Cancer lecture Event
- Time:
- 17:15
- Date:
- 5 October 2016
- Venue:
- Wellcome Collection, London
For more information regarding this event, please email events@soton.ac.uk .
Event details
The fourth event in our health and healthcare public lecture series took place on Wednesday 5 October 2016.
This event focused on cancer research and aftercare, an area in which the University is conducting pioneering research, particularly in the field of Immunology.
Our discoveries are moving from the laboratory into clinical trials, where they are already making a world of difference to people with cancer.
Our research doesn’t stop with finding the cure: we are also developing ways to improve the quality of patients’ lives after they have been treated for cancer.
Keynote speakers
- Professor Sir Bruce Ponder, Emeritus Professor of Oncology at the University of Cambridge and former director of the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute.
- Professor Peter Johnson , CBE, Professor of Medical Oncology within Medicine at the University of Southampton and Chief Clinician for Cancer Research UK.
- Professor Gillies McKenna, Professor of Radiation Oncology and Biology, University of Oxford.
Panel Discussion
- Professor Tim Elliott , Professor of Experimental Oncology at the University of Southampton
- Charlotte Moss, Clinical trial patient
- Professor Theresa Wiseman , Clinical Professor of Applied Health Research in Cancer Care, University of Southampton.
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