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PanCAN Scientific Summit 2024
September 14 & 15, 2024 | Boston
REGISTER NOWFor questions, please contact scientificsummit@pancan.org
Dream Big. Believe Big. Do Big.
PanCAN’s Community for Progress has been leading the way in the fight against pancreatic cancer for over two decades. We are grateful for you – the groundbreaking scientists, clinicians, patients, industry champions and donors advancing research and improving outcomes for patients faced with pancreatic cancer. Together, we are making a difference when it comes to this tough disease.
This September, we invite you to join us in Boston for PanCAN Scientific Summit 2024! During our program, you’ll have the opportunity to:
- Meet and collaborate with researchers from across the country, including PanCAN’s young investigators as well as senior research grant recipients and advisers.
- Learn about emerging science and our top research priorities, including advancing treatment options and early detection strategies for patients.
- Talk with patient research advocates, colleagues and industry champions all working to make a difference for patients and families.
When the Summit ends, we hope you stay in Boston to attend the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Special Conference: Pancreatic Cancer.
Over the years, our big dreams have led to real progress. We look forward to celebrating all that we have accomplished together for patients and families. Thank you for joining us!
For questions, please email scientificsummit@pancan.org
Please check back closer to the event for a more detailed agenda.
All Times Eastern
Saturday, September 14, 2024
5:30 — 6:30 p.m.
PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board Kickoff (closed, invite only)
6:30 — 8:30 p.m.
General Reception and Poster Session
Sunday, September 15, 2024
7:30 — 8:20 a.m.
Breakfast
8:30 a.m. — 3:30 p.m.
Scientific Sessions
3:30 — 4:15 p.m.
Coffee and Networking
50 Park Plaza, Boston, MA 02116
The Hilton Boston Park Plaza is about 5 miles from the Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) and about 0.6 miles from Copley Place where the AACR Special Conference: Pancreatic Cancer 2024 is taking place Sept. 15 - 18.
Please check back for more information.
Suresh Chari, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Affiliation: Early Detection Initiative, Study PI
Topic: Early Detection Initiative updates and the REGARD ancillary studies
Wansu Chen, PhD, MS
Kaiser Permanente Southern California Medical Group
Affiliation: Early Detection Initiative
Topic: New models for the early detection of pancreatic cancer: EDI ancillary studies
Colin Hill, MS
Aitia
Affiliation: Health Data
Topic: Revolutionizing Pancreatic Cancer Drug Discovery and Development with Multi-Omic Patient Data and Digital Twins – The Promise of the PanCAN and Aitia Partnership
Rohit Chandwani, MD, PhD
Weill Cornell Medicine
Grant: 2021 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Career Development Award, funded by The Jim & Shirley Young Family Foundation
Topic: Hnf1b defines an epigenetic ontology of human pancreatic cancer
Ralph Francescone, PhD
Henry Ford Health System
Grant: 2021 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Career Development Award, funded in memory of Skip Viragh
Topic: Metabolic link to immunosuppressive fibroblasts in pancreatic cancer
Aditi Jain, PhD
Thomas Jefferson University
Grant: 2021 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Career Development Award
Topic: Targeting BARD1 in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
John P. Morris IV, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Grant: 2021 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Career Development Award, funded in memory of Skip Viragh
Topic: Dissecting malignant evolution unleashed by p53 inactivation in PDAC
Shannon Oda, PhD
Seattle Children’s Research Institute
Grant: 2021 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Career Development Award, funded by Linda E. Amuso in memory of Susan A. Lombardi
Topic: Developing engineered proteins to enhance adoptive cell therapy of PDA
Fengzhi Li, PhD
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Grant: 2020 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Translational Research Grant, extension funded by Kenneth D. Custance and Gladys C. Custance, honoring the memory of Martha 'Molly' Reed Woodroofe
Topic: Targeting DDX5/p68 with FL118 as a therapeutic approach for treating pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC)
Xiaoyang Qi, PhD
University of Cincinnati
Grant: 2020 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Translational Research Grant, extension funded by Kenneth D. Custance and Gladys C. Custance, honoring the memory of Martha 'Molly' Reed Woodroofe
Topic: Immunotherapy of pancreatic cancer by saposin c-based nanovesicles
Susan Bates, MD
Columbia University Medical Center
Grant: 2020 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Translational Research Grant, extension funded by Kenneth D. Custance and Gladys C. Custance, honoring the memory of Martha 'Molly' Reed Woodroofe
Topic: Exploiting a metabolic vulnerability created by epigenetic therapy
Gregory Beatty, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Grant: 2017 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Precision Medicine Targeted Grant, 2022 Grant Extension funded by Leslie Gaynor in memory of Phyllis Bolotin
Topic: Multiplex tissue-based assays and analytical tools for pancreatic cancer
Thomas Heineman, MD, PhD
Oncolytics Biotech, Inc.
