Cancer Biology GIDP Seminar: ‘Mechanical Signaling in Tissue Repair’

The Cancer Biology Graduate Interdisciplinary Program and UArizona Cancer Center presents the following for the Cancer Biology GIDP Seminar Series:

Geoffrey Gurtner, MD | Chair, Department of Surgery, and Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson

“Mechanical Signaling in Tissue Repair: Implications for Tumor Biology and Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma”

Monday, March 25, 2024 | 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
UArizona Cancer Center – Kiewit Auditorium (Room 2951) or
Join Zoom Meeting: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/89130395406 (Password can be found on the flyer below.)

Cancer Biology GIDP Seminar Series
Spring Instructor: Dr. Noel Warfel
Contact: warfelna@arizona.edu

About the Presenter

Dr. Gurtner joined the UArizona Department of Surgery from the Stanford School of Medicine, where he was the Johnson & Johnson Distinguished Professor of Surgery, co-director of the Hagey Laboratory for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, executive director of the Stanford Advanced Wound Care Center and inaugural vice chair for Innovation in the Stanford Department of Surgery. He graduated from Dartmouth College and earned his medical degree at the University of California, San Francisco. He completed his internship and surgical residency at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, followed by a plastic surgery residency at the Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery at NYU Medical Center and a fellowship in oncologic microsurgery at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Dr. Gurtner is internationally recognized as a highly accomplished clinician and prolific researcher, author, inventor and entrepreneur. He has been awarded more than $27 million in federal research funding and holds 35 patents. He also has founded three venture capital-backed life sciences companies.

LEARN MORE

Flyer for this lecture:  cancer_biology_gidp_seminar_2024.03.25_gurtner_flyer.pdf

Original event listing.

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