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2008 Seminars
All Seminars are held at the 1236 Lauhala Street (Room 401) facility, unless indicated otherwise.

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January 2008
Monday
January 7
12:00 PM
"Immunogene Therapy for Malignant Mesothelioma and other Pleural Malignancies: From Bench to Bedside and Back Again"
Daniel H. Sterman, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine in Surgery
Director, Interventional Pulmonology Program
Clinical Director, Thoracic Oncology Gene Therapy Program
Pulmonary, Allergy, & Critical Care Division
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Room 401

Tuesday
January 8
10:00 AM
"Epigenetic Regulation of Protein Coding and Non-Coding genes in Ovarian cancer"
Herbert Yu, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
Yale University School of Medicine
Room 401

Friday
January 11
12:00 PM
"Notch Signaling in Thoracic Malignancies"
Maurizio Bocchetta, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Thoracic Oncology Program
Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center
Loyola University Medical Center
Room 401

Thursday
January 24
12:00 PM
"Your Research Partner: The National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service"
Cancer Information Service
Pacific Region Team
Room 401

February 2008
Thursday
February 14
12:00 PM
"Novel Risk Factors for Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma"
Jimmy Efird, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Associate Professor
Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology
John A. Burns School of Medicine
Associate Member, Epidemiology Program
Cancer Research Center of Hawai‘i
Room 401

March 2008
Thursday
March 13
12:00 PM
"Chemical and Biological Lessons Learnt from Marine Natural Products"
Philip Williams, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Full Member, Natural Products and Cancer Biology Program
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
Room 401

Monday
March 17
12:00 PM
"The Impact of Health Communication and Marketing on Cancer-Related Behaviors"
Leslie Snyder, Ph.D.
Professor of Communication Sciences at
University of Connecticut
Director, Center for Health Communication and Marketing,
a CDC Center of Excellence in Health Marketing and Health Communication
Room 401

Thursday
March 20
12:00 PM
"An Internet-Based Framework for Expanding the Impact of Psychosocial Treatment of Cancer: Efficacy and Mechanisms of Action"
Jason Owen, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology, Loma Linda University
Room 401

April 2008
Tuesday
April 8
12:30 PM
"Chronic Cancer Pain: Gene Therapy to (Epi-)Genomics"
Andreas Beutler, M.D.
Assistant Professor in Medicine (Hematology/Oncology)
Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Room 401

Thursday
April 10
12:00 PM
"Natural Inhibitors of Carcinogenesis"
John M. Pezzuto, Ph.D.
Professor and Dean
College of Pharmacy
University of Hawaii at Hilo
Full Member, Natural Products and Cancer Biology
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
Room 401

Wednesday
April 16
12:00 PM
"Pannexins: a novel growth suppressor in gliomas"
Christian Naus, Ph.D.
Professor and Department Head
Canada Research Chair in Gap Junction Disease
Department of Cellular Physiological Sciences
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
BSB Room 222N (651 Ilalo Street in Kakaako)

Tuesday
April 22
12:00 PM
"Differential Patterns of Genomic Alterations in Subtypes of Breast Cancer"
Lenora Loo, Ph.D.
Affiliate
Division of Human Biology
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, Washington
Room 401

Thursday
April 24
12:00 PM
"Exploring the Anti-Breast Cancer Effect of Bamboo Extract"
June Panee, Ph.D.
Assistant Researcher
Cell and Molecular Biology
John A. Burns School of Medicine
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Associate Member, Natural Products and Cancer Biology
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
Room 401

Tuesday
April 29
12:00 PM
"The regulation of tumor promotion by RasGRP1 in response to TPA"
(Please click on the title for more information)
Courtney Luke, Ph.D.

Wednesday
April 30
12:00 PM
"Role of Notch Signaling in Thoracic Malignancies"
Maurizio Bocchetta, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Thoracic Oncology Program
Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center
Loyola University Medical Center
BSB Room 222N (651 Ilalo Street in Kakaako).

May 2008
Thursday
May 1
12:00 PM
"Torsion, Topology, and Transcription: Regulation of c-myc by the FBP/FIR/FUSE Axis"
and
"Small Molecule Inhibitors of Tumor Metastasis"
Demetrios T. Braddock, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Yale University
Room 401

Monday - CANCELED, to be rescheduled
May 12, 2008
12:00 p.m.
Victor A. Levin, M.D.
Professor
Bernard W. Biedenharn Chair in Cancer Research
Department of Neuro-Oncology
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Clinical significance of ODC inhibition in the treatment of cancer
Dr. Andre Bachmann
MEB 315 (651 Ilalo Street in Kakaako)

Tuesday - CANCELED, to be rescheduled
May 13
12:30 PM
"Management and treatment of patients with high-grade malignant gliomas"
Victor A. Levin, M.D.
Professor
Bernard W. Biedenharn Chair in Cancer Research
Department of Neuro-Oncology
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Room 401

Thursday
May 15
12:00 PM
"Innate Immune Signaling Pathways and Cancer"
Glen N. Barber, Ph.D.
Eugenia J. Dodson Chair in Cancer Research
Associate Director for Basic Research
UM/Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor, Department of Medicine
University of Miami School of Medicine
Room 401

Thursday
May 22
12:00 PM
"Lipid Micronutrients: the Holy Grail of Nutrition and Longevity? Q.E.D."
Robert Cooney, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Natural Products and Cancer Biology Program
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
Room 401

Friday
May 23
12:30 PM
"Integrin Signaling and Cancer"
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Martin Schwartz, Ph.D.

