Featured speakers include Padma Sheila Rajagopal, MD, MPH, a physician-scientist with the National Cancer Institute; Damaris Olagundoye, MD, a breast cancer survivor; Bert Vogelstein, MD, co-director of the Ludwig Institute at Johns Hopkins and director of the Lustgarten Dedicated Laboratory for Pancreatic Cancer Research at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center; Alan Ashworth, PhD, president of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; and Judy E. Garber, MD, MPH, chief of the Division of Cancer Genetics and Prevention at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
The Vanderbilt-Ingram Postdoctoral Student of the Year and the Graduate Student of the Year will also give highlights about their ongoing research. Other young researchers will showcase their work in a poster and abstract session. Prizes will be awarded for the best poster presentations.
Register at https://redcap.vumc.org/surveys/?s=TA4T34X3HJRRTJFC. Questions about the vent may be addressed to VICCPrograms@vumc.org.
