ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ Research Events
Find information about future and past events hosted by our grants program, including conferences, webinars, and meet-and-greets.??
EDS Grant Opportunity Webinars ¨C Spring 2025
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ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ Regional Grant Opportunity Webinars
North Region
Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming
Presenters: Dr. Kathleen Goss and Dr. Nicole Lopanik
West Region
Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Guam
Presenters: Dr. Douglas Hurst and Dr. Santina Snow
South Region
Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah
Presenters: Dr. Douglas Hurst and Dr. Santina Snow
Southeast Region
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
Presenter: Dr. Joanne Elena
Northeast Region
Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington DC, West Virginia
Presenters: Dr. Douglas Hurst and Dr. Paul Campbell
Specific RFA and Grant Program Webinars
Cancer Health Equity Research Center (CHERCs) Grants
Presenter: Dr. Joanne Elena
CS Clinical Trials Technology Research Impact Awards (CTTRIA)
Presenter: Dr. Joanne Elena
Institutional Research Grants (IRG)
Thursday, March 20, 1-2 pm
Monday, March 24, 12:30-1:30 pm
Presenters: Dr. Kathleen Goss and Dr. Nicole Lopanik
ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ Insiders' Call: May 29, 2024
Introduction to New ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ Programs
Leigh Anne Hehr, ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ (ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ) Leadership Annual Giving Manager, moderates an Insiders' Call for select donors about 3 new ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ Programs.
EverYou ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ Wig Program (1:26)
Brooke Street
Online Support Programs Director
ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ PAWS: Pups Assisting with Support (16:05)
Maggie Rogers
Pediatric, Adolescent, & Young Adult Cancer Support Director
ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ CARES App: Community Access to Resources, Education, and Support (30:05)
Nicole Robertson, MPH
Community Navigation Director
Using ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ Resources (44:44)
Lainie Jones
6 Time Cancer Survivor and ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ Development Associate Director
Q & A (49:00)
Webinars 2023
Novel Biomarker to Improve Therapeutic Efficacy for Invasive Breast Cancers
Listen to this webinar from ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ-funded researcher Traci Lyons, PhD, from the University of Colorado in Denver. She¡¯s developing a biomarker to target a key gene in invasive breast cancer, which could lead to more effective treatments and better outcomes for breast cancer patients.
Introduction: Desiree Berenguer-Carton
Director, Integrated Regional Marketing
Traci Lyons, PhD?(03:16)
Co-Chair, Peer Review Committee for Metastasis and Microenvironment?
Q&A (27:50)
Discover the Future: Finding the Link Between Colorectal Cancer and Gut Health
Listen to this webinar as Caroline Um, PhD ¡ª principal scientist on the ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ¡¯s Population Science team ¡ª shares her work exploring how our microbiome relates to colorectal cancer. You¡¯ll also hear from female boxer and cancer survivor, Bridgett Riley, about how your support helps make a difference.
Introduction: Tiffany Jones
Director, Top Performer & Survivor Engagement
Caroline Um, PhD, MSPH, RD?(03:04)
Principal Scientist, Epidemiology Research?
Q&A (28:10)
Webinar & Mini Symposium 2022
Accelerating Breast Cancer Research Using Mouse Modeling and Bioengineering
Could the next breakthrough in fighting breast cancer lie within our own immune system? Listen to this exclusive webinar with ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ research grantees from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond to learn the latest on the exciting research your support helps make possible.
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Watch?researchers make "breast cancer on a chip" models (2:47)
Tour: See devices scientists use to analyze genes of mice and more. (10:12)
Pricilla Hwang, PhD,?Biomedical Engineering, 2-time ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ grantee and?Paula Bos, PhD,?Pathology, 4-time ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ?Grantee. (16:20)
Q&A (39:47)
?June 2022 Webinar
Translation of Cancer Research to Human Testing
Introduction to BrightEdge
The ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ impact venture capital fund
Farnez Bakhski, PhD,?ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ Director of Innovation
Facilitator
Anil Sood, MD?(3:05)?
ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ Clinical Research Professor?
Key Note
Ronald DePinho, MD?(6:18)?
ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ Research Professor?
ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ Mission Boost Grantee Speakers?
Darren Roblyer, PhD (45:43)
"Wearable Probe for Deep Tissue Imaging of Hemodynamics in Breast Tissue"
Joan Neuner, MD, MPH (1:16:26)
"Team-based Symptom Monitoring and Medication Management Intervention to Improve Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy Adherence"
May 2022 Mini Symposium
Webinars 2021
Eradicating Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells Using Nanotherapeutics
What if a drug could target breast cancer with little harm to healthy cells or the patient? Listen to this exclusive, live webinar to learn the latest on the exciting research your support helps make possible.
Athanasia Panopoulos, PhD?(5:16)
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame
Q&A (31:16)
November 2021 Webinar
Obesity and Cancer: Mapping New Mechanisms that Promote Tumor Formation
Does obesity put you at greater risk for cancer? Can it affect your body¡¯s ability to fight a tumor??
Alison Ringel, PhD?(4:16)
Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Marcia Haigis' Lab at Harvard Medical School in the Department of Cell Biology
Q&A?(31:16)
May 2021 Webinar
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Webinars 2020?
Genome Integrity, What It Is and Why It Matters in Cancer
Learn about genome integrity, studying the processes that sense damage to DNA and signal for it to be repaired so that bodies age in a healthy manner and prevent diseases, like cancer.?
Matthew Bochman, PhD?(5:05)
Bochman Lab?
Indiana University
Webinar May 2020
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Building Toward the Next Generation of Cancer Therapies
Learn about engineering cancer-fighting proteins, studying the link between the immune system and tumors, and more. Hear why now is such an exciting time in cancer research.?
Cancer & the Immune System (6:15)
Caitlin Castro, PhD, ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ Postdoctoral Fellow
Adams Lab, University of Chicago
Manipulating Metabolism to Fight Cancer?(21:56)
John Blazeck, PhD
Blazeck Lab, Georgia Institute of Technology?