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Detailed Event Agenda:

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.                             Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m. - 9:10 a.m.                                 Welcome Address - Dr. Adan Colon-Carmona

9:10 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.                               Keynote Presentation - Dr. Alexandra Shields

10:10 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.                                 Break

10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.                                   Scientific Mentoring - Dr. Maggie Werner-Washburne

11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.                                               Lunch & Networking (1st Floor Atrium)

For More Information Contact

Lori-Anne Ramsay 
UMass Boston - DF/HCC U54 Partnership 
lori-anne.ramsay@umb.edu 
617-287-6622 
 
The 7th Annual UMass Boston - DF/HCC
U54 Cancer Symposium

November 21, 2013 

8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

The Joseph B. Martin Conference Center Pechet Room

Harvard Medical School

77 Avenue Louis Pasteur Boston MA 02115

 


Keynote Presentation

Intersections of Race and Genomics Throughout the Research Trajectory: Implications for Cancer Disparities - Alexandra Shields, PhD


Director of the Harvard/MGH Center on Genomics, Vulnerable Populations, and Health Disparities at the MGH Mongan Institute for Health Policy; Associate Professor of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School; Co-Director of the Harvard Catalyst Health Disparities Research Program; and Associate Member of the Broad Institute.


Mentoring: Diversity and Impediments to Inclusion - Maggie Werner-Washburne, PhD

Recipient of the 2004 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring, and the 2011 Harvard Foundation Scientist of the Year Award. These awards recognize individuals who have demonstrated a commitment to mentoring students and increasing the participation of minorities, women and disabled students in science, mathematics and engineering. Currently Dr. Wasburne is a Regents' Professor of Biology at the University of New Mexico.

 

Registration is required to attend this event.