CANCER RESEARCH DAY AGENDA – MAY 7, 2026
IU Indianapolis Campus Center, 420 University Blvd.
(Multipurpose Room 450 A, B, C / Lunch provided to attendees during poster session)
8 AM - 8:30 AM | Breakfast (Theater room, lower level) |
8:30 AM - 8:50 AM | “Treating Dormant Tumor Cells to Prevent Breast Cancer Recurrence”
Michael Feldman, MD, PhD
Chair, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Manwaring Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
(15-minute presentation; 5-minute Q&A) |
8:50 AM - 9:10 AM | “Targeting Cancer’s Next Move”
Anita Turk, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Indiana University School of Medicine
(15-minute presentation; 5-minute Q&A) |
9:10 AM - 10:10 AM | Keynote Address
“Genomic and Spatial Analyses of Human Pancreatic Precancer”
Laura Wood, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Oncology, & Medicine
Director, Gastrointestinal & Liver Pathology
Deputy Director, Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center
Associate Director, MD/PhD Program
Co-Leader, Cancer Invasion & Metastasis Program
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
(45-50-minute presentation; 10-minute Q&A) |
10:10 AM - 10:25 AM | BREAK |
10:25 AM - 11 AM | Lightning Talks (5 minutes each; 5-minute Q&A at conclusion) |
11 AM - 2 PM | Poster Session & Lunch
Multipurpose Room 450 A, B, C. Lunch provided during the poster session. Poster Session Schedule: - Session I: 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
- Session II: 12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m.
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2 PM - 2:10 PM | BREAK / Return to Theater Room |
2:10 PM - 3:10 PM | Selected Oral Presentations byPostdoctoral Fellows & Graduate Students (10-minute presentation; 5-minute Q&A each) |
3:10 PM - 4 PM | Patient Panel "Patient Perspectives: Bridging Research and Lived Experience" |
4 PM - 4:30 PM | Awards Ceremony & Closing Remarks |
