Cancer Immunology Campaign Southampton Launch Event
- Time:
- 17:30
- Date:
- 28 May 2015
- Venue:
- University of Southampton Highfield Campus Southampton SO17 1BJ
For more information regarding this event, please email AREvents@soton.ac.uk .
Event details
Faculty of Medicine Staff are cordially invited to a special lecture and panel discussion on Thursday 28 May for the Southampton launch of the University of Southampton's Campaign for the Centre for Cancer Immunology.
The University’s immunology and immunotherapy research has been at the forefront of the fight to beat cancer for 40 years, and now the University will invest in this research with the launch of its most ambitious campaign to date: to raise £25 million to create the UK's first dedicated Centre for Cancer Immunology.
Professor Peter Johnson, Professor of Oncology at Southampton and Cancer Research UK's Chief Clinician, will act as the keynote speaker for the evening, and will be joined by a panel of distinguished experts to discuss immunology, nursing and aftercare including Professor Dame Jessica Corner, Dean of Health Sciences at Southampton University and Chief Clinician for Macmillan Cancer Support and Fiona Dalton, Chief Executive of University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.
Speaker information
Professor Peter Johnson,Professor of Oncology at Southampton and Chief Clinician, Cancer Research UK