The POE core lecture series will be at noon in Barry Auditorium in the Barry-Longinotti (St. Jude North) building, unless otherwise noted. Lunch will be available for POE students at 11:30 in the hallway outside Barry. The POE Lunch & Learn series is required for all POE students. Many report that this series is the highlight of their time at St. Jude.
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 6/3 | John Zacher, Biomedical Communications | St. Jude: Past, Present, and Future |
| Tue 6/4 | Raul Ribeiro, MD | Pediatric Leukemia |
| Wed 6/5 | John Choi, MD, PhD | The Laboratory Diagnosis of Pediatric Leukemias |
| Thu 6/6 | Kathy Price, RN, MBA | Ethical Issues in Pediatric Research |
| Fri 6/7 | St. Jude panelists | St. Jude Career Paths |
| Mon 6/10 | Gerard Zambetti, PhD | The p53 Tumor Suppressor Signaling Pathway and Cancer |
| Tue 6/11 | William Greene, PharmD | Chemotherapy in Pediatric Oncology |
| Wed 6/12 | Charles Rock, PhD | Responsible Conduct of Research |
| Thu 6/13 | Stephen White, DPhil | The St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences |
| Fri 6/14 | Charles Mullighan, MBBS(Hons), MSc, MD | The Genetics of Leukemia |
| Mon 6/17 | Alberto Pappo, MD | Pediatric Body Tumors |
| Tue 6/18 | Michael Dyer, PhD | Retinoblastoma: Bridging Developmental Neurobiology and Cancer Genetics |
| Wed 6/19 | Frederick Boop, MD | Pediatric Brain and Spine (CNS) Tumor Surgery |
| Thu 6/20 | Brent Orr, MD, PhD | The Role of the Surgical Pathologist in Pediatric Cancer Diagnosis |
| Fri 6/21 | POEs attend the Danny Thomas Lecture | |
| Mon 6/24 | Andrew Davidoff, MD |
Surgical Oncology |
| Tue 6/25 | Suzanne Baker, PhD | Oncogenic Histones: Connecting Epigenetics and Cancer in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma |
| Wed 6/26 | Christopher Tinkle, MD, PhD | Radiation Therapy in Pediatric Oncology |
| Thu 6/27 | St. Jude panelists | St. Jude Career Paths |
| Fri 6/28 | St. Jude panelists | St. Jude Career Paths |
| Mon 7/1 | Jamie Flerlage, MD, MS | Pediatric Lymphomas |
| Tue 7/2 | University of Tennessee Health Science Center | Campus tour & lunch with UTHSC students and deans |
| Wed 7/3 | Charles J. Russell, PhD | Viral and host factors that create the perfect storm: deadly influenza infection |
| Mon 7/8 | Elaine Tuomanen, MD | What biology goes into developing a vaccine? |
| Tue 7/9 | Doralina Anghelescu, MD | Anesthesia and Pain Management in Pediatric Oncology |
| Wed 7/10 | Matthew Ehrhardt, MD, MS | Late Effects in Childhood Cancer Survivors: The Cost of Cure |
| Thu 7/11 | Hana Hakim, MD | Infectious Diseases and Pediatric Oncology |
| Fri 7/12 | Jeremie Estepp, MD | Sickle Cell Disease |
| Mon 7/15 | Kim Nichols, MD | Cancer Predisposition |
| Tue 7/16 | Justin Baker, MD | Integrating Palliative Care into Pediatric Oncology Practice |
| Wed 7/17 | Paulina Velasquez, MD | Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy |
| Thu 7/18 | Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, MD | Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Worldwide: the St. Jude Contribution |
| Fri 7/19 | Lee Schwartzberg, MD, FACP, Medical Director, West Cancer Center | Adult Oncology |
| Mon 7/22 | William Evans, PharmD | A Cancer Research Career |
| Tue 7/23 | Douglas Green, PhD | Macrophages, phagocytosis, and autophagy in anti-cancer immunity: A work in progress |
| Wed 7/24 | Paul Thomas, PhD and Ben Youngblood, PhD | Immunotherapy in the treatment of pediatric cancer |
| Thu 7/25 | POE project reports | Gehring, Martinez |
| Fri 7/26 | POE project reports | Ehrlich, Gillespie, Palumbo |
| Mon 7/29 | POE project reports | Faraone, Gomez Martinez, Heyn |
| Tue 7/30 | POE project reports | Avula, Hartney, Risch |
| Wed 7/31 | POE project reports | Allain, Gillipelli, Medearis |
| Thu 8/1 | POE project reports | Christian, Velrajan |
| Fri 8/2 | POE project reports | Achiko, Brenner, Kennedy |
| Mon 8/5 | POE project reports | Chen, Haggard, Jones, Sullivan, Wing |
| Tue 8/6 | POE project reports | Cregan, Halford, Quintanar-Alfaro, Sadik |
| Wed 8/7 | POE project reports | Bisbee, Halada, Perez, Rong, Rose |
| Thu 8/8 | POE project reports | Beyer, Gungor, Meeks, Myung Miller, Parrish |
| Fri 8/9 | POE project reports | Choy, LeVine, Ross, Simpson |
| Mon 8/12 | POE project reports | Open Date |
| Tue 8/13 | POE project reports | Cho, Grego |
| Wed 8/14 | POEs attend State of St. Jude | |
| Thu 8/15 | POE project reports | Coggins, Rivera Rodriguez |
| Fri 8/16 | POE project reports | Sha, Wheibe, Williams |