Seminar Series

Case CCC's interdisciplinary seminar series addresses cutting-edge clinical, translational, and basic research topics in cancer, and is a focal point of the educational and inter-programmatic activities of the cancer center.

Seminars are at noon (12 p.m. ET) every Friday during the fall and spring semesters in the Wolstein Research Building Auditorium (1-413) and via livestream at case.edu/livestream/s4 unless otherwise noted below. Seminars are not available for viewing at a later date. Registration is not required to attend. 

CME credit is available for those who attend seminars live or via livestream. 


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Fall 2024 Seminar Series Schedule

9/20/24

"Innate STING Signals in T Cells Independently of Interferon"

Jianjun Wu, PhD
Assistant Staff, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Member, Immune Oncology Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

9/27/24

“Identifying the Mechanisms of Immune Evasion in Post-treatment Breast Cancer”

James Jackson, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine 
Member, Tulane Cancer Center

10/4/24

"Decoding Esophageal Cancer; From Systems Approaches to Clinical Translation"

Kishore Guda, DVM, PhD
Associate Professor, Digestive Health Research Institute, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
Member, Cancer Genomics and Epigenomics Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

10/11/24

No Seminar

10/18/24

"Understanding Histone Modifications in Gene Regulation and Cancer Development"

G. Greg Wang, PhD
Professor, Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University
Member, Duke Cancer Institute

10/25/24

"Cellular Plasticity Throughout the Evolution of Pancreatic Cancer"

Howard Crawford, PhD
Research Professor, Henry Ford Health System

11/1/24

No Seminar

11/8/24

"Therapeutic Targeting of Triple Negative Breast Cancer Tumors"

Khalid Sossey-Alaoui, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
Member, Molecular Oncology Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

11/15/24

"Epigenetic Dysregulation Confers Dependence on Metabolic Targets in Kidney Cancer"

Abhishek Chakraborty, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
Member, Cancer Genomics and Epigenomics Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

11/22/24

"Strategies to Improve Adoptive Cell Therapy for Cancer"

David Wald, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
Co-Leader, Immune Oncology Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

11/29/24

No Seminar

12/6/24

Cynthia Owusu, MD, MS
Associate Professor, Hematology and Oncology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
Associate Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Member, Population and Cancer Prevention Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

12/13/24

"Rethinking Quality End-of-Life Cancer Care"

Sara L. Douglas, PhD, RN
The Gertrude Perkins Oliva Professor in Oncology Nursing, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University
Member, Population and Cancer Prevention Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Biomedical Research Building Auditorium 105
2109 Adelbert Road
Cleveland, OH 44106

12/20/24

Murat Yildirim, PhD
Assistant Professor, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic

12/27/24

No Seminar

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