Over the past decade, cancer research has yielded a wealth of therapeutic options for patients for many different subtypes of cancer, as well as greater knowledge of this disease.
The 2021 symposium featured expert presentations on:
- Cancer Therapeutics: Mechanisms of Response and Resistance
- Intersection of Immuno-genetics and Immuno-metabolism
- Cancer: The Wound That Doesn't Heal
- The Cancer Ecosystem: Evolution and Malignant Progression
2021 Keynote Speakers:
Heath Memorial Award Lecture and Presentation
Padmanee Sharma, M.D., Ph.D.
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Learn more about the Heath Memorial Award and view previous recipients.
Ernst W. Bertner Memorial Award Lecture and Presentation
Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D.
The Rockefeller University
Learn more about the Bertner Memorial Award and view previous recipients.
Wilson S. Stone Memorial Award Lecture and Presentation
Georg Winter, Ph.D.
CeMM - Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Learn more about the Stone Memorial Award and view previous recipients.
Event Leadership
Executive Sponsor: Giulio Draetta, M.D., Ph.D.
2022 Symposium Co-Chairs
Tina Cascone, M.D., Ph.D., Symposium Chair
Nadim Ajami, Ph.D.
Caroline Chung, M.D.
Sangeeta Goswami, M.D., Ph.D.
Andrea Viale, M.D.
2021 Symposium Co-Chairs
Tim Heffernan, Ph.D., Symposium Chair
Tina Cascone, M.D., Ph.D.
Yejing Ge, Ph.D.
Gianni Genovese, M.D.
Cassian Yee, M.D.
Contact Us
Please email ResearchSymposium@mdanderson.org if you have any questions.