The POE core lecture series will be at noon in Barry Auditorium in the Barry-Longinotti (St. Jude North) building, unless otherwise noted. Lunch will be available for POE students at 11:30 in the hallway outside Barry. Other interested persons, including students, are welcome to attend, but should bring their own lunch. The POE Lunch & Learn series is required for all POE students. Many report that this series is the highlight of their time at St. Jude.
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Tue 5/31 | Raul Ribeiro, MD | Pediatric Leukemia |
| Wed 6/1 | John Zacher, Director, Biomedical Communications | St. Jude: Past, Present, and Future |
| Thu 6/2 | Charles Mullighan, MBBS(Hons), MSc, MD | The Genetics of Leukemia |
| Fri 6/3 | Kathy Price, RN, MBA | Ethical Issues in Pediatric Research |
| Mon 6/6 | John Choi, MD, PhD | The Laboratory Diagnosis of Pediatric Leukemias |
| Tue 6/7 | Charles Rock, PhD | Responsible Conduct of Research |
| Wed 6/8 | U TN Health Science Center Deans | Medical, Pharmacy, Nursing and Graduate Schools: Admission and Survival |
| Thu 6/9 | Stephen White, DPhil | The St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences |
| Fri 6/10 | Lee Schwartzberg, MD, FACP Medical Director, West Cancer Center |
Adult Oncology |
| Mon 6/13 | Alberto Pappo, MD | Pediatric Body Tumors |
| Tue 6/14 | William Evans, PharmD | A Cancer Research Career |
| Wed 6/15 | Jamie Coleman, MD | Diagnostic Imaging in Pediatric Oncology |
| Thu 6/16 | Frederick Boop, MD | Pediatric Brain and Spine (CNS) Tumor Surgery |
| Fri 6/17 | Ibrahim Qaddoumi, MD, MS | Pediatric Brain Tumors |
| Mon 6/20 | Andrew Davidoff, MD | Surgical Oncology |
| Tue 6/21 | Brent Orr, MD, PhD | The Role of the Surgical Pathologist in Pediatric Cancer Diagnosis |
| Wed 6/22 | William Greene, PharmD |
Chemotherapy in Pediatric Oncology |
| Thu 6/23 | Christopher Tinkle, MD, PhD | Radiation Therapy in Pediatric Oncology |
| Fri 6/24 | Monika Metzger, MD | Pediatric Lymphomas |
| Mon 6/27 | Suzanne Baker, PhD, and Kip Guy, PhD | Epigenetics and pediatric cancer; from genomics to drug discovery |
| Tue 6/28 | Michael Dyer, PhD | Retinoblastoma: Bridging Developmental Neurobiology and Cancer Genetics |
| Wed 6/29 | University of Tennessee Health Science Center | Campus Tour & lunch with UTHSC students and deans |
| Thu 6/30 | Gerard Zambetti, PhD | The p53 Tumor Suppressor Signaling Pathway and Cancer |
| Fri 7/1 | Hana Hakim, MD | Infectious Diseases and Pediatric Oncology |
| Tue 7/5 | Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, MD | Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Worldwide: the St. Jude Connection |
| Wed 7/6 | Doralina Anghelescu, MD | Anesthesia and Pain Management in Pediatric Oncology |
| Thu 7/7 | Paul Thomas, PhD, and Ben Youngblood, PhD | Immunotherapy in the treatment of pediatric cancer |
| Fri 7/8 | Mondira Kundu, MD, PhD, and Kiri Ness, PT, PhD | Frailty and premature aging in survivors of pediatric cancer |
| Mon 7/11 | Douglas Green, PhD | Born Different: Metabolic maintenance of asymmetric cell division in T cells |
| Tue 7/12 | Aditya Gaur, MD | The Landscape of HIV Prevention in 2016: new drugs, new delivery methods and new approaches to reach out to those at risk |
| Wed 7/13 | Jane Hankins, MD, MS | Sickle Cell Disease |
| Thu 7/14 | Elaine Tuomanen, MD | What biology goes into developing a vaccine? |
| Fri 7/15 | Matthew Ehrhardt, MD, MS | Late Effects in Childhood Cancer Survivors: The Cost of Cure |
| Mon 7/18 | Tanja Mittag, PhD | Phase separation in the formation of membrane-less organelles; don't let your liquid phase turn to gel! |
| Tue 7/19 | Stacey Schultz-Cherry, PhD, and Charles J. Russell, PhD | Viral and host factors that create the perfect storm: deadly influenza infection |
| Wed 7/20 | POE project reports | Bajinting, Hochu, Young |
| Thu 7/21 | POE project reports | Jordan, Moore, Pesch, Sherman |
| Fri 7/22 | POE project reports | Haberman, Hoshitsuki, Srinivasan |
| Mon 7/25 | Deena Levine, MD | Integrating Palliative Care into Pediatric Oncology Practice |
| Tue 7/26 | POE project reports | Noll, Roach, Shannon, Yusin |
| Wed 7/27 | POE project reports | Boria, Deaton, Knapp, Wells |
| Thu 7/28 | POE project reports | Carter, Curtis, Inaba, Villagran |
| Fri 7/29 | POE project reports | Gibbs, Han, Kleinrichert, Mabry |
| Mon 8/1 | POE project reports | Breiner, Dao, Getzenberg, Joshi, Liu, Taylor |
| Tue 8/2 | POE project reports | Chang, Lau, Liederbach, Pankayatselvan, Paschall |
| Wed 8/3 | POE project reports | Gil, Katsivalis, Mohammed, Snyder, von Buttlar, Wheeler, Wing |
| Thu 8/4 | POE project reports | Hermans, Hughes, Ortega, Singal, Sojda, Ward, Wolek |
| Fri 8/5 | POE project reports | Hassan, Joyce, Noyes, Otto, Richardson, Visco |
| Tue 8/9 | POE project reports | Botbyl, Casal, Ly |
| Wed 8/10 | POE project reports | Binshtok, Contreras, Portera, Velez |
| Thu 8/11 | POE project reports | Donohoe, Mangalmurti, Mount, Tesney |