2018 Early Detection Seminar Series

Seminar & Discussion: 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Reception: 5:30pm - 6:00pm

The Early Detection Seminar Series presents seminars highlighting new research in Early Cancer Detection. This seminar series alternates months with the Information Sciences in Imaging Seminars.

Seminars will be held in Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (LPCH) Freidenrich Auditorium or Li Ka Shing Learning Center (LKSC), Room LK130, Munzer Auditorium, AlwayClark Auditorium, or Clark S360.

NOTE: This seminar does not run through the Summer months.

Invited Speakers

Title: Translating the Airway Transcriptome into Biomarkers for Early Lung Cancer Detection: The Road less Traveled


Avrum Spira, M.D., M.Sc., Professor, Boston University School of Medicine




Title: Why Early Lung Cancer Detection Matters: Biology Creates Opportunities

Speaker: Edward Patz Jr., MD, Professor of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center



Title:  Tracing the evolutionary history of metastatic cancer with hypermutable DNA

Speaker: Kamila Naxerova, PhD, Assistant Professor, Center for Systems Biology

Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School


Calendars & Scheduling

Use the links below to view event calendars and the availability and schedules of rooms