Course director is Mark Goodman, MD
The Bridgeside Research Forum is a seminar given by postdocs and graduate students every Friday from 12-1 pm during the academic year. Most weeks consist of two 30-minute talks, but there will be an occasional hour-long special seminar from an invited guest too.
The goal of this forum is to provide an opportunity for trainees to gain valuable experience presenting their research to a broad scientific community. The topics are diverse each week, so there is sure to be something for everyone. All are welcome to attend and enjoy a free lunch while you are there!
There is a free shuttle to transport people directly from the Hillman Cancer Center to Bridgeside Point II and back. The shuttle will depart Hillman at 11:30 am and then depart Bridgside at 1:15 pm
Please visit the Tumor Boards section under Healthcare Professionals for more information.
These meetings are for health care professionals and researchers and are not open to the public.
Course director is Mark Goodman, MD
The Bridgeside Research Forum is a seminar given by postdocs and graduate students every Friday from 12-1 pm during the academic year. Most weeks consist of two 30-minute talks, but there will be an occasional hour-long special seminar from an invited guest too.
The goal of this forum is to provide an opportunity for trainees to gain valuable experience presenting their research to a broad scientific community. The topics are diverse each week, so there is sure to be something for everyone. All are welcome to attend and enjoy a free lunch while you are there!
There is a free shuttle to transport people directly from the Hillman Cancer Center to Bridgeside Point II and back. The shuttle will depart Hillman at 11:30 am and then depart Bridgside at 1:15 pm
Please visit the Tumor Boards section under Healthcare Professionals for more information.
These meetings are for health care professionals and researchers and are not open to the public.
Course director is Mark Goodman, MD
The Bridgeside Research Forum is a seminar given by postdocs and graduate students every Friday from 12-1 pm during the academic year. Most weeks consist of two 30-minute talks, but there will be an occasional hour-long special seminar from an invited guest too.
The goal of this forum is to provide an opportunity for trainees to gain valuable experience presenting their research to a broad scientific community. The topics are diverse each week, so there is sure to be something for everyone. All are welcome to attend and enjoy a free lunch while you are there!
There is a free shuttle to transport people directly from the Hillman Cancer Center to Bridgeside Point II and back. The shuttle will depart Hillman at 11:30 am and then depart Bridgside at 1:15 pm
Please visit the Tumor Boards section under Healthcare Professionals for more information.
These meetings are for health care professionals and researchers and are not open to the public.
Itay Raphael PhD, Post-doctoral scholar, Kohanbash Lab: Immuno-transcriptomic analysis of pediatric brain tumors
Rajeev Kumar PhD, Staff Scientist, Kohanbash Lab: scRNAseq-based identification of TCRs from pediatric brain tumor patients following peptide vaccine immunotherapy
The March 4, 2020 Clinical Oncology and Hematology Grand Rounds are canceled.
Course director is Mark Goodman, MD
The Bridgeside Research Forum is a seminar given by postdocs and graduate students every Friday from 12-1 pm during the academic year. Most weeks consist of two 30-minute talks, but there will be an occasional hour-long special seminar from an invited guest too.
The goal of this forum is to provide an opportunity for trainees to gain valuable experience presenting their research to a broad scientific community. The topics are diverse each week, so there is sure to be something for everyone. All are welcome to attend and enjoy a free lunch while you are there!
There is a free shuttle to transport people directly from the Hillman Cancer Center to Bridgeside Point II and back. The shuttle will depart Hillman at 11:30 am and then depart Bridgside at 1:15 pm
Please feel free to attend the women faculty/trainee lunch on the first Friday of the month at the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center to informally chat and discuss issues pertaining to female scientists.
Please visit the Tumor Boards section under Healthcare Professionals for more information.
These meetings are for health care professionals and researchers and are not open to the public.
The March 10 Basic & Translational Research Seminar is canceled.
Course director is Mark Goodman, MD
The Bridgeside Research Forum is a seminar given by postdocs and graduate students every Friday from 12-1 pm during the academic year. Most weeks consist of two 30-minute talks, but there will be an occasional hour-long special seminar from an invited guest too.
The goal of this forum is to provide an opportunity for trainees to gain valuable experience presenting their research to a broad scientific community. The topics are diverse each week, so there is sure to be something for everyone. All are welcome to attend and enjoy a free lunch while you are there!
