PRECISION CANCER CARE & OMICS | GAIRDNER GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES PANEL

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PRECISION CANCER CARE & OMICS

Join us for the first Gairdner Global Perspectives Panel of 2024: Precision Cancer Care & Omics!

Happening May 21st, 2024, at 12 PM, this free online event brings together global leaders in cancer research and omics techniques to share their groundbreaking work and insights. 

Our distinguished panelists include: Kym Boycott, Peter Campbell, and David Malkin.

In a session lead by Gairdner Early Career Investigators, join us to hear the latest research from global leaders in cancer and precision medicine. Learn how top researchers Kym Boycott (CHEO), Peter Campbell (Wellcome Sanger Institute) and David Malkin (SickKids) use omics techniques in the exploration of childhood cancers, somatic mutations and rare diseases.

Don't miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights from world-renowned experts in the field of cancer research. Mark your calendars!

Schedule

12:00 pm Introductions

 

Janet Rossant, President and Scientific Director, Gairdner Foundation

Tobias Karakach, Dalhousie University, 2021 ECI Winner
12:05 pm

 

Changing the PROFYLE of Childhood Cancer

 

David Malkin
The Hospital for Sick Children

12:21 pm

 

Somatic Mutations in Ageing and Disease

 

Peter Campbell
Wellcome Sanger Institute

12:37 pm

 

Precision Medicine in Rare Diseases

 

Kym Boycott
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

12:52 pm Roundtable Discussion Leader: Hermann Nabi, 2021 ECI Winner
Participants: David Malkin, Peter Campbell, Kym Boycott
1:15 pm Concluding remarks

 

Elena Kuzmin, Concordia University, 2023 ECI Winner