Research Forum

Join us quarterly as we present relevant topic areas in clinical and translational research. We will cover issues and solutions to obstacles in conducting clinical and translational research to enhance your knowledge. The topic areas we present are designed to:

• Help your career in clinical and translational research
• Acquire skills in conducting successful research studies
• Get connected with scientists who share a commitment to translational research, and
• Gain knowledge that directly supports your research and expands your collaboration.

If you have a clinical or translational research question, let us know and we will try to address during the upcoming events. Please submit questions and topic requests to:

Committee Co-Chairs:

Dr. Meghana Trivedi: mtrivedi@central.uh.edu

Dr. Gokul Das: Gokul.Das@RoswellPark.org

Dr. Dhyan Chandra:Dhyan.Chandra@RoswellPark.org

Selection of speakers:

Invite accomplished professionals and ask them to speak on topic of their choice and have them devote few minutes to touch upon life lessons and experiences in the context of how they overcame failures and roadblocks on their path to success. This approach may help us to recruit more speakers and could also attract more people to listen in.

Speakers would not have to be AAISCR members. They could be, for example, Head of Therapeutic Oncology Division/Department, Vice President of Global Regulatory Strategy and Policy from biopharmaceutical companies and academic researchers including basic and translational researchers and clinical trialists. Speakers would not have to be AAISCR members.

Logistics:

• Frequency: Quarterly, 3 seminars per year
• Day/time:Second Friday of the month at 1:00pm EST
• Seminar Type: Virtual via Zoom; PowerPoint presentation
• Duration: 1 hour with Q&A (45 minutes talk+15 minutes Q&A)
• Audience: AAISCR Scientists

Announcement:

Via e-mail to AAISCR members, registration is free but required to receive the unique Zoom link to join the forum

Speakers:

September 29, 2021: Sujay Singh, Ph.D., Founder, President and CEO, Abgenex Pvt. Ltd., India; President & CEO, Imgenex Pvt. Ltd., India.

Topic:Academia-Industry Symbiosis for Translational Research

February 11, 2021: E. Premkumar Reddy, Ph.D., Professor, Oncological Sciences, Professor, Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY

Topic: How to translate lab findings into clinical studies/trials?

June 10, 2022: Rakesh Jain, Ph.D., A. W. Cook Professor of Radiation Oncology (Tumor Biology)
Director, E.L. Steele Laboratories, Department of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts GeneralHospital, MA

Topic: Normalizing the Tumor Microenvironment to Improve Cancer Treatment: Bench to Bedside