Name: Session 4C: Preparing the Next Generation of Cancer Professionals and Researchers
Start: 2017-09-15T14:30:00-0400
End: 2017-09-15T16:00:00-0400

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Session 4C: Preparing the Next Generation of Cancer Professionals and Researchers

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Abstracts

4C-1: Lessons Learned from Sixteen Years of a Summer Cancer Research Experiences Program for Underrepresented High School and College Students (McMains)
4C-2: Project LINK: Making an Impact on Future Generations in Cancer Research (Suppiah)
4C-3: The Nathan Schnaper Intern Program connects laboratory research and clinical practice in a translation-focused undergraduate summer internship (Hassel)
4C-4: Implementation of an application management system (CollegeNET) streamlines program application, credential processing, and placement (Gronemeyer)
4C-5: EMOTE: Learn How to Connect with Your Audience (Kidd)

Moderators

Timiya S. Nolan

Postdoctoral Researcher, The Ohio State University

Timiya S. Nolan, PhD, RN is a Postdoctoral Researcher at The Ohio State University College of Nursing (mentored by Dr. Karen Patricia Williams). Her research interest involves reduction of health-related disparities within breast cancer survivorship. Particularly, she is interested... Read More →

Jila Tanha

MD Anderson

Speakers

Suzanne Gronemeyer

Director, POE Program, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Suzanne Gronemeyer, PhD has been the Director of the NCI-funded Pediatric Oncology Education (POE) program at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital since 1997. She served on the board of the American Association for Cancer Education 2003-2010. She received the AACE's Margaret... Read More →

Bret Hassel

Associate Professor/program director, University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center

Dr. Hassel is an Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine where he studies the endonuclease RNase-L that functions in host defense and tumor suppression. Dr. Hassel serves leadership roles in training, education, and outreach... Read More →

LaCreis Kidd

Associate Professor, University of Louisville

LaCreis Kidd, PhD, MPH, is an Associated Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Louisville (UofL), Louisville, KY. She is also an endowed Chair in Cancer Research at the James Graham Brown Cancer Center. For the past seven years she has... Read More →

Emily McMains

Research Training Coordinator, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center

Emily McMains coordinates the Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences Program at Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center.

Vivekka Suppiah

Moffitt Cancer Center

Vivekka Suppiah is a junior at the University of South Florida, where she majors in Philosophy. She works as a research assistant at the Moffitt Cancer Center with the Project LINK program. During Vivekka's time with the LINK program, she has been able to work on several research... Read More →

Friday September 15, 2017 2:30pm - 4:00pm EDT
Vanda South

Oral Abstract Session

2017 International Cancer Education Conference