On April 9, faculty, students, staff, and the public are invited to attend the Harper Cancer Research Institute’s seventh annual Cancer Research Day. This flagship event highlights cancer research at the University of Notre Dame as well as other local cancer organizations.
“For the past six years, the Harper Cancer Research Institute (HCRI) has been proud to offer this event and invite all those interested to learn about the state of cancer research and how the University of Notre Dame is contributing to the fight,” said M. Sharon Stack, Ann F. Dunne and Elizabeth Riley Director of the HCRI and Kleiderer-Pezold Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry. “We are grateful to have community organizations like Smoke Free St. Joe County, RiverBend Cancer Services, St. Joseph Health Systems, and others involved throughout the day.”
Throughout the event, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of activities to learn about research happening at the HCRI. In the morning, Notre Dame undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars, in addition to local high school students, will present their research during a poster session and answer visitor questions about their posters. Also, during this time, cancer survivors will tell their stories about their personal experience with cancer.
In the afternoon, keynote speaker Cynthia Reinhart-King, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering at Vanderbilt University, will present “The Mechanics of Metastatic Cell Migration.” Afterward, multiple awards, including the Dr. Michael Rodrigues Memorial Award, will be presented to researchers with a reception to follow.
All of these events, as well as a career panel, an ovarian cancer survivors meeting, and more will take place throughout the day. For a full list of the events, please visit https://harpercancer.nd.edu/news-events/events/seventh-annual-harper-cancer-research-day/.
Investigators in the HCRI are dedicated to conducting innovative and integrative research that confronts the complex challenges of cancer. From common malignancies to rare and recalcitrant cancers, researchers at Notre Dame and Indiana University School of Medicine-South Bend are united in multi-disciplinary teams with a common goal: to increase the survival of all patients diagnosed with cancer.
To learn more, visit harpercancer.nd.edu.
Contact:
Angela Cavalieri / External Relations and Special Events Program Coordinator
Harper Cancer Research Institute / University of Notre Dame
cavalieri.2@nd.edu / +1.574.631.4166
harpercancer.nd.edu / harpercancer@nd.edu
About Notre Dame Research:
The University of Notre Dame is a private research and teaching university inspired by its Catholic mission. Located in South Bend, Indiana, its researchers are advancing human understanding through research, scholarship, education, and creative endeavor in order to be a repository for knowledge and a powerful means for doing good in the world. For more information, please see research.nd.edu or @UNDResearch.
Originally published by at harpercancer.nd.edu on April 03, 2018.