Washington State
Topic: The Immune System, Cancer and Immunotherapy
Date: Thursday, March 21, 2019
Time: 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Gary Goodman, MD - Medical Oncologist
Senior Investigator - Swedish Cancer Medical Center Cancer Institute Principal Investigator - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Institute
Dr. Goodman has a longstanding record of clinical research in the areas of cancer prevention with a focus on lung cancer, participant recruitment, study design, interpretation of results, and publishing reports. His research interests lie in cancer prevention and biomarker development. Dr. Goodman originated the multicenter Carotene and Retinol Efficacy Trial (CARET) lung cancer prevention trial and serves as a co-investigator of the large CARET biorepository. He is an active member of SWOG, organized the Pacific Cancer Research Consortium, and serves as the communicating PI for the Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRC).
Learning Objectives:
- To have a basic understanding of how the immune system functions
- To understand why the immune system does not function against cancer
- To understand how the new immune modifying agents function
CEU: SOCRA members may claim up to 1.0 SOCRA CEU for SOCRA recertification.
Location:
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Arnold Building - Room M1-A303
1100 Fairview Ave NSeattle, WA 98109
Remote attendance locations are available in Spokane, Bothell, and Yakima, WA. Please include your location preference with your attendance reply. For directions to remote locations please contact:
- Spokane - Angela Lloyd at angela.lloyd@providence.org
- Bothell - Jennifer Houser at jhouser@seagen.com
- Yakima - Michele McCarroll mmccarroll@pnwu.edu
RSVP: Merle Witter, CCRP - mtwitter@comcast.net
Parking for Fred Hutchinson:
- Visitor parking is available in front of the Thomas Building and near the Yale Building on the southwest side of campus.
- Metered street parking is also available on Eastlake Avenue East, Minor Avenue North, Aloha Street, and Valley Street.
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