Cancer Clinical Trials Office Blog

News & Updates from the CCTO

Personal Genome Talk with Dr. Howard Chang on May 7

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Decoding The Personal Genome: Insights for Cancer, Aging, and Development

Your skin is not just your protective barrier and most visible organ. It is also the window into your overall health and the living laboratory that might just teach us the most about cancer and other diseases.

Join us for a fascinating evening with Howard Chang, MD, PhD, the Virgina and D.K. Ludwig Professor of Cancer Genomics and inaugural presenter of the Marvin A. Karasek Lecture in Dermatology.

Monday, May 7 | 5-7 PM
Lecture | Poster Session | Reception
Paul and Mildred Berg Hall
Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge
291 Campus Drive

RSVP by April 25 to Vanny Koornwinder at 650-725-0814 or vanny@stanford.edu
Pre-registration is required.

Palliative Care Talk with Dr. M.R. Rajagopal

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A Discussion with
Dr. M.R. Rajagopal
India’s Palliative Care Pioneer

March 29, 2018 | 11:30-1:30PM
Cancer Center Room 2103-2015
2nd Floor Conference Room
875 Blake Wilbur Drive
Palo Alto, CA 94304

CCTO Winter Social Luncheon

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CCTO Winter Social Luncheon
Despite the weather, it’s still winter and we need a break to celebrate!
Olaf thinks it’s a great idea!

Monday, March 5
12-1PM
Stanford Faculty Club
439 Lagunita Drive

RSVP by Wednesday, Feb 28
to ccto-admin@stanford.edu

Lucy Kalanithi speaks at Tseng Memorial Lecture

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11th Tseng Memorial Lecture
Wednesday March 7, 2018
4:00 pm
Li Ka Shing, Berg Hall

A conversation with Lucy Kalanithi, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine – Primary Care and Population Health and Laura Carstensen, PhD, Director of the Stanford Center on Longevity. The topic of discussion will focus on end-of-life care, including Paul Kalanithi’s book When Breath Becomes Air.