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 6/1 | William Evans, PharmD | St. Jude: Past, Present, and Future |
| Tue 6/2 | Raul Ribeiro, MD | Pediatric Leukemia |
| Wed 6/3 | John Choi, MD, PhD | The Laboratory Diagnosis of Pediatric Leukemias |
| Thu 6/4 | Kathy Price, RN, MBA | Ethical Issues in Pediatric Research |
| Fri 6/5 | St. Jude panelists | St. Jude Career Paths |
| Mon 6/8 | Lee Schwartzberg, MD, FACP, Medical Director, West Cancer Center | Adult Oncology |
| Tue 6/9 | Charles Rock, PhD | Responsible Conduct of Research |
| Wed 6/10 | William Greene, PharmD | Chemotherapy in Pediatric Oncology |
| Thu 6/11 | Alberto Pappo, MD | Pediatric Body Tumors |
| Fri 6/12 | POEs attend the Danny Thomas Lecture | |
| Mon 6/15 | Gerard Zambetti, PhD | The p53 Tumor Suppressor Signaling Pathway and Cancer |
| Tue 6/16 | Charles Mullighan, MBBS(Hons), MSc, MD | The Genetics of Leukemia |
| Wed 6/17 | Brent Orr, MD, PhD | The Role of the Surgical Pathologist in Pediatric Cancer Diagnosis |
| Thu 6/18 | Beth McCarville, MD | Diagnostic Imaging in Pediatric Oncology |
| Fri 6/19 | Frederick Boop, MD | Pediatric Brain and Spine (CNS) Tumor Surgery |
| Mon 6/22 | Andrew Davidoff, MD |
Surgical Oncology |
| Tue 6/23 | Jamie Flerlage, MD, MS | Pediatric Lymphomas |
| Wed 6/24 | St. Jude panelists | St. Jude Career Paths |
| Thu 6/25 | Matthew Ehrhardt, MD, MS | Late Effects in Childhood Cancer Survivors: The Cost of Cure |
| Fri 6/26 | Stephen White, DPhil | The St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences |
| Mon 6/29 | Christopher Tinkle, MD, PhD | Radiation Therapy in Pediatric Oncology |
| Tue 6/30 | University of Tennessee Health Science Center | Campus tour & lunch with UTHSC students and deans |
| Wed 7/1 | Michael Dyer, PhD | Retinoblastoma: Bridging Developmental Neurobiology and Cancer Genetics |
| Thu 7/2 | Lisa Jacola, PhD, and Victoria Willard, PhD | Psychology and Neuropsychology in Pediatric Oncology |
| Fri 7/3 | St. Jude Holiday | |
| Mon 7/6 | Doralina Anghelescu, MD | Anesthesia and Pain Management in Pediatric Oncology |
| Tue 7/7 | Kim Nichols, MD |
Cancer Predisposition |
| Wed 7/8 | Paulina Velasquez, MD | Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy |
| Thu 7/9 | Suzanne Baker, PhD | Epigenetics and pediatric cancer; from genomics to drug discovery |
| Fri 7/10 | Justin Baker, MD | Integrating Palliative Care into Pediatric Oncology Practice |
| Mon 7/13 | Hana Hakim, MD |
Infectious Diseases and Pediatric Oncology |
| Tue 7/14 | Paul Thomas, PhD and Ben Youngblood, PhD | Immunotherapy in the treatment of pediatric cancer |
| Wed 7/15 | Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, MD |
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Worldwide: the St. Jude Contribution |
| Thu 7/16 | Jeremie Estepp, MD | Sickle Cell Disease |
| Fri 7/17 | Douglas Green, PhD | Macrophages, phagocytosis, and autophagy in anti-cancer immunity: A work in progress |
| Mon 7/20 | Charles Russell, PhD |
Viral and host factors that create the perfect storm: deadly influenza infection |
| Tue 7/21 | Elaine Tuomanen, MD |
What biology goes into developing a vaccine? |
| Wed 7/22 | POE project reports | |
| Thu 7/23 | POE project reports | |
| Fri 7/24 | POE project reports | |
| Mon 7/27 | POE project reports | |
| Tue 7/28 | POE project reports | |
| Wed 7/29 | POE project reports | |
| Thu 7/30 | POE project reports | |
| Fri 7/31 | POE project reports | |
| Mon 8/3 | POE project reports | |
| Tue 8/4 | POE project reports | |
| Wed 8/5 | POE project reports | |
| Thu 8/6 | POE project reports | |
| Fri 8/7 | POE project reports | |
| Mon 8/10 | POE project reports | |
| Tue 8/11 | POE project reports | |
| Wed 8/12 | POEs attend State of St.. Jude | |
| Thu 8/13 | POE project reports | |
| Fri 8/14 | POE project reports |