The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will host its annual meeting in San Diego, April 17-22.
More than a dozen UNC Lineberger and UNC faculty and trainees will present findings, chair sessions, lead session discussions and share their perspectives in topical forums and education sessions during the meeting, which typically attracts more than 20,000 attendees globally.
The meeting’s theme, “Precision, Partnership, Purpose: Advancing Cancer Science to Save Lives Globally,” reflects AACR’s focus on advancing cancer research from the bench to the clinic and back to the bench. More than 7,000 abstracts will be presented in person and digitally.
You can follow the schedule for UNC faculty and trainee presentations on UNC Lineberger social media channels: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and X.
Information about speakers for each day of the conference is on the AACR Annual Meeting App, and the full AACR Annual Meeting Schedule is available online.
UNC at the AACR Annual Meeting
UNC representatives are scheduled to present on the following days:
Sunday, April 19
Presenter: Humeyra Kaanoglu, PhD candidate
- Topic: Novel Antitumor Agents 1
Presenter: Alexander Lobanov, BS
- Topic: Application of Bioinformatics to Cancer 1
Panelist: Patricia Spears, BS, FASCO
- Topic: Researcher Town Hall – Navigating Policy Challenges and Securing Funding
Monday, April 20
Presenter: Channing J. Der, PhD
- Topic: Combination Therapies to Enhance RAS Inhibitor Efficacy: Thinking Outside the Box
Presenter: Brent Hanks, MD, PhD
- Topic: Microenvironmental Determinants of Therapy Response and Resistance
Presenter: Rachel Hirschey, PhD, RN, FAAN
- Topic: Late Breaking Research – Prevention, Early Detection, and Interception
Presenter: Amanda Linke
- Topic: Metabolic Regulation in Breast and Gynecologic Cancers
Presenter: Ryan Mouery, PhD
- Topic: Late Breaking Research – Experimental and Molecular Therapeutics 2
Presenter: Sarah Peterson
- Topic: Application of Bioinformatics to Cancer Biology 3
Presenter: Attila Szenasi, MD, PhD
- Topic: M6A Mediated Control of Kinase Reprogramming in Endocrine Therapy-Resistant Breast Cancer
Tuesday, April 21
Presenter: Wen-Hsuan Chang, PhD
- Topic: KRAS-Targeted Therapies – Overcoming Resistance and Novel Combinations
Presenter: Dirk Dittmer, PhD
- Topic: In Vivo Models 2 – Genetically Engineered Mouse Models, PDXs, Syngeneic Models
Presenter: Brent Hanks, MD, PhD
- Topic: Tumor – Immune Crosstalk
Presenter: Patricia Spears, BS, FASCO
- Topic: Science and Health Policy 2
- Topic: Advancing Cancer Research Through Patient and Community Partnerships
Wednesday, April 22
Presenter: Kate Gessner, MD, PhD
- Topic: Microenvironmental Determinants of Therapy Response and Resistance 2
Presenter: Kanisha Kar, PhD
- Topic: Preclinical Modeling of Plasmacytoid Urothelial Carcinoma to Study Cancer Mechanisms and Therapeutic Response
Presenter: Dina O’Connell, BS
- Topic: Genomic Analysis of Microenvironment Composition by Breast Cancer Molecular Subtype Using an Integrated Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Cohort
Presenter: Maria C. White, PhD, MS
- Topic: Overcoming Microenvironmental and Deliver Barriers in Cancer Therapy