Therapeutic Cancer Vaccines: Dinosaurs or Key Components?
SITC/CIMM Town Meeting was held during the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
6:00-8:30 p.m
Omni San Diego Hotel
675 L Street
San Diego, CA 92101
Grand Ballroom ABC
Program Overview
This co-sponsored session offered an opportunity to hear from our colleagues in the AACR-Cancer Immunology (CIMM) Working Group. As a Society, SITC is committed to education and outreach activities that focus on initiatives of major importance to the field and collaborations with like-minded organizations.
Program Schedule
| 6:40 – 6:45 pm | Opening Remarks Nina Bhardwaj, MD, PhD – Tisch Cancer Institute At the Mount Sinai Medical Center |
| 6:45 – 6:50 pm | Introduction Francesco M. Marincola, MD – Sidra Medical and Research Center |
| 6:50 – 7:05 pm | The Role of Oncolytic Viruses in Tumor Immunotherapy Howard L. Kaufman, MD, FACS – Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey |
| 7:05 – 7:20 pm | Basic Concepts for the Understanding of Cancer Mediated Immune Rejection Francesco M. Marincola, MD – Sidra Medical and Research Center |
| 7:20 – 7:35 pm | Vaccines: The Ignitors of Anti-tumor Immunity Elizabeth M Jaffee, MD – Johns Hopkins University |
| 7:35 – 7:40 pm | Closing Remarks Nina Bhardwaj, MD, PhD – Tisch Cancer Institute At the Mount Sinai Medical Center |
| 7:40 – 8:30 pm | CIMM Networking Reception |
