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Events

Unless otherwise notes, all seminars take place at 12:00 p.m. in Bio-Pharm Complex Room 170

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Tuesday, February 5 

Ronald McGarry, MD
The problem of Lung Cancer: One Death Every Three Minutes

Samantha Meenach, PhD
Development of PEGylated Phospholipid Dry Powder Particles Containing Paclitaxel for the Treatment of Lung Cancer

Tuesday, February 26

Susanne Arnold, MD
Overview of lung cancer stages and therapy

Matthew Dickerson, PhD
Delivery of photodynamic ruthenium chemotherapeutics using cross-linked polymeric nanoassemblies

Tuesday, March 26         

B. Mark Evers, MD
Treatment of colorectal cancer metastasis

Robert Wydra, PhD candidate in Chemical & Materials Engineering
Targeted magnetic nanoparticles for the intracellular hyperthermia treatment of colorectal cancer metastasis

Monday, April 15
Markey Cancer Center Research Day
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Singletary Center for the Arts
http://www.ukhealthcare.uky.edu/markey/events/cancer-research-day/

Tuesday, April 23

John Villano, MD, PhD
Clinical concerns for brain tumor imaging

Mo Dan, PhD candidate in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Enhanced brain tumor accumulation and magnetic resonance imaging using superparamagnetic iron oxide-loaded cross-linked nanoassemblies

Tuesday, May 21

Heidi Weiss, PhD
Director, Markey Cancer Center Biostatistics Shared Resource Facility

Kyle Fugit, PhD candidate in Pharmaceutical Sciences