The Science of Childhood Cancer is an interactive, weekly lecture series designed to engage the scientific community on key questions in pediatric cancer research. The Fall 2023 season of this series, hosted by the St. Jude Comprehensive Cancer Center, launches August 10. Register below for updates and announcements.
Invited speakers are leading experts across the spectrum of basic, translational, clinical and population science. The Rising Stars of Cancer Research lecture in the 15-week series will feature thematically related talks by two early- to mid-career investigators conducting exciting and innovative work in the field.
Lectures occur each Thursday from 12 pm – 1 pm Central time / 1 pm – 2 pm Eastern time and are often followed by an extended Q&A session. Available recordings will be posted here in the week following the live event.
Hosts
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- Director, Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Executive Vice President
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- Deputy Director, Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Co-Leader, Hematological Malignancies Program
- Medical Director, St. Jude Biorepository
September 28, 2023
The financial burden of surviving childhood cancer
Paul Nathan, MD, MSc
Head, Solid Tumor Section & Director, AfterCare Program, Division of Hematology/Oncology – The Hospital for Sick Children
Professor, Pediatrics and Health Policy, Management & Evaluation – University of Toronto
October 5, 2023
Genomic analysis of osteosarcoma: Making sense of a complex genome to advance translational research and targeted therapy
Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD
Chief, Division of Pediatric Oncology – University of California-San Francisco
October 12, 2023
Opportunities and challenges in pediatric oncology drug development: Lessons learned from the biopharmaceutical industry
Sam Blackman, MD, PhD
Head of Research & Development – Day One Biopharmaceuticals
October 19, 2023
Epigenetic and 3D genome alteration in cancer
Feng Yue, PhD
Director, Center for Cancer Genomics – Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
Duane and Susan Burnham Professor for Molecular Medicine, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
October 26, 2023
Drivers of transformation in embryonal tumors with multi-layered rosettes (ETMRs)
Annie Huang, MD, PhD, FRCP(C)
Pediatric Neuro-oncologist, Pediatric Brain Tumor Program, Division of Hematology Oncology, Senior Scientist, Program in Cell Biology – Labatt Brain Tumor Research Centre
Canada Research Chair in Rare Childhood Brain Tumors, Professor of Paediatrics, Medical Biophysics, Lab Medicine & Pathobiology; Associate Chair (Research), Department of Pediatrics – SickKids Hospital, University of Toronto
Lead investigator – The Rare Brain Tumor Consortium
November 2, 2023
Neuroblastoma: the power of immunotherapy in pediatric malignancy
Julie Park, MD
Member and Chair – Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
November 9, 2023
Emerging paradigms in cancer survivorship across the lifespan
Saro Armenian, DO, MPH
Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Director, Division of Outcomes Research, Barron Hilton Endowed Chair and Professor – City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
November 16, 2023
The origins of childhood cancer
Sam Behjati, BMBCh, PhD
Group Leader – Wellcome Sanger Institute
Honorary Consultant Paediatric Oncologist – Cambridge University Hospitals
Professor of Paediatric Oncology – University of Cambridge
Comprehensive Cancer Center
St. Jude is the first and only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children.
