The 2017 Translational Medicine Symposium is co-sponsored by the Program in Translational Medicine and the Cancer Cell Biology Training Program.  The symposium will be held in the Kirkland Auditorium and atrium of the Koury Oral Health Sciences Building on UNC Chapel Hill Campus.  

Symposium Agenda

Time: Tuesday, April 11th, 2017. 8:00am-5:00pm

8:00am-8:50 Breakfast and Poster Setup. Koury Lower Atrium

8:50-9:00 Welcome. Kirkland Auditorium

9:00-10:00 Trainee talks. Kirkland Auditorium

10:00-10:15 Break

10:15-11:15 Keynote address.  Kirkland Auditorium  
     Title: Epigenetics plasticity in glioma initiation and evolution.
      Brad Bernstein, MD, PhD. Professor of Pathology, Director Epigenomics Program, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard  
      Medical School.

11:15-12:00 Poster session 1 - Including PITM and CCBTP graduate trainees.  Koury Lower Atrium

12:00-12:45 Lunch. The first 100 registrants will have the options of eating with one of the invited speakers

12:45-1:30 Poster session 2 - Including PITM and CCBTP graduate trainees.  Koury Lower Atrium

1:45-2:30 Meeting Unmet Needs in Breast Cancer Treatment. Kirkland Auditorium
      Joint presentation by a Dr. Lisa Carey, MD, Dr. Chuck Perou, PhD, and a breast cancer survior.

2:30-3:30 Trainee talks Kirkland Auditorium

3:30-3:45 Break 

3:45-4:45 Keynote speaker. Kirkland Auditorium
     Title: Delivering on the Promise of Personalized Medicine
      Gordon Mills, MD, PhD. Chair of Department of Systems Biology,Professor of Medicine and Immunology, MD Anderson Cancer Ctr

4:45-5:00 Closing remarks, Presentation of awards and certificates, Kirkland Auditorium