Cancer Center grand opening events, week of 2/20/2012

By ajz6@dhe.duke.edu
This week, the Duke Cancer Center gets a grand opening. Learn more about the construction of the building at construction.dukemedicine.org, and watch a video message from William J. Fulkerson, Jr., MD, executive vice president of DUHS.

Mon., Feb. 20 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. lobby of the Duke Cancer Center Dedication and Blessing of the Hands for Duke Cancer Institute faculty and cancer service-related staff Brief program at 5:00 p.m., and guided tours and refreshments

Tues., Feb. 21 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. lobby of the Duke Cancer Center Open House for Duke University and Duke Medicine faculty, staff, and students Remarks at 5:00 p.m., and guided tours and refreshments

Wed., Feb. 22 12 noon to 3:00 p.m. lobby of the Duke Cancer Center Open House for patients, survivors, family members, members of the community, and other special guests Brief program at 1:00 p.m., guided tours and refreshments, and cooking demonstrations, hand massages, and educational displays

Wed., Feb. 22 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Searle Center, Seeley G. Mudd Building Scientific Symposium: Duke Cancer Institute – Contemporary Discoveries and Future Promise Featured Speakers from the Duke Cancer Institute:
  • Sally Kornbluth, PhD; Vice Dean for Basic Science, School of Medicine, and James B. Duke Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Inhibition of Apoptosis and Resistance to Chemotherapy
  • David Kirsch, MD, PhD; Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Consequences of Blocking the Tumor Suppressor p53 During Cancer Therapy in Mice
  • Kimberly Blackwell, MD; Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, HER2 Targeted Agents in Breast Cancer: Are We Close to Developing Drugs Better than Trastuzumab?
  • Lee Jones, PhD; Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Exercise Therapy at the Intersection of Cardiovascular and Tumor Outcomes Following a Cancer Diagnosis
4:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Reception

5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Chancellor’s Lecture: Overcoming Cancer Drug Resistance Charles L. Sawyers, MD Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award Winner Chair, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan~Kettering Cancer Center

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