Cancer Biology GIDP Seminar: ‘PTH Actions on Breast Cancer Bone Metastases’

The Cancer Biology Graduate Interdisciplinary Program presents the following guest speaker for the Cancer Biology GIDP Seminar Series:

Joy Wu, MD, PhD | Professor and Chief, Division of Endocrinology, and Vice Chair of Basic Science, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine

“PTH Actions on Breast Cancer Bone Metastases”

Monday, March 18, 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. Joy Wu is a board-certified endocrinologist who specializes in treating osteoporosis and other bone and mineral diseases. She has a special interest in optimizing skeletal health for those at risk of bone loss from glucocorticoid treatment, cancer therapies, or organ transplant. She has served on expert panels and guideline committees for the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and the Endocrine Society.

Dr. Wu also directs a basic and translational research program that focuses on skeletal development and the bone marrow hematopoietic niche. Her laboratory is currently studying stem cell therapies for bone formation, and the prevention of cancer metastases to bone. She has been honored with awards from the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, the Endocrine Society, the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, and the Mary Kay Foundation, and she is a standing member of the NIH Skeletal Biology Development and Disease study section panel. She has served on the Board of Directors for the Endocrine Society and is currently a member of the governing Council of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research..

LEARN MORE

Flyer for this lecture:  cancer_biology_gidp_seminar_2024.03.18_joy_wu_flyer.pdf

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