4th Annual Marie Sklodowska-Curie Symposium
on Cancer Research and Care

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September 25-27, 2024
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Buffalo, NY

Roswell Park campus with photos of Buffalo and Niagara Falls

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.

We will discuss the needs and opportunities in the areas of education and training, joint laboratory and clinical research projects in cancer prevention, early detection and treatment, and new health policy initiatives. We will explore the feasibility of establishing a think tank promoting collaborations in the above areas between partners in the US, Canada and Europe.

2023's Featured Speakers

Sergii Dubrov, MD, PhD
First Deputy Minister of Health
Ministry of Health of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine
Daniel J Powell Jr. PhD
President
Translational Cancer Centers Consortium
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Iwona Lugowska, Md, PhD
Head, Early Phase Clinical Trials
National Institute of Oncology
Warsaw, Poland
Kestutis Suziedelis, PhD
Head Professor
National Cancer Institute in Lithuania
Vilnius, Lithuania
Petar Ozretic, PhD
Executive Committee Member
Croatian Society for Cancer Research
Zagreb, Croatia
Piotr Rutkowski, MD, PhD
Member of Council
Medical Research Agency
Warsaw, Poland
Rami Azrak, MD
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Buffalo, NY, USA
Mikhail Berezin, PhD
Washington University
St. Louis, MO, USA
Brian Czerniecki, MD, PhD
Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, FL, USA
Kara Eaton, MA
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Buffalo, NY, USA
Shipra Gandhi, MD
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Buffalo, NY, USA
Pawel Kalinski, MD, PhD
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Buffalo, NY, USA
Marcin Kortylewski, PhD
City of Hope
Duarte, CA, USA
Leszek Kotula, MD, PhD
Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, NY, USA
Sandro Matosevic, PhD
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Michael Nishimura
Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL, USA
Tatiana Orbaina
Tatiana Orabina
Ministry of Health of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine
Gyorgy Paragh, MD, PhD
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Buffalo, NY, USA
Vita Pasukoniene, PhD
Vilnius University
Vilnius, Lithuania
Andras Perl MD, PhD
Upstate University Hospital
Syracuse, NY, USA
Waldemar Priebe, PhD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX, USA
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Buffalo, NY, USA
Anurag Singh, MD
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Buffalo, NY, USA
 Anna Titkova, MBA MD, PhD
Anna Titkova, MBA, MD, PhD
Kharkiv Medical University
Kharkiv, Ukraine
Wei-Zen Wei, PhD
Karmanos Cancer Institute
Detroit, MI, USA

Chair

Pawel Kalinski, MD, PhD
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Pawel Kalinski, MD, PhD, is Senior Vice President for Team Science, Chair of Department of Immunology and Chief of Division of Translational Immuno-Oncology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, NY. Dr. Kalinski received his MD in 1991 from the Medical University of Warsaw, Poland, and PhD in Immunology in 1998 from the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Before joining Roswell Park in 2017, Dr. Kalinski was a tenured Professor of Surgery and the Founding Director of the ImmunoTransplantation Center of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, a cell therapy center focusing on non-genetically-manipulated cells.

Co-Chairs

Waldemar Priebe, PhD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Iwona Lugowska, Md, PhD
National Research Institute of Oncology, Poland

Organizing Committee

Mikhail Berezin, PhD
Washington University in St. Louis
Camille Brandon
O’Donnell & Associates, LLC
Mary Lou Conroy
Mary Lou Conroy
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Patrycja Dubielecka, PhD
Brown University
James Kennedy
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Kathleen Kokolus, PhD
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Leszek Kotula, MD, PhD
Upstate Medical University
Sandro Matosevic, PhD
Purdue University
Joseph Mikolaj Rej Jr.
Polish American Congress
Michael Nemeth, PhD
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Michael Nishimura
Loyola University Chicago
Andras Perl MD, PhD
Upstate Medical University
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Marek Rudnicki, MD
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Piotr Rutkowski, MD, PhD
Medical Research Agency, Poland
Joanna Stanson, MS
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Sharon Coutch
Meeting Secretary: Sharon Coutch
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Roswell Park and the Western New York area

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Elm & Carlton Streets
Buffalo, New York 14263

Campus map

Location

Roswell Park is located in the beautiful Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, just 9 miles from the Buffalo Niagara International Airport and only 1 mile from downtown Buffalo, NY.

Lodging information

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