There is a free shuttle to transport people directly from the Hillman Cancer Center to Bridgeside Point II and back. The shuttle will depart Hillman at 11:30 am and then depart Bridgside at 1:15 pm
PROGRAM GOAL:
The goal of this program is to increase knowledge of modern technologies in Radiation Oncology and how these technologies have a potential to affect quality of care and patient safety.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Medical dosimetrists, radiation therapists, medical physicists, and other professionals working in the field of radiation oncology.
COURSE DIRECTORS:
Greg Bednarz, PhD
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
Associate Director of Medical Physics
Dept. of Radiation Oncology, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Saiful Huq, PhD, FAAPM, FInstP
President-Elect
American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
Professor of Radiation Oncology
Professor of Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Director, Division of Medical Physics
Dept. of Radiation Oncology, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
Kathy L. Dickens, RT(R)(T)CMD
Senior Medical Dosimetrist
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Venky Karuppusamy
Regional Medical Dosimetrist
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Linda Daugherty, RT(R)(T)CMD
Medical Dosimetrist
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Danyelle Kuenning
Medical Dosimetrist
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
TUITION:
UPMC Employees: Tuition waived
Non-UPMC Employees: $60
MORE INFORMATION:
For more information, contact Brittni Prosdocimo at bittnerb@upmc.edu.
Application will be made for ASRT and MDCB credit.
Please visit the Tumor Boards section under Healthcare Professionals for more information.
These meetings are for health care professionals and researchers and are not open to the public.
A reminder to join the NIH DNA Repair videoconference remotely TODAY Tuesday March 17, 2020 at 12:30 pm. Drs. Patty Opresko and Ben Van Houten will be presenting “Using chemoptogenetics to study cellular responses to telomeric-specific 8-oxoguanine damage.”
Because of the coronavirus pandemic in-person lectures are being cancelled at NIH. However, videoconference talks are being ENCOURAGED!
People can observe the lecture from their own computers at the website http://videocast.nih.gov
This is not interactive and you cannot ask questions when viewing from this website.
Below are dial in numbers from NIH for audio connections, etc.
WebEx Meeting Link:
https://nih.webex.com/nih/j.php?MTID=mcfae83b70fa3fe26bd8e86313e0f6559
Meeting number:
628 605 054
Meeting password:
12345
Video address:
You can also dial 173.243.2.68 and enter your meeting number.
Audio connection:
1-650-479-3208 Call-in toll number (US/Canada)
Access code: 628 605 054
March 18 Clinical Oncology and Hematology Grand Rounds is canceled.
Course director is Mark Goodman, MD
The Bridgeside Research Forum is a seminar given by postdocs and graduate students every Friday from 12-1 pm during the academic year. Most weeks consist of two 30-minute talks, but there will be an occasional hour-long special seminar from an invited guest too.
The goal of this forum is to provide an opportunity for trainees to gain valuable experience presenting their research to a broad scientific community. The topics are diverse each week, so there is sure to be something for everyone. All are welcome to attend and enjoy a free lunch while you are there!
There is a free shuttle to transport people directly from the Hillman Cancer Center to Bridgeside Point II and back. The shuttle will depart Hillman at 11:30 am and then depart Bridgside at 1:15 pm
Please visit the Tumor Boards section under Healthcare Professionals for more information.
These meetings are for health care professionals and researchers and are not open to the public.
This meeting is canceled and will be rescheduled.
Course director is Mark Goodman, MD
The Bridgeside Research Forum is a seminar given by postdocs and graduate students every Friday from 12-1 pm during the academic year. Most weeks consist of two 30-minute talks, but there will be an occasional hour-long special seminar from an invited guest too.
The goal of this forum is to provide an opportunity for trainees to gain valuable experience presenting their research to a broad scientific community. The topics are diverse each week, so there is sure to be something for everyone. All are welcome to attend and enjoy a free lunch while you are there!
There is a free shuttle to transport people directly from the Hillman Cancer Center to Bridgeside Point II and back. The shuttle will depart Hillman at 11:30 am and then depart Bridgside at 1:15 pm
Please visit the Tumor Boards section under Healthcare Professionals for more information.
These meetings are for health care professionals and researchers and are not open to the public.
This seminar is canceled.
April 1, 2020 Clinical Oncology and Hematology Grand Rounds are canceled.
Course director is Mark Goodman, MD
Due to concerns over the transmission and containment of COVID-19, the Memorial Symposium honoring Dr. Bernard Fisher, scheduled for April 2, 2020, will be postponed until a later date. Please look to your inbox for future announcements.
The Bridgeside Research Forum is a seminar given by postdocs and graduate students every Friday from 12-1 pm during the academic year. Most weeks consist of two 30-minute talks, but there will be an occasional hour-long special seminar from an invited guest too.
The goal of this forum is to provide an opportunity for trainees to gain valuable experience presenting their research to a broad scientific community. The topics are diverse each week, so there is sure to be something for everyone. All are welcome to attend and enjoy a free lunch while you are there!
There is a free shuttle to transport people directly from the Hillman Cancer Center to Bridgeside Point II and back. The shuttle will depart Hillman at 11:30 am and then depart Bridgside at 1:15 pm
The April 3 Women Faculty/Trainee Luncheon is CANCELED.
Please visit the Tumor Boards section under Healthcare Professionals for more information.
These meetings are for health care professionals and researchers and are not open to the public.
Click link below to join Tuesday, April 7 Seminar Series via Teams Live Event.
Robert L. Ferris, MD, PhD
Director, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Probing the Tumor Microenvironment During Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy
Greg M. Delgoffe, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Immunology
A Novel Epigenetic Map of T cell Exhaustion in Cancer Reveals Potential Targets to Improve Immunotherapy
The April 8, 2020 Clinical Oncology and Hematology Grand Rounds are CANCELED.
Course director is Mark Goodman, MD
The Bridgeside Research Forum is a seminar given by postdocs and graduate students every Friday from 12-1 pm during the academic year. Most weeks consist of two 30-minute talks, but there will be an occasional hour-long special seminar from an invited guest too.
The goal of this forum is to provide an opportunity for trainees to gain valuable experience presenting their research to a broad scientific community. The topics are diverse each week, so there is sure to be something for everyone. All are welcome to attend and enjoy a free lunch while you are there!
There is a free shuttle to transport people directly from the Hillman Cancer Center to Bridgeside Point II and back. The shuttle will depart Hillman at 11:30 am and then depart Bridgside at 1:15 pm
Please visit the Tumor Boards section under Healthcare Professionals for more information.
These meetings are for health care professionals and researchers and are not open to the public.
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://pitt.zoom.us/j/395717889
Meeting ID: 395 717 889
Dr. Sidani is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and the Assistant Director of the Center for Research on Media, Technology, and Health in the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Sidani will be highlighting her research focused on emerging tobacco products that are popular with youth, examination of these products on social media, and use of media literacy to prevent initiation of these products to reduce cancer risk among youth.
Course director is Mark Goodman, MD
Please join us Thursday for our first trainee research seminar!
+1 412-447-5295 United States, Pittsburgh (Toll)
Conference ID: 756 065 526#
The Bridgeside Research Forum is a seminar given by postdocs and graduate students every Friday from 12-1 pm during the academic year. Most weeks consist of two 30-minute talks, but there will be an occasional hour-long special seminar from an invited guest too.
The goal of this forum is to provide an opportunity for trainees to gain valuable experience presenting their research to a broad scientific community. The topics are diverse each week, so there is sure to be something for everyone. All are welcome to attend and enjoy a free lunch while you are there!
There is a free shuttle to transport people directly from the Hillman Cancer Center to Bridgeside Point II and back. The shuttle will depart Hillman at 11:30 am and then depart Bridgside at 1:15 pm
Hosts: Robert L. Ferris, MD, PhD and Ivet Bahar, PhD
Contact Lola Thompson at thompsonla3@upmc.edu for remote connection information.
Please visit the Tumor Boards section under Healthcare Professionals for more information.
These meetings are for health care professionals and researchers and are not open to the public.
Course director is Mark Goodman, MD
The Bridgeside Research Forum is a seminar given by postdocs and graduate students every Friday from 12-1 pm during the academic year. Most weeks consist of two 30-minute talks, but there will be an occasional hour-long special seminar from an invited guest too.
The goal of this forum is to provide an opportunity for trainees to gain valuable experience presenting their research to a broad scientific community. The topics are diverse each week, so there is sure to be something for everyone. All are welcome to attend and enjoy a free lunch while you are there!
There is a free shuttle to transport people directly from the Hillman Cancer Center to Bridgeside Point II and back. The shuttle will depart Hillman at 11:30 am and then depart Bridgside at 1:15 pm
Please visit the Tumor Boards section under Healthcare Professionals for more information.
These meetings are for health care professionals and researchers and are not open to the public.
Course director is Mark Goodman, MD
