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\"UConnSeminar Series<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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Featuring Leading Researchers From Across The Country Presenting Cutting-Edge Findings In Molecular Oncology And Cancer Biology.<\/p>\n

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Join the Announcement List<\/span><\/h2>\n

Want to be notified about upcoming seminars? Email us to be added to our announcement list and never miss a talk.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Contact Us<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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21 Seminars Listed \u2014 1 Upcoming \u2014 20 Past<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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2026 Seminar Schedule<\/h2>\n
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November<\/span>
\n16<\/span>
\n2026<\/span><\/div>\n
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Title<\/p>\n

TBD<\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Mukesh K. Jain, M.D. – Brown University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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May<\/span>
\n6<\/span>
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Title<\/p>\n

TBD<\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Weizhou Zhang, Ph.D. \u2014 University of Florida<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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April<\/span>
\n29<\/span>
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Title<\/p>\n

Towards Curing Multiple Myeloma<\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Saad Z. Usmani, M.D., MBA, FACP, FASCO \u2014 Memorial Sloan Kettering<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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April<\/span>
\n8<\/span>
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Title<\/p>\n

TBD<\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Andrew Liss, Ph.D. \u2014 Massachusetts General Hospital<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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January<\/span>
\n21<\/span>
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Title<\/p>\n

Concepts driving therapeutic development in osteosarcoma<\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Richard Gorlick, M.D. \u2014 University of Texas<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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2025 Seminar Schedule<\/h2>\n
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December<\/span>
\n17<\/span>
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Title<\/p>\n

Deconstruction benign-to-malignant transition in the colon<\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Peter Westcott, Ph.D. \u2014 Cold Spring Harbor, NY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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November<\/span>
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Title<\/p>\n

Gut microbial metabolites to overcome CRC chemoresistance and enhance gut barrier function<\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Venkatakrishna Rao Jala, Ph.D. \u2014 University of Louisville<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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November<\/span>
\n17<\/span>
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Bones and Blood: My Journey As A Physician – Scientist<\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Joy Y. Wu, M.D., Ph.D. – Stanford University, School of Medicine<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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October<\/span>
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Genetic and Epigenetic Contributors to Early-onset Colorectal Cancer<\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Megan P. Hitchins, Ph.D. \u2014 Moffitt Cancer Center, FL<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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February<\/span>
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Small Molecules, Big Data: Illuminating the “Dark Matter” of Metabolomics<\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Alexander Aksenov, Ph.D. \u2014 University of Connecticut, Storrs<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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November<\/span>
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A Peculiar Path To Public Health<\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Dr. Scott Rivkees – Brown University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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March<\/span>
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\n2022<\/span><\/div>\n
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Title<\/p>\n

Multi-variable equations, dominos (not the pizza), and boats: <\/strong>some thoughts about science and academic medicine<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Alvin C. Powers, M.D. – Vanderbilt Diabetes Center<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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March<\/span>
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\n2021<\/span><\/div>\n
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From reading the genome for risk, to rewriting it <\/strong>for cardiovascular health<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Sekar Kathiresan, M.D. – CEO of Verve Therapeutics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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april<\/span>
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\n2019<\/span><\/div>\n
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Title<\/p>\n

Rheuminations On A Career <\/b>As A Physician Scientist<\/b><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Dr. Robert Colbert, M.D., Ph.D. – National Institutes of Health<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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april<\/span>
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\n2018<\/span><\/div>\n
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Title<\/p>\n

On Being a Physician-Scientist<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Stephanie Eisenbarth – Yale University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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february<\/span>
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The Career of the Physician-Scientist: One Story<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Margaret H. Baron, M.D., Ph.D. – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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March<\/span>
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\n2016<\/span><\/div>\n
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To Be A Physician-Scientist: The Good, The Bad And The Amazing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Michael Rosenblum, M.D., Ph.D. – University of California<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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March<\/span>
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\n2015<\/span><\/div>\n
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Title<\/p>\n

Finding Cardiomyopathy Genes: Lessons Learned About Biomedical Science & Career Choice<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Christine Seidman, M.D. – Harvard Medical School<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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March<\/span>
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The Joys of Translational Research<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Barry Coller, M.D. – Rockefeller University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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March<\/span>
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\n2011<\/span><\/div>\n
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Title<\/p>\n

The Vanishing Physician-Scientist?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Andrew I. Schafer, M.D. \u00a0– Weill Cornell Medical College<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Title<\/p>\n

Finding Your Way as a Physician-Scientist<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Kenneth Kaushansky, M.D. – State University of New York<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Center for Molecular Oncology<\/span><\/h2>\n

UConn Health \u00b7 School of Medicine \u2014 advancing molecular research to improve human health.<\/span><\/p>\n

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