Andrea Gianaris Pancreatic Cancer Symposium

Gianaris Symposium

The objectives of the Gianaris Pancreatic Cancer Symposium, hosted by the IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, are:

  • Describe management for patients with pancreatic cancer based on novel and exciting basic science research
  • Discuss "best" clinical practice guidelines
  • Recognize management options for patients with pancreatic cancer

Dr. Peter Gianaris, a neurosurgeon with Goodman-Campbell, established the symposium in memory of his wife, Andrea, in 2012.

Watch this page for information about the next symposium.

Jen Jen Yeh, MD

Professor of Surgery and Pharmacology at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill
Vice Chair of Research, Department of Surgery and Co-Director of Clinical Research at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Kirsten Bryant, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology at University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill
Member, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Agenda

 8:30 – 9:10 AM

Registration and Continental Breakfast

(Joseph Walther Hall Atrium, 2nd floor)

 9:10 AM – 9:15 AM

Welcome Remarks

Mark Kelley, Ph.D.
Betty and Earl Herr Professor of Pediatric Oncology Research
Associate Director, Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Professor of Ophthalmology
IU School of Medicine

 9:15 – 9:45 AM

Ashiq Masood, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology
IU School of Medicine

"Navigating the Pancreatic Cancer Mosaic: Illuminating Cancer's Spatial Dynamics Through Transcriptomic Atlases”

Introduction: Mark Kelley, Ph.D.      

 9:45 – 10:15 AM

Rajesh Sardar, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
School of Science at Indiana University Indianapolis

“Predictive circulating biomarker levels for early diagnosis and treatment response of pancreatic malignancy”

Introduction: Melissa Fishel, Ph.D.

10:15 – 10:30 AM

Coffee Break

10:30 – 11:00 AM

TRAINEE TALKS (8min +2q) - Selected from abstract submissions

1. To Be Announced
2. To Be Announced
3. To Be Announced

Introduction: TBA

11 – 12:00 PM

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Jen Jen Yeh, M.D.
Professor of Surgery and Pharmacology
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill
Vice Chair of Research
Co-Director of Clinical Research
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

“To Be Announced”

Introduction: Melissa Fishel, Ph.D. or Brittany Allen Peterson, Ph.D.

 12 – 1:00 PM

Lunch (attendees will be escorted to 3rd floor) 

Walther Hall (R3) 303-305

 1:00 – 1:40 PM

RISING STAR/KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Kirsten Bryant, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

“Elucidation of metabolic resistance mechanisms to RAS inhibition”

Introduction: Ana Sofia Mendes Leal, PharmD, Ph.D.

 1:45 – 3:00 PM

Clinical Updates – KRas inhibitors and vaccines

Anita Turk, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
IU School of Medicine

Patient and Physician Perspectives
Patient Advocate – Dwayne Montgomery
Patient Advocate – Ellen Miller 

PANEL

Michael House, M.D.

Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology
IU School of Medicine
Director of Pancreatic Cancer Program
Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center 

Moderated by: TBA

 3:00 – 3:10 PM

Closing Remarks

Melissa Fishel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research
Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology
IU School of Medicine
Myles Brand Scholar in Cancer Research
Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center

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