Cancer Center Seminar Series &
Hematology/Oncology Grand Rounds
Organizers: Geoffrey R. Weiss, M.D., and Sarah J. Parsons, Ph.D.
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| PURPOSE To facilitate new initiatives in translational and clinical research in oncology, the Cancer Center and Division of Hematology/Oncology have combined their Friday seminars/grand rounds into one series that will be held every Friday. FORMAT The new series will feature theme-based presentations each month, with at least one session offered by an outside expert in the field and another headed by a clinician/basic scientist duo from UVA. This latter session will be devoted to a discussion of the current clinical practices for the disease or type of treatment under consideration, strengths and weaknesses of the approaches, and new therapies on the horizon, as well as molecular actions of new drugs and their targets. The series will also feature invited speakers on various, non-theme-based subjects, Hem/Onc Grand Rounds, Hem/Onc faculty recruits, and UVA faculty with expertise in selected topics. GOALS The goals of the theme-based approach are to focus on a single organ site, type of cancer, or type of therapy, to explore the limits of our collective knowledge about these topics, and to devise new research projects or modify existing ones that will address some of the critical issues raised in the discussions. |
