Event Details
Event Title The Spring Steelman Symposium | Defeating RAS, the beating heart of cancer - Honoring Channing J. Der, Ph.D.
Location Kirkland Auditorium (Koury G601 - Main Lecture Hall)
Sponsor Department of Pharmacology - & - LIneberger Comprehensive Center
Date/Time 05/12/2026
For more information, contact the event administrator: MiMi Baltz My.Le@unc.edu
Session Status Session Session Date Start Time End Time Cutoff
Registering Defeating RAS, the beating heart of cancer 05/12/2026 12:30 PM 5:00 PM none
Registering Steelman Reception honoring Channing J. Der 05/12/2026 5:00 PM 6:00 PM none
 
Spring Steelman Symposium
“Defeating RAS, the beating heart of cancer”
Honoring Channing J. Der, PhD

Kirkland Auditorium
Koury Oral Health Sciences Building
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

12:30 - 12:45 pm
Welcome: Henrik G. Dohlman, PhD
Chair, Department of Pharmacology 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Welcome: Robert L. Ferris, MD
Director, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Introduction: Adrienne D. Cox, PhD
Professor Emerita
Departments of Radiation Oncology and Pharmacology 
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center 

12:45 - 1:25 pm
Mallika Singh, PhD 
Senior Vice President, Translational Research 
Revolution Medicines

1:25 - 1:50 pm
Tikvah K. Hayes, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
University of California, Los Angeles

1:50 - 2:15 pm
Kirsten L. Bryant, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2:15 - 2:45 pm
Andrew J. Aguirre, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

2:45 - 3:05 pm
Coffee break

3:05 - 3:30 pm
Clint A. Stalnecker, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

3:30 - 4:00 pm
David S. Hong, MD
Douglas E. Johnson Endowed Professor and Deputy Chair
Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics
MD Anderson Cancer Center

4:00 - 5:00 pm
Introduction – Henrik G. Dohlman, PhD

Steelman Lecture Channing J. Der, PhD
Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

5:00 - 6:00 pm
Symposium Reception - Kirkland Auditorium Lobby
Hosts: Steelman Committee (Kirsten Bryant, Adrienne Cox, Kevin Pruitt, Michael Emanuele, and John Morris)