Grant: 2023 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Therapeutic Accelerator Award, supported in memory of Skip Viragh
Topic: Pelareorep + mFOLFIRINOX +/- atezolizumab for the treatment of 1L mPDAC
Please check back following the summit for attendee contact information.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Grantee
Andrew_Aguirre@dfci.harvard.edu
Sharon Alincastre
Novocure
salincastre@novocure.com
Brittany Allen-Petersen, PhD
Purdue University
Grantee
ballenpe@purdue.edu
Basil Bakir, MD, PhD
Columbia University
Grantee
bb3041@cumc.columbia.edu
Dafna Bar-Sagi, PhD
NYU Langone Health
PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board
Dafna.Bar-Sagi@nyulangone.org
Susan Bates, MD
Columbia University
Grantee
seb2227@cumc.columbia.edu
Gregory Beatty, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Grantee, PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board, Precision Promise
gregory.beatty@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Jordan Berlin, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board
jordan.berlin@vumc.org
Jonathan Brody, PhD
Oregon Health & Science University
PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board
brodyj@ohsu.edu
Kirsten Bryant, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Grantee
bryantkl@email.unc.edu
Ewa Carrier, MD
FibroGen
ecarrier@fibrogen.com
Rohit Chandwani, MD, PhD
Weill Cornell Medicine
Grantee
roc9045@med.cornell.edu
Suresh Chari, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Grantee, PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board, PanCAN Early Detection Initiative
stchari@mdanderson.org
Yuan Chen, PhD
UC San Diego
Grantee
yuc020@health.ucsd.edu
Wansu Chen, PhD
Kaiser Permanente Southern California
Grantee, PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board, PanCAN Early Detection Initiative
wansu.chen@kp.org
Gabi Chiorean, MD
University of Washington/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board, Precision Promise
gchiorea@outlook.com
Sheena Clift, PhD
Verastem Oncology
sclift@verastem.com
Guillaume Cognet, PhD
University of Chicago
Grantee cognetg@uchicago.edu
Howard Crawford, PhD
Henry Ford Health
PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board
hcrawfo1@hfhs.org
Jashodeep Datta, MD
University of Miami
Grantee, Precision Promise
jash.datta@med.miami.edu
Louis Denis, MD
Verastem Oncology
Grantee
LDenis@Verastem.com
Channing Der, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Grantee, PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board Emeritus
cjder@med.unc.edu
Luis Francisco Diaz
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
PanCAN Travel Scholar
diazlui@ohsu.edu
Julien Dilly, MSc
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Grantee
Julien_Dilly@DFCI.HARVARD.EDU
Efrat Dotan, MD
Fox Chase Cancer Center
PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board
efrat.dotan@fccc.edu
Stephanie Dougan, PhD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Grantee, Precision Promise
stephanie_dougan@dfci.harvard.edu
José Enriquez
MD Anderson Cancer Center
PanCAN Travel Scholar
JSEnriquez@mdanderson.org
Ralph Francescone, PhD
Henry Ford Health
Grantee
rfrance3@hfhs.org
Will Freed-Pastor, MD, PhD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Grantee
William_Freed-Pastor@DFCI.HARVARD.EDU
Tamer Garawin, MD
Ipsen
tamer.garawin@ipsen.com
University of Minnesota
Grantee
guptaarjun90@gmail.com
Tom Heineman, MD, PhD
Oncolytics Biotech
Grantee
theineman@oncolytics.ca
Andrew Hendifar, MD, MPH
Cedars-Sinai
PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board, Precision Promise
andrew.hendifar@cshs.org
Joseph Herman, MD, MSc
Northwell Health Cancer Institute
PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board
jherman1@northwell.edu
Manuel Hidalgo, MD, PhD
Weill Cornell Medicine
PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board, Precision Promise
Mah4006@med.cornell.edu
Colin Hill
Aitia
Colin@aitiabio.com
Sunil Hingorani, MD, PhD
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Grantee, PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board, Precision Promise
shingorani@unmc.edu
Aaron Hobbs, PhD
Medical University of South Carolina
Grantee
hobbsg@musc.edu
Tony Hollingsworth, PhD
University of Nebraska Medical Center
PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board
mahollin@unmc.edu
Peter Hosein, MD
University of Miami
PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board
phosein@miami.edu
Will Hwang, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Grantee
WHWANG1@mgh.harvard.edu
Aditi Jain, PhD
Thomas Jefferson University
Grantee
Aditi.Jain@jefferson.edu
Avinash Kambadakone-Ramesh, MD, MBBS
Massachusetts General Hospital
PanCAN Early Detection Initiative
AKAMBADAKONE@mgh.harvard.edu
Alison Klein, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board
aklein1@jhmi.edu
Paul Kurywchak, PhD
Skipper Bio Med
Special Guest
paul@skipperbiomed.com
Ashley Laursen, PhD
Ipsen
ashley.laursen@ipsen.com
Andrew Lee, PharmD
AstraZeneca
andrew.lee4291@gmail.com
Fengzhi Li, PhD
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Grantee
fengzhi.li@roswellpark.org
Andrew Lowy, MD
UC San Diego
PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board, Precision Promise
Alowy@health.ucsd.edu
Chris Macdonald, PhD
Pancreatic Cancer UK
PanCAN Scientific Collaborator
Chris.Macdonald@pancreaticcancer.org.uk
Sanjana Mahapatra, PhD
Skipper Bio Med
Special Guest
sanjana@skipperbiomed.com
Anirban Maitra, MBBS
MD Anderson Cancer Center
PanCAN Early Detection Initiative, PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board Emeritus
amaitra@mdanderson.org
Mokenge Malafa, MD
Moffitt Cancer Center
PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board Emeritus
mokenge.malafa@moffitt.org
Meg Mandelson, PhD, MPH
Benaroya Research Institute
PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board Emeritus
mmandelson@benaroyaresearch.org
Ronald Matteotti, MD
Bristol Myers Squibb
ronald.matteotti@bms.com
Nipun Merchant, MD
University of Miami
PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board, Precision Promise
nmerchant@miami.edu
Janielle Maynard, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
Grantee
maynard@jhmi.edu
Simon Miller, MSc
FibroGen
smiller@fibrogen.com
Christine Mormont, PhD
Novocure
cmormont@novocure.com
John Morris IV, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Grantee
jpmiv@email.unc.edu
Cedars-Sinai
PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board
nicholas.nissen@cshs.org
Marcus Noel, MD
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board
Marcus.S.Noel@gunet.georgetown.edu
Shannon Oda, PhD
University of Washington, Seattle Children's Research Institute
Grantee
Shannon.Oda@seattlechildrens.org
Kenneth Olive, PhD
Columbia University
Grantee
kpo2104@cumc.columbia.edu
Eileen O'Reilly, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board, Precision Promise
oreillye@mskcc.org
Jon Pachter, PhD
Verastem Oncology
Grantee
jpachter@verastem.com
Shubham Pant, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board, Precision Promise
SPant@mdanderson.org
Marina Pasca di Magliano, PhD
University of Michigan
Grantee, PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board
marinapa@umich.edu
Krushna Patra, PhD
University of Cincinnati
Grantee
patraka@ucmail.uc.edu
Vince Picozzi, MD
Virginia Mason
PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board, Precision Promise
vincent.picozzi@commonspirit.org
Michael Pishvaian, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board
mpishva1@jh.edu
Xiaoyang Qi, PhD
University of Cincinnati
Grantee
xiaoyang.qi@uc.edu
Mustafa Raoof, MD, MSc
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
Grantee
mraoof@coh.org
Nicolette Rodriguez, MD, MPH
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Grantee
njrodriguez@bwh.harvard.edu
