6th Annual CCF Research Symposium
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Event Schedule:
Precision Medicine: Small Scale, Big Impact
6th Annual CCF Research Symposium
June 8, 2022
Martin’s Crosswinds, 7400 Greenway Center Drive, Greenbelt, MD
9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
* 2021 CCF Research Grant Funded researcher or representative
8:30 a.m. Registration/Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introduction
Session I: Small Round Blue Cell Tumors
9:10 a.m. Tara Suntum, M.D., Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center (Georgetown Lombardi), “Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer: Importance of Small Round Blue Cell Tumors (rhabdomyosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, osteosarcoma)”
9:35 a.m. Aaliyah Beckles, College student and patient with rhabdomyosarcoma
10:10 a.m. *Emre Deniz, Ph.D. Georgetown Lombardi, “Ezrin Asserts its Roles on Osteosarcoma Metastasis Through Interacting with RNAs”
10:35 a.m. *Patience Odeniyide, M.D., Johns Hopkins Medicine (Johns Hopkins), “Targeting oncogenic HRAS via vertical RAS pathway inhibition in HRAS-mutated human rhabdomyosarcoma”
11:00 a.m. Rosa Nguyen M.D., Ph.D. National Cancer Institute at NIH (NCI), “Novel immunocytokines mediate potent anti-tumor cytotoxicity against neuroblastoma”
11:45 a.m. Keynote Address – Jack Shern, M.D. Pediatric Oncology Branch, Center of Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, “Targeted Treatment Strategies based on Understanding of the Molecular Mechanisms of Tumors”
12:30 Lunch/Poster Session
Session II: Tumor Microenvironment
2:15 p.m. *Kristin Wessel, M.D., NCI, “It's not just the cancer, it’s the neighborhood it grows in: Addressing the Microenvironment”
2:40 p.m. Stewi Corno, Mother and Advocate of Cameron Corno, young child with Anaplastic Ependymoma
3:10 p.m. *Miriam Bornhorst, M.D. Children’s National Hospital, “Optical Genome Mapping reveals novel structural variants in pediatric brain tumors”
3:35 p.m. Anandani Nellan, M.D., NCI, “CCL2 mediated immunosuppression and CAR-T cell function in posterior fossa ependymoma”
4:00 p.m. *Lindy Zhang, M.D., Johns Hopkins, “Mechanisms of immune escape in NF1-associated peripheral nerve sheath tumors”
Attendance is FREE for all participants (speakers, advocates and the community)
This event is generously supported by The Kahlert Foundation
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