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61st Annual Symposium on Cancer Research, "Systems Biology of Cancer"

What Meeting
When 2008-10-30 08:00 to
2008-11-01 17:00
Where The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Contact Name Gordon Mills, MD PhD: Julie Villarreal, assistant
Contact Email javillar@mdanderson.org
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The 61st Annual Symposium will bring together internationally-recognized scientists from academia, industry, regulatory agencies, and patient advocates to describe and discuss state-of-the art information about how systems biology is transforming cancer research, to M. D. Anderson. Dr. Lydia Kavraki (Rice University) will present the keynote address. In addition, Dr. Bernhard O. Palsson (University of California, San Diego) will receive the Ernst W. Bertner Memorial Award and Dr. Joseph Nevins (Duke University) will receive the Heath Memorial Award. There will also be a poster session for participants to present their research findings, and a Meet the Experts Luncheon for trainees. The symposium begins Thursday morning and will end Saturday at noon.

Goal
The goal of this symposium is to bring together investigators who are well acquainted with the realities of applying new strategies in the clinical setting with basic researchers involved in the most recent advances in understanding systems biology of cancer.

Educational Objectives
After attending the symposium, participants should be able to

  • Have a broad view of bioinformatics with supporting data and applications in systems biology of cancer;
  • Discuss the advances in model organisms, computational biology
    and signaling;
  • Identify opportunities for cross disciplinary funding and training in systems biology of cancer.

Target Audience
This symposium is directed towards scientists, scientists-in-training, physicians, physicians-in-training, students, and fellows interested in integrating large molecular data sets to generate information relevant to understanding the mechanism of cancer growth and ultimately diagnosing and treating it.

Educational Methods

  • Lectures
  • Question-and-Answer Sessions
  • Panel Discussions
  • Posters

Evaluation
A course evaluation form will provide participants with the opportunity to comment on the value of the program content to their practice decisions, performance improvement activities, or possible impact on patient health status. Participants will also have the opportunity to comment on any perceived commercial bias in the presentations as well as to identify future educational topics.

Accreditation
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 16.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CME Certificates and Attendance Verification Certificates
Certificates awarding AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM or certificates documenting attendance will be distributed to participants when an individual departs the conference. To obtain a CME certificate, physicians must submit a completed evaluation questionnaire and a CME Verification Form.

Upon request, a record of attendance (certificate) will be provided on-site to other health care professionals for requesting credits in accordance with state nursing boards, specialty societies, or other professional associations.
 

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