Victoire Ruffino, PhD
Institut Curie
Grantee
victoire.ruffino@curie.fr
Maryam Safari, PhD
Columbia University
Special Guest
ms5244@cumc.columbia.edu
Jami Saloman, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Grantee
jls354@pitt.edu
Rosie Sears, PhD
Oregon Health & Science University
PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board
searsr@ohsu.edu
Melissa Shackelford, MSc, MPH
Novocure
mshackelford@novocure.com
Sandra Shaw
Mirati Therapeutics
shaws@mirati.com
Rahul Shinde, PhD
The Wistar Institute
Grantee
rshinde@wistar.org
Dustin Srinivas, PhD
Skipper Bio Med
Special Guest
dustin@skipperbiomed.com
Shravya Srinivas Rao, MD, MBBS
Massachusetts General Hospital
PanCAN Early Detection Initiative
ssrinivasrao@mgh.harvard.edu
Sapna Syngal, MD, MPH
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Grantee, PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board
sapna_syngal@dfci.harvard.edu
Margaret Tempero, MD
UC San Francisco
PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board, Precision Promise
Margaret.tempero@ucsf.edu
Chinedu Ukaegbu, MBBS, MPH
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Special Guest
chinedu_ukaegbu@dfci.harvard.edu
Colin Weekes, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board
cdweekes@mgh.harvard.edu
Catherine Whittington, PhD
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Grantee
cfwhittington@wpi.edu
Jen Jen Yeh, MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
PanCAN Scientific and Medical Advisory Board
jen_jen_yeh@med.unc.edu
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
Is financial support available?
PanCAN grantees and Scientific Summit presenters will be contacted individually regarding travel and lodging reimbursement. We will not be able to offer financial support for other attendees this year. Please reach out to scientificsummit@pancan.org if you have further questions.
HOTEL
Are discounted room rates available at the Hilton Boston Park Plaza for Scientific Summit attendees?
A limited number of king superior rooms have been set aside at our negotiated rate of $319+ tax during the Summit. This rate is available from Friday, Sept. 13 through Monday, Sept. 16. Please book directly with the hotel. Discounted rooms are first come, first served. Check-in time at the hotel is 3 p.m., check-out is 11 a.m. Please request early check-in or late check-out directly with the hotel.
NOTE: If you are a poster presenter or speaker at Summit, we will reserve a guestroom on your behalf for the night of Saturday, Sept. 14. No action is required on your part.
AIR TRAVEL
I will be flying to the Summit. Which airport is closest?
The Boston Logan Airport (BOS) is located about 5 miles from the hotel. Allow at least 20 minutes transfer time as traffic can be heavy.
PARKING
I am driving to the Summit. Is there parking at the Hilton Boston Park Plaza?
Valet parking is available at the hotel. The valet parking entrance is at 34 Columbus Avenue, Boston, MA 02116. Self-parking is available with LAZ Parking, 200 Stuart St., Boston, MA, 02116. Get more information or reserve your space in advance.
ATTIRE
What is the attire for the Summit?
The attire for the Reception and Summit is business/business casual. Layers are recommended as room temperatures can vary. As always, we encourage you to wear purple to show your support for the pancreatic cancer cause!
REGISTRATION
How can I confirm my Scientific Summit registration?
Online registrations are confirmed by e-mail immediately following submission. If you have questions about your registration, or need to make changes, please contact our team at scientificsummit@pancan.org.
FURTHER ASSISTANCE
I have additional questions. Whom can I contact?
Please contact our team at scientificsummit@pancan.org. We are happy to help and provide more information.
THANK YOU
We're looking forward to seeing you at PanCAN Scientific Summit 2022 on September 12 & 13 in Boston, MA