Tuesday
May 27
12:00 PM
"Immune phenotype of PEA-15 null mice"
(Please click on the title for more information)
Sandra Pastorino, Ph.D.

June 2008
Monday
June 9
12:00 PM
"Exposure and biomonitoring of heterocyclic aromatic amines: Potential human carcinogens"
Robert J. Turesky, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Division of Environmental Disease Prevention,
NYS Department of Health
Empire State Plaza
Albany, New York
Room 401

Thursday
June 26
12:00 PM
"Engaging the USAPI Communities in Cancer Control Efforts"
Lee Buenconsejo-Lum, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Family Medicine & Community Health
Associate Member, Prevention and Control Program
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
Room 401

July 2008
Thursday
July 3
12:00 PM
"Cigarette Smoking and Risk of Ovarian Cancer"
Inger Torhild Gram, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Preventive Medicine
Visiting Scientist
University of Tromso in Norway
Room 401

Monday
July 7
12:00 PM
"Polyamines in Cancer-interacting Partners of Ornithine Decarboxylase"
Janos Molnar, Ph.D.
Junior Researcher
Natural Products and Cancer Biology Program
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
Room 401

Thursday
July 10
12:00 PM
"Syrbactins: A New Structural Class of
Proteasome Inhibitors Induces Apoptosis in Neuroblastoma"
André S. Bachmann, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Natural Products and Cancer Biology Program
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
Room 401

Wednesday
July 23
12:00 PM
"Using Theory and Technology to Prevent Tobacco-Attributable Cancers in Youth"
Alexander V. Prokhorov, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Behavioral Science
Division of OVP
Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Ceneter
Room 401

Monday
July 28
12:00 PM
"Cancer Prevention: Lessons from Clinical Trials, Observational Cohorts and Human Experimental Studies"
Marian L. Stone Neuhouser, Ph.D., R.D.
Principal Staff Scientist
Cancer Prevention Program
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Room 401

August 2005
Friday
August 1
12:00 PM
"How Family Factors, Ethnic Identity, and Environmental Exposures Influence Health Risk Behavior in Adolescence: A Multidimensional Approach"
Thomas A. Willis, Ph.D.
Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Room 401

Tuesday
August 5
12:00 PM
"Custom Tailoring of Prostate Cancer Chemopreventive Regimens"
Hasan Mukhtar, Ph.D.
Helfaer Professor of Cancer Research
Director and Vice Chair for Research
Department of Dermatology
University of Wisconsin
Room 401

Thursday
August 7
12:00 PM
"Assessing the Validity of the Stages of Change: the Example of Smoking Cessation"
Thaddeus Herzog, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Community Medicine
West Virginia University
Room 401

Wednesday
August 20
10:00 AM
"The Behavioral Ecological Model (BEM) A Guide for Health Promotion, Cancer Prevention & Control"
Melbourne F. Hovell, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Director and Professor
Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health
Graduate School of Public Health
Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science
San Diego State University
Room 401

Wednesday
August 20
12:00 PM
"Identification of Inhibitors of Ras/Raf-1 and Modulators of B-raf/Raf Kinase Inhibitory Protein (RKIP) Interactions by the Yeast Two-Hybrid System"
Len Chee Chang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy
University of Hawaii at Hilo
Associate Member, Natural Products and Cancer Biology Program
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
Room 401

September 2008

October 2008
Thursday
October 9
12:00 PM
"Applications of Analytical Chemistry to Translational and Epidemiologic Research"
Adrian Franke, Ph.D.
Professor
Natural Products and Cancer Biology Program
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
Room 401

November 2008
Wednesday
November 5
12:00 PM
"From Atoms to Systems: A "Multidisciplinary" Approach to Understand Disease Pathogenesis and Develop Therapeutics"
John D. Lambris, Ph.D.
Dr. Ralph and Sallie Weaver Professor of Research Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Room 401

Tuesday
November 18
12:30 PM
"Progression of premalignant breast disease to cancer: recent research and new genetic insights"
Donald Craig Allred, M.D.
Professor, Director of Breast Pathology
Washington University School of Medicine
Department of Pathology and Immunology
Room 401

December 2008
Friday
December 5
12:00 PM
"Identification and characterization of a novel class of proteasome inhibitors"
Barbara Schellenberg, Ph.D.
Institute of Plant Biology
University of Zurich, Switzerland
Room 401

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