NIDCR75: Catalyzing Excellence in Cancer Research: Moonshot, SPORE, and AHEAD
March 15, 2024
2024 General Session of the IADR/AADOCR/CADR, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 294, New Orleans, LA.
Event Description
Presentations focused on a variety of topics, including what drives initiation of head and neck cancers; strategies to overcome treatment resistance; and emerging technologies for early detection, machine-learning-assisted single-cell data analysis, and cancer vaccine development.
Event Speakers
Session Co-Chair
Yu Leo Lei, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Dentistry & Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
University of Michigan
Speakers
Oral Cancer in the Era of Precision Medicine and Immunotherapy: From Bench to Clinic and Back
J. Silvio Gutkind, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology
University of California San Diego
Harnessing the Plasticity of Tumor- Associated Macrophages (TAMs): A Dual Approach to Targeting Head and Neck Cancer
Flora (Fatemeh) Momen-Heravi, D.D.S., Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S., Dip. ABP
Associate Professor of Dental Medicine
Columbia University Medical Center
Overcoming Treatment Resistance in Head and Neck Squamous Cancer
Barbara Burtness, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Yale University
Complexities of Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Revealed by Gene Expression Analysis
Scott A. Ness, Ph.D.
The Victor and Ruby Hansen Surface Endowed Professor in Cancer Genomics
University of New Mexico
Other Information
For a full listing of anniversary-related events and activities, visit our 75th anniversary webpage.
Last Reviewed
May 2024
May 2024