2025 Cancer Research Center Symposium
2025 CANCER RESEARCH CENTER SYMPOSIUM
June 11-12, 2025
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
4 Riverside Circle, Roanoke VA
Sparking Collaborations, Accelerating Progress
The Cancer Research Center Symposium, hosted by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute's Cancer Research Centers in Roanoke and Washington, D.C., aims to bring to gether investigators, clinicians, trainees, and students to share ideas and foster new partnerships in cancer research, including personalized and population medicine, cell and immunotherapy, focused ultrasound, and cancer biology and signalling.
Lisa Ward
"The Path of Cancer Survivorship: No Longer the Road Less Traveled"
President and Co-founder
Tougher2gether Foundation
Shannon Armbruster, M.D., MPH
Gynecologic Oncologist
Carilion Clinic
Christopher Hourigan, DM, DPhil, FRCP
Professor
Director, Cancer Research Center — D.C.
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
Jennifer Munson, Ph.D.
Professor
Director, Cancer Research Center — Roanoke
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
DaeYong Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
Cheng-Chia "Fred" Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
Shelby Yancey
Research Center Coordinator
Cancer Research Center — Roanoke
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
Nicole DeFoor
Graduate Student
Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health
Munson Lab
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
Katherine Degen, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Munson Lab
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC