Becoming a Part of the Solution: The Metastatic Prostate Cancer Project

February 20, 2018

UPCOMING/Recent Talks

Becoming a Part of the Solution: The Metastatic Prostate Cancer Project

with Dr. Eliezer M. Van Allen

February 21st, 2018. 5PM EST

The Broad Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, seeks to empower a revolution in biomedicine that will accelerate the speed at which we can conquer disease. The Metastatic Prostate Cancer Project is a new initiative being coordinated by the Broad Institute. Initially, it will allow any patient in North America with advanced or metastatic prostate cancer to contribute his personal genetic, genomic, and clinical data to the development of the world's most comprehensive database on advanced prostate cