Clinical and Translational Research Symposium
Environmental Cancers: Risk Factors, Mechanisms and Therapies
Friday, November 6, 2009
Grand Maple Ballroom
Dudley H. Davis Center
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT
Please join the Vermont Cancer Center, at the University of Vermont (UVM) and Fletcher Allen Health Care, in collaboration with Dartmouth Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center for a free day-long research symposium featuring presentations focused on clinical and translational research at the Vermont Cancer Center, Norris Cotton Cancer Center and other cancer research institutions with particular emphasis on lung cancer/mesothelioma in the morning program and skin cancers/melanoma in the afternoon program. This conference is designed to encourage the collaborations and development of effective processes to foster clinical and translational research pipelines.
Registration
Registration is free, but required by October 30, 2009. To register, click here or call 802/656-4414. Lunch will be provided.
Agenda & Speakers
Please click here for agenda and speaker information.
Special Symposium Presentation
J. Walter Juckett Distinguished Lecture
Cancer Complexity: Insights from Systems Approaches to the Genetics of Cancer Susceptibility
Allan Balmain, Ph.D., F.R.S.E.
Barbara Bass Bakar Distinguished Professor in Cancer Genetics
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Cancer Research Institute
2:10 - 2:55 pm
Grand Maple Ballroom
Dudley H. Davis Center
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT
Please click here for more information.
Made possible with support from the Lake Champlain Cancer Research Organization.
Poster Session
Participants are encouraged to present posters on any area of cancer-related research, not only those relating to the topics of this symposium. Posters may have been presented elsewhere. All are encouraged to enter and a $125 award will be given in each of two separate categories: (1) Pre-doc/Post-doc or (2) Faculty/Staff. Please submit your poster abstract no later than October 23. Space is limited. Abstracts must include title, author(s), affiliate and funding organizations, and a description of the research.
Please click here (.PDF) for poster abstract instructions & guidelines.
Click here (.PDF) to view a poster abstract example.
To submit a poster abstract, please click here to be directed to the online submission form.
Hotel Room Block & Shuttle Information
A group rate has been arranged at the Sheraton Burlington Hotel for $98 per night plus tax for the event. The group rate is available until October 28 and is subject to availability. Please make your reservations as soon as possible. To make reservations online, click here. To make reservations by phone, call 1-800-325-3535 and ask for the "VCC Research Symposium" block.
The Sheraton Hotel offers a complimentary shuttle service between the airport and hotel. Shuttle service will also be available to conference attendees on Friday, November 6 from 8:00 ?€“ 9:00 am and 4:30 ?€“ 5:30 pm between the hotel and Dudley H. Davis Center on UVM campus.
Symposium Location
The symposium will be located in the Grand Maple Ballroom on the 4th floor of the Dudley H. Davis Center on the University of Vermont campus. Please click here for floor plan. Please click here (.PDF) for campus map.
Parking and Directions
Parking
If you do not have a valid Fletcher Allen Health Care or UVM parking pass and plan to drive to this event, please call or email Kelly O'Malley at 802-656-2176 or kelly.omalley@uvm.edu for parking information. Parking will be available in the Fletcher Allen Health Care underground parking garage.
Directions to the Dudley H. Davis Student Center
Due to campus constructions, directions may change. Please check back for updates closer to the event or contact Kelly O'Malley at 802-656-2176 or kelly.omalley@uvm.edu
From I-89: Take Exit 14 W into Burlington. Head west on Williston Road (US-2). Just past the Sheraton, veer right onto East Avenue and follow signs to the hospital by turning left onto Carrigan Drive. Stay straight through the next light (intersection with Beaumont Drive) and take an immediate left into a parking lot. Continue through the parking lot until you reach the Davis Center Oval directly in front of you. Parking is not available on campus. Please park in the Fletcher Allen Health Care underground parking garage off Beaumont Drive.
From Route 7 North: Follow Shelburne Road/Route 7 into Burlington. At rotary, bear right onto South Willard Street/Route 7. Travel less than one mile to the intersection with Main Street (US-2); turn right onto Main Street. Head uphill past the University Green until you reach Spear Street on your right; turn right onto Spear Street. Take an immediate left around the jughandle and continue straight through the light onto East Avenue. Follow signs to the hospital and turn left onto Carrigan Drive. Stay straight through the next light (intersection with Beaumont Drive) and take an immediate left into a parking lot. Continue through the parking lot until you reach the Davis Center Oval directly in front of you. Parking is not available on campus. Please park in the Fletcher Allen Health Care underground parking garage off Beaumont Drive.
Support
Presented by Vermont Cancer Center
With Support from Lake Champlain Cancer Research Organization
In Collaboration with Dartmouth Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center
