Presenter Steven Chewning, MDiv, BCC, provides emotional and spiritual support to patients, families, and staff at the N.C. Cancer Hospital as the oncology chaplain. The Palliative Care and Comprehensive Cancer Support Programs (CCSP) co-organize weekly presentations on the care of seriously ill patients and their families, including individuals living with cancer, relevant to interdisciplinary clinicians. Individual … Read more

Antonio T. Baines, PhD, will focus on some of the basic concepts and characteristics that define cancer and discuss why it is such a devastating problem for our society. Also, this presentation will cover why it seems to negatively plaque minority communities the most.

The research of Kristina De Paris, PhD, focuses on host-pathogen interactions in HIV infection, with the long-term goal of preventing HIV transmission from mothers to infants during breastfeeding. Her lab is also working to better understand how molecular mechanisms of immune signaling differ between human infants and adults and how these responses mature during the … Read more