Speakers:
Keynote speakers are:
Dr. Michael M. Gottesman: Chief, Laboratory of Cell Biology and Deputy Director for Intramural Research, NCI, NIH
Dr. Barbara K. Felber: Senior Investigator at Vaccine Branch and Head, Human Retrovirus Pathogenesis Section, NCI, NIH
Dr. J. Carl Barrett: Vice President at AstraZeneca, Oncology Translational Sciences, Founding Director of CCR.
Dr. Alexandra C. Newton: Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology at the University of California, San Diego
Cancer survivor speaker:
Dr. Marty Tenenbaum: Founder and chairman of CancerCommons.org and xCures Inc.
The 2021 CCR FYI Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow keynote talk speaker:
Dr. Sachi Horibata: Post-doctoral Research fellow, Laboratory of Cell Biology, NCI, NIH.
Directors Address:
Dr. Ned Sharpless, M.D.: Director of NCI.
Dr. Glenn Merlino, Ph.D.: CCR Basic Science Director, NCI, NIH.
Dr. William Dahut, M.D: CCR Clinical Director, NCI, NIH.
Dr. Tom Misteli, Ph.D., Director of CCR, NCI, NIH.
Workshops and host speakers:
Management Techniques: Shannon Bell, MSW, Director of the NCI Office of Workforce Planning and Development
Virtual Interview Techniques & Interview Skills: Scott Morgan, M.A., Senior Associate, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Networking and Scientific Communication: Phil Ryan, Ph.D., Deputy Director of Graduate Programs and Student Services, NIH Office of Intramural Training & Education
Panels and panelists:
Academia
Kirill Afonin, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, UNC-Charlotte
Emma Benn, DrPH, Associate Professor, Center for Biostatistics and Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Alexandra Newton, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology, UC-San Diego
Regina Nuzzo, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Science, Technology & Mathematics, Gallaudet University
Non-Profit Organizations (ACS, AACR, etc.)
Lynn Marquis, B.A., Director at the Coalition for the Life Sciences
Laurel Oldach, Ph.D., Scientific Communicator at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Erin Rosenbaugh, Ph.D., P.M.P., Associate Scientific Project Manager for Neuroscience at the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health
Richard Turman, M.P.P., President at ACT for NIH
Drug Development and Industry
Carl Barrett, Ph.D., Vice President & Global Head of Translational Medicine, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca
Scott Martin, Ph.D., Director, Functional Genomics & Principal Scientific Manager, Department of Discovery Oncology, Genentech
Nicole Schiavone, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Pfizer
Matthew Meyer, Ph.D., Senior Director and Head, Discovery Pharmacology, and In Vivo Biology, Bristol-Myers Squibb