4th Annual Marie Sklodowska-Curie Symposium
on Cancer Research and Care
September 25-27, 2024
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Research Studies Center
Gaylord Cary Conference Hall
610 Elm Street, Buffalo, NY 14263
Registration for the 2024 MSCS-CRC is currently closed. We hope you can join us next year at our 5th Annual Meeting, September 3-5, 2025, in Warsaw, Poland.
Our mission
Our goal is to promote collaborations between cancer researchers and care providers, biotech, pharma and policymakers from the US, Canada and countries of Central and Eastern Europe aimed at the development of new cancer treatments, reduction of cancer incidence and improvement of cancer care and the quality of life of patients and their families.
Agenda (Times subject to change)
Wednesday, September 25
- 4-7 p.m. - Welcome Reception (for attendees registered before 8/1)
Thursday, Sept 26, 2024
- 8-8:30 a.m. - Breakfast
- 8:30-8:40 a.m. - Opening Session: Symposium Overview
- 8:40-10 a.m. - Session 1: Building Partnerships with Buffalo, New York State and the USA
- 10:15-11:15 a.m. - Session 2: Ongoing Partnerships within MSC-SCRC: Collaborations to Enhance Cancer Research
- 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. - Session 3: Collaborative Clinical Trials in Poland
- 12:30–1:30 p.m. - Networking Lunch
- 1:30-2:40 p.m. - Session 4: Collaborative Opportunities: Translational & Clinical Research
- 3-4:10 p.m. - Session 5: Collaborative Opportunities: Disparities, Patient Experience & Quality of Life
- 4:30-5:45 p.m. - Session 6: International Education & Training
- 7 p.m. - Networking Dinners
Friday, Sept 27, 2024
- 7:45-8:30 a.m. - Breakfast
- 8:30–11 a.m. - Session 7: Reducing Cancer Burden: National and International Experience
- 11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. - Session 8: Cancer Prevention & Early Detection
- 12:30-1:30 p.m. - Networking Lunch
- 1:30-2:45 p.m. - Session 9: Tobacco Products, Cessation & Health
- 3-4:15 p.m. - Session 10: Young Investigator Awardees: Breaking the Barriers to International Training
- 4:15-4:30 p.m. - Closing Session
- 6 p.m. - Organizer’s Dinner (Invite Only)
Featured speakers
Indu Ahluwalia, PhD, MPH
Chief, Global Tobacco Control
Centers for Disease Control
Atlanta, GA
Centers for Disease Control
Atlanta, GA
Ioana Berindan-Neagoe, PhD
Director, Functional Genomics, Biomedicine & Translational Medicine
Iuliu Haţieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Iuliu Haţieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Andriy Beznosenko, MD, PhD, MBA
Division Chief, Thoraco-Abdominal Oncology
National Cancer Institute, Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine
National Cancer Institute, Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine
Philip E. Castle, PhD, MPH
Director, Division of Cancer Prevention
National Cancer Institute, USA
National Cancer Institute, USA
Rūta Everatt, PhD
Senior Research Fellow
National Cancer Institute, Lithuania
Vilnius, Lithuania
National Cancer Institute, Lithuania
Vilnius, Lithuania
Wojciech Fendler, MD, PhD
Head of Department of Biostatistics and Translational Medicine
Medical University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland
Department of Radiation Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, US
Medical University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland
Department of Radiation Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, US
Karolina Nowak, PhD, MBA
Director of Innovation and Biotechnology Development
Medical Research Agency
Warsaw, Poland
Medical Research Agency
Warsaw, Poland
Wei-Zen Wei, PhD
President
Translational Research Cancer Centers Consortium
Karmanos Cancer Institute/Wayne State University
Detroit, MI, USA
Translational Research Cancer Centers Consortium
Karmanos Cancer Institute/Wayne State University
Detroit, MI, USA
Tomasz Zdrojewski, MD, PhD
The Polish Academy of Sciences
Medical University of Gdańsk
Gdańsk, Poland
Medical University of Gdańsk
Gdańsk, Poland