Comis Symposium – Spring 2023
Robert L. Comis, MD Translational Science Symposium
I/O, I/O, Now Where Do We Go?
May 3, 2023
Chicago, IL
A highlight of the ECOG-ACRIN Group Meeting
This symposium is named for the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group’s late Group Co-Chair Robert L. Comis, MD (pictured at left). The potential of translational science to advance cancer diagnosis, prevention, and treatment was a guiding passion for Dr. Comis, and the symposium honors him in this way. Learn more about Dr. Comis here.
AGENDA
WELCOME
Peter J. O’Dwyer, MD and Mitchell D. Schnall, MD, PhD
ECOG-ACRIN Group Co-Chairs, University of Pennsylvania
PRESENTATIONS
Cancer Immune Monitoring and Analysis Centers (CIMACs): How They Can Support ECOG-ACRIN Investigators?
Ignacio I. Wistuba, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Director, ECOG-ACRIN Central Biorepository and Pathology Facility
Chair, ECOG-ACRIN Immunotherapeutics/CIMAC Subcommittee
Precision Immuno-Oncology, the Path to Personalized Assays and Therapies
Alexander C. Huang
University of Pennsylvania
Beyond PD1/PDL1: What Will It Take to Move the Needle?
Christine M. Lovly, MD, PhD
Vanderbilt University
ECOG-ACRIN Young Investigator of the Year for 2021
Guiding Cancer Immunotherapy with PET Imaging
Michael D. Farwell, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Imaging Chair, ECOG-ACRIN Melanoma Committee
Radiomics for Immuno-Ocologyt: Analysis of EA5163/INSIGNA Trial
Anant Madabhushi, PhD
Emory University
Tracing the Genomic Fingerprints of Tumor Evolution: Translational Genomics for Precision Immuno-Oncology
Valsamo (Elsa) Anagnostou, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
Chair, ECOG-ACRIN Data Science Committee
PANEL DISCUSSION - ALL SPEAKERS
MODERATOR: David A. Mankoff, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
C-Chair, ECOG-ACRIN Biomarker Steering Committee
DISCUSSANT: Heather A. Wakelee, MD
Stanford University
Member, ECOG-ACRIN Executive Committee and Task Force on Advancement for Women
ECOG-ACRIN Young Investigator of the Year for 2015
DISCUSSANT: Jedd D. Wolchok, MD, PhD
Weill Cornell Medicine
Chair, ECOG-ACRIN Melanoma Committee
SUMMATION
Jedd D. Wolchok, MD, PhD
Download the printed program to read speaker bios.
