The Science of Childhood Cancer

A 15-week virtual lecture series

Jeremy Rich

Killing cancer stem cells

Original lecture date: October 2, 2025

Jeremy Rich, MD, MHS, MBA

Deputy Director for Research & Chief Scientific Officer
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Other lectures in the Fall 2025 series

‘Faster, higher, stronger’ (together) - clinical drug development in children and young people with cancer
DNA Methylation and Artificial Intelligence for the Diagnosis and Classification of CNS Tumors
Deciphering the molecular and cellular basis of fusion driven ependymoma to uncover novel therapies
Developmental mutagenesis: A unified theory of why young people develop cancer
Overcoming the undruggable nature of the most common human oncogene: K-Ras
The Von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor: insights into oxygen sensing, tumor immunity, and drugging the undruggable
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children with Down syndrome: insights and challenges
Developmental origins of infant acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Understanding and targeting the non-coding regulatory genome
CAR T-cell therapy: experience from SCMC
Bridging surveillance and mechanistic insights to address cardiometabolic risk in childhood cancer survivors
Pediatric melanocytic tumors: a 34-year journey of discovery and progress

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