Symposium Agenda

Registration and Breakfast

Welcome

Opening Remarks

Yusuf A. Hannun, MD
Director, Stony Brook Cancer Center

Peter Igarashi, MD 
Dean, Renaissance School of Medicine
at Stony Brook University

Morning Session Moderator

Paolo Boffetta, MD, MPH

Keynote Presentation 

Shaping the Future of Epidemiology:
Harnessing Big Data, New Technologies, and Omics

Wei Zheng, MD, PhD, MPH
Anne Potter Wilson Chair in Medicine 
Professor and Director, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center 
Associate Director for Population Sciences Research, 
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center 
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Growth Factor Receptor Re-activation Inhibits Cancer Cell Apoptosis Through Senescence and Dormancy Pathways

John Haley, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology
Director, Developmental Therapeutics,
Stony Brook Cancer Center
Director, Biological Mass Spectrometry Shared Resource,
Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University

Novel Therapeutic Approaches for Pediatric ALL in the Era of Immunotherapy

Laura Hogan, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Director, Pediatric Oncology Survivorship Program
Co-Director, Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Program

Coffee Break

Interpretation of Non-coding Variants in Cancer Genomes - Application of Genomic Foundation Models on Whole Genome Sequence Data

Ramana Davuluri, PhD
Professor
Department of Biomedical Informatics

Targeted Therapies for Colorectal and Pancreatic Cancer

Agnieska Bialkowskia, PhD 
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
GI Translational Research Lab

Cholesterol Metabolism Pathways as a Target for Colorectal Cancer Prevention

Michael Passarelli, PhD
Research Associate Professor
Family, Population & Preventive Medicine,
Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University

Lunch

Afternoon Session Moderator

Ke Jian “Jim” Liu, PhD

Keynote Presentation

Enhance Liver Health Through Multidisciplinary Collaborations

Xuehong Zhang, MBBS, MSc, ScD
Professor and Assistant Dean for Research 
Yale University School of Nursing 
Yale University

Antibody-Drug Conjugates in Breast Cancer

Jules Cohen, MD                                                      
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Oncology

A Lifestyle Medicine Approach to Precision Care in Oncology

Pamela Ginex, EdD, MPH, RN, OCN
Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University School of Nursing

Short Presentations by Junior Scientist Awardees 

Poster Session

Closing Remarks, Winners of Poster Session 
Announcement of the 2026 Committee Chair