Past Lectures

Date Speaker(s) Presentation Title
June 2018

Nickolas Papadopoulos, Ph.D.
Professor of Oncology and Pathology; Director of Translational Genetics; Ludwig Center for Cancer Genetics & Therapeutics; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Johns Hopkins Institutions, Baltimore, MD

Role of non-Invasive Tests for the Early Detection of Cancer
September 2018

Brian M. Rivers, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

 A Community-based Translational Research Framework to Address Prostate Cancer Disparities
October 2018

Amy Abernethy, M.D., Ph.D.
Flatiron Health

 Research at Scale: Rethinking evidence generation for the 21st Century
October 2018

Patti E. Gravitt, Ph.D., M.S.
GWU Milken Institute School of Public Health

 A Systems Practice Approach to Sustainable Implementation of HPV-based Screening in the Peruvian Amazon
November 2018

Sancy Leachman, M.D., Ph.D.
Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), Portland, OR

 War on Melanoma: An Oregonian Solution for Cancer Control
November 2018

Barbara S. Norquist, M.D.
University of Washington Medicine, Seattle, WA

 Challenges in the Clinical Management of Women at Risk for Ovarian Cancer
January 2019

Louise M. Henderson, Ph.D.
UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC

 Advancing a Risk-based Approach for Cancer Screening
January 2019

Andrew Chan, M.D., M.P.H.
Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

 Aspirin for the Precision Prevention of Colorectal Cancer
January 2019

Bruce Alexander, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN

 Mesothelioma and Taconite Mining Exposures
February 2019

Joel Palefsky, M.D.
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Anal HPV Infection and Disease: A Model for Understanding All Things HPV