Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy: From Basic Science to Clinical Application

SITC Guest Society Symposium at the 2014 American Association of Immunologists (AAI) Annual Meeting

Monday, May 5, 2014
12:30 PM – 2:30 PM

David L. Lawrence Convention Center
1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd.
Pittsburgh, PA

Co-Chairs:
Thomas F. Gajewski, MD, PhD – University of Chicago
Lisa H. Butterfield, PhD – University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute

Program topics and speakers included:

• Novel Mechanisms of Anti-CD40 Activity
  Robert H. Vonderheide, MD, DPhil – University of Pennsylvania
   
• Adoptive T cell therapy: from Biology to Practice
  Nicholas P. Restifo, MD – National Cancer Institute
   
• Targeting the PD-L1/PD-1 Axis for Cancer Immunotherapy
  Suzanne L. Topalian, MD – Johns Hopkins University
   
• Anti-CTLA-4 mAb: New Directions and Combinations
  F. Stephen Hodi, Jr., MD – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute