Jackson Cancer Research Interest Group
Events Calendar
Date Event
2007

August 2

2nd Annual Cancer Grant Writing Workshop
"Maximizing resources via collaborative research"
(some presentations accessible via hompage hyperlinks)

Speakers:
Roy J. Duhe (Chair, UMMC American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant Committee & Coordinator, Jackson Cancer Research Interest Group)
Laree Hiser (2006 UMMC ACS-IRG awardee)
John T. Lam (2006 UMMC ACS-IRG awardee)
Drazen Raucher (2002 UMMC ACS-IRG awardee)
Virginia Kraweic (Director of Health Professional Training Grants American Cancer Society)
Anthony Mawson (Director, Research Core Mississippi Institute for the Improvement of Geographic Minority Health and Health Disparities)
2006

March 15

"Population-Based Disparities in Cancer" Grant Writing Workshop
Roy J. Duhe, Ph.D.
J-CRIG Coordinator
2005

February 25

"Tumor Microenvironment and Drug Delivery: Extracellular Matrix, Adhesion Molecules, Cytokines, and Monoclonal Antibody Therapeutics"
Jaehwa Choi, Ph.D.
(UMMC Department of Medicine)
2004

December 17

 

"Connective Tissue Growth Factor: A Tractable Target of Antibody Therapy"
William R. Usinger, Ph.D.,
(FibroGen, Inc.)

October 28

"An Overview of Cancer Applications Using Affymetrix Technology"
Johnny Peppers, Ph.D.
(Affymetrix, Inc.)

August 26

 

"Cytochrome P450s: Tools and Targets in Cancer Research"
Stanley V. Smith, Ph.D.
(UMMC Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology)

July 22

"Tutorial in siRNA: siRNA Design, Specificity and Use in vitro"
Douglas Robinson , Ph.D.
(Dharmacon)

June 25

 

"Complex Biology, Simple Solutions"
Alfred A. Akowitz, Ph.D.
(Meso Scale Discovery)

May 20

 

"The Novartis Oncology Portfolio: Building Leadership"
Cathy Leggette, RN, MSN, AOCN
(Novartis Oncology)

February 27

 

"Transgenic and Gene Targeting Strategies for Cancer Research"
David E. Stec, Ph.D.
(UMMC Department of Physiology & Biophysics)

January 8

 

"Cigarette Smoking: Who Does It, Who Quits and Why"
Thomas J. Payne, M.D.
(UMMC Department of Medicine and the ACT Center)
2003

November 21

 

"Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Head and Neck Cancer"
Karen Pitman, M.D.
(UMMC Department of Otolaryngology & Communicative Science)
&
"Molecular Margin Analysis in Head and Neck Cancer"
Richard O. Wein, M.D.
(UMMC Department of Otolaryngology & Communicative Science)

October 17

 

"Cancer Incidence and Mortality Update 2003"

Ralph Vance, M.D., F.A.C.P.
(UMMC Department of Medicine and
American Cancer Society)

September 25

 

"Oral Cancer - from the Dental Perspective"

George Taybos, D.D.S.
( UMMC School of Dentistry)

July 17

 

"Multiple Myeloma: Molecular and Therapeutic Updates"

Robert Darryl Hamilton, M.D.
( UMMC Department of Medicine)

June 12

 

"Application of Thermally Sensitive Genetically Engineered Elastin-like Polypeptides in Drug Delivery"

Drazen Raucher , Ph.D.
(UMMC Department of Biochemistry)
May 1

"Targeted Therapy in Lung Cancer: Focusing Beams and Ideas with Molecular Targets"

Andrew T. Turrisi, III, M.D.
( Department of Radiation Oncology Medical University of South Carolina)
April 17

"Prostate Cancer Cohort Development Among African Americans: Partnership and Collaboration"

Gail D. Hughes, Dr.P.H., M.P.H.
(UMMC Department of Preventive Medicine)

January 31

"Does cancer discriminate?"

Margot Kaelbling, PhD, FACMG
(UMMC Dental Research and Periodontics)
2002

December 12

 

"Building a future for biomedical research in Mississippi: The Functional Genomics Network"

George M. Santangelo, Ph.D.
(University of Southern Mississippi)

November 22

"Genetic Testing in High-Risk Cancer Families"

Christopher A. Friedrich, M.D., Ph.D. (Department of Preventive Medicine)

October 31

"Southern Community Cohort Study: Design and Objectives"

Mary Lou Gutierrez-Mohamed, Ph.D. (Jackson State University)
September 19

"A Rat Model for the Study of Ovarian Cancer Therapy"

Michael F. Flessner, M.D., Ph.D. (Department of Medicine)
August 16
"Carcinogenesis Mechanisms, The P2P-R
Protein and Mitosis"

Robert. E. Scott, M.D. (University of Tennessee Health Science Center)
July 18

"The Cancer Center: an Update on the Progress"

Dr. David J. Dzielak (UMMC Cancer Institute and Office of Research)
May 30

"The use of soluble c-erbB-2 for the detection of breast cancer: a five year study"

Dr. Charles F. Streckfus (School of Dentistry)
April 25

"The ODYSSEY: A Two-Color Detection System for Western Blots, In-Gel Westerns, Northern Blots, and Southern Blots"

Speaker: Dr. Christian Pitulle (Li-Cor Biosciences)
March 28 "Radiofrequency ablation of pulmonary tumors: 3 years later"

Speaker: Dr. Patrick Sewell (Department of Radiology)
February 14 "The Molecular Basis of Metastasis"

Dr. Susan E. Wellman (Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology)
January 24

"Late effects in pediatric cancer patients"

Dr. David Elkin (Department of Psychiatry)
2001
November 29 "Clinical Cancer Genetics: An Overview"

Dr. Joseph Maher (Department of Medicine)
September 21

"The Role of Adenosine in Angiogenesis"

Dr. Jian-Wei Gu (Department of Physiology & Biophysics)
August 31

"Potential of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Cancer Epidemiological Research"

Dr. Fazlay Faruque (Office of Research and School of Nursing)
July 27

"Tubulin Isotypes in Normal and Tumor Breast Tissues: Understanding Antimitotic Resistance"

Dr. Sharon Lobert (Department of Biochemistry & School of Nursing)
June 29 "STI-571 from Bench to Bedside: A Molecularly Targeted Treatment for Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia"

Dr. Roy J. Duhe (Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology)
May 17 "Race and Prostate Cancer"

Dr. Jackson Fowler (Department of Surgery)
April 20

" Structural Selectivity of Nucleic Acid Binding Agents: New Leads for the Development of Anticancer Drugs "

Dr. Jonathan B. Chaires (Department of Biochemistry)

March 30

"Gene therapy and immune therapy of leukemia and lymphoma"

Dr. Mallen Huang (Uppsala University, Sweden)

"Functional aspects of the tumor suppressor menin"

Dr. Anders Gobl (Uppsala University, Sweden)

February 23

"Why Are Cardiac Tumors Rarely Malignant? A Role of Metalloproteinase Inhibitor"

Suresh C. Tyagi, PhD (Department of Physiology & Biophysics)

January 19

"Confocal Microscopy: Virtual Sectioning of Tissue with Laser"

Anna A. Lerant, M.D. (Department of Anatomy)

2000
December 15

"Laser Capture Microdissection: Studying Cancer Cells One by One"

Dr. James B. Hutchins (Department of Anatomy)

November 9

"Ovarian Cancer: Medical and Design Considerations in Cooperative Clinical Trials"

J. Tate Thigpen, M.D. (Department of Medicine/Oncology)
John Blessing, Ph.D., (The Gynecologic Oncology Group Statistical and Data Center; Buffalo, New York)

September 21

"Suppression of Human NK Cell Activity by Prostaglandin E2: Impact of Tumor-induced Immunosuppression on Cancer Immunotherapy"

Dr. Pratibha Joshi (Department of Surgery)

August 25

"Cancer Research: And Array We Go!"

Dr. Donald Sittman (Department of Biochemistry)

July 28

"The Biophysics of Vinca Alkaloids: Predictors of Cytotoxicity and (hopefully) Antineoplastic Activity"

Dr. John J. "Jack" Correia (Department of Biochemistry)

June 22

"From her(e)-2 Eternity: Medical and dental applications for Her-2/neu"

Dr. Lenora Bigler (Department of Medicine/Oncology)

May 26

"Regulation of Tumor Angiogenesis: Impact on Prevention and Treatment of Cancer"

Dr. Jian-Wei Gu (Department of Physiology & Biophysics)

April 28

"WHI-P131 and related quinazolines as prospective JAK3-targeted chemotherapeutic agents in the treatment of adult T cell leukemia (ATL) and cutaneous anaplastic large T cell lymphoma (ALCL)"

Dr. Roy J. Duhé (Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology)