Carter Auditorium of John Brooks Williams Science Center South.
8:50 am: Welcome by Natural Science Dean Jonathan Hodge.
9:00 am: “Optimizing pediatric cancer treatment and survivorship.”
Joya Chandra, PhD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics Research and department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, co-Director of the Center for Energy Balance in Cancer Prevention and Survivorship, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
10:00 am: “Youth-onset type 2 diabetes: Epidemiology, pathophysiology, and implications for health.”
Elizabeth T. Jensen, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Prevention, Center for Vaccines at the Extremes of Aging, Women in Medicine and Science, Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity, Center on Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
11:00 am: “Using immunotherapeutic strategies to combat tumors.”
Todd A. Triplett, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Immunotherapeutics and Biotechnology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center