Ellis Fischel Cancer Center (EFCC) Grand Rounds are held both virtually and in-person on the first Thursday of every month beginning at 4:30 pm in the Tom & Linda Atkins Family Seminar Room (1st Floor) of Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health.

UH Patient Care Tower

How to Join/Watch

4:30 – 5:30 pm First Thursday/Month
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2023

June 1, 2023

  • “Circular extrachromosomal DNA as a new target in childhood cancers”
    Presented in-person by:
    Lukas Chavez, PhD
    Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics, University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

July 6, 2023

  • "Targeting p53 mutations for cancer therapy"
    Presented in-person by:
    Tomoo Iwakuma, MD, PhD
    Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Research Professor of Cancer Biology, University of Kansas School of Medicine

August 3, 2023

  • Title of Grand Rounds: TBD
    Presented in-person by:
    Charles Kaufman, MD, PhD
    Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Oncology Division, Molecular Oncology, Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University St. Louis

September 7, 2023

  • Title of Grand Rounds: TBD
    Presented in-person by:
    Ron Bose, MD, PhD
    Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine and Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine

October 5, 2023

  • Title of Grand Rounds: TBD
    Presented virtually by:
    Alissa Weaver, MD, PhD
    Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Director, Vanderbilt Center for Extracellular Vesicle Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
    Presented via Zoom

November 2, 2023

  • Title of Grand Rounds: TBD
    Presented in-person by:
    Ramesh Balusu, PhD
    Assistant Professor, Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapeutics

December 7, 2023

  • "Novel imaging approaches for cancer and immunity" Presented in-person by: Nataliya Buxbaum, MD Assistant Professor of Oncology, Pediatric

January 4, 2024

  • "Effect of AML on T cell responses in a Humanized Graft vs. Leukemia Model" Presented in-person by: Hong Zheng, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology

February 1, 2024

  • "Precision Therapy for Nucleophosmin-Associated Hematologic Malignancies" Presented in-person by: Ramesh Balusu, PhD Assistant Professor, Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapeutics

March 7, 2024

  • "Precision Oncology for ER+ Metastatic Breast Cancer" Presented in-person by: Ron Bose, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine

April 4, 2024

  • Title of Grand Rounds: TBD Presented in-person by: James Armitag, MD Professor, Division of Oncology & Hematology Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Hodgkin Disease, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

May 2, 2024

  • Title of Grand Rounds: TBD Presented in-person by: Lalan S. Wilfong, M.D.  Associate Professor of Medicine