Annual Retreat

Keynote Speaker:

Ross L. Levine, MD

"Deciphering and Targeting Clonal Evolution in Myeloid Transformation"

Ross Levine is the Senior Vice President, Translational Research, Memorial Hospital at Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK). He is also an Attending Physician on the Leukemia Service, Department of Medicine, the Laurence Joseph Dineen Chair in Leukemia Research and a Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Levine earned his A.B. from Harvard College and a M.D. from Johns Hopkins. Dr. Levine served as a Resident in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and as a Hematology-Oncology Fellow at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. His laboratory focuses on elucidating the genetic basis of myeloid malignancies, and using this knowledge to improve outcomes for patients with these disorders. Moreover, as a physician scientist, his laboratory has a specific interest in translating this knowledge back to the clinic and in participating in the preclinical and clinical evaluation of targeted therapies for leukemia patients. He has been honored with the Dameshek Prize from the American Society of Hematology, the Boyer Award for Clinical Investigation from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and a NCI Outstanding Investigator R35 Award.

Organized by:

Rutgers Cancer Institute
and
The New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research

Location:

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
675 Hoes Lane West
Piscataway, NJ 08854

Registration for the Retreat is closed.

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Background

Each year, Rutgers Cancer Institute and the New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research (NJCCR) host the Annual Retreat on Cancer Research in New Jersey, a gathering of world-renowned scientists from the cancer field. The event includes a series of simultaneous mini-symposia as well as several poster sessions highlighting the latest cancer research being conducted at the Cancer Institute and other leading institutions throughout New Jersey. There is no cost to attend the Annual Retreat on Cancer Research in New Jersey, but registration is a must.

For additional information contact education@cinj.rutgers.edu.