2025 Cancer Research Center Symposium Schedule
Schedule of Events
All events are in 4 Riverside Circle, Room G101 A/B, unless otherwise noted.
9 a.m. Welcome - Jenny Munson and Mike Friedlander
9:20 a.m. Opening Keynote - Lisa Ward, president and co-founder, Tough2gether Foundation
10:15 a.m. Coffee Break and Facilities Tours (optional)
Session 1: Personalized and Population Medicine
10:45 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. Speakers
12:20 - 1:20 p.m. Lunch
1:25 - 1:55 p.m. a.m. Graduate and Undergraduate Student Discussions: Grant Planning - in Room 1101, 4 Riverside Circle
Session 2: Cell and Immunotherapy
2 - 3:30 p.m. Speakers
3:30 - 4 p.m. Coffee Break
4 - 4:50 p.m. Lightning Talks
4:55 - 5:20 p.m. First Day Closing Remarks, Jenny Munson and Chris Hourigan
5:30 - 7 p.m. Dinner in Riverside 4 Atrium
Session 3: Focused Ultrasound
8:30-8:55 a.m. Introduction with Chris Hourigan and Jenny Munson
9 - 10:10 a.m. Speakers
10:10 - 10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
Session 4: Cancer Biology and Signaling
10:30 - 11:40 a.m. Speakers
11:40 a.m. - 12:40 p.m. Boxed Lunch Lobby Brainstorming Sessions / Breakouts: Program, Project or Grant
12:45 - 1:40 p.m. Closing Keynote and Q&A: Shannon Armbruster, M.D. MPH, Gynecologic Oncologist, Carilion Clinic
1:45 - 2 p.m. Closing Remarks, Jenny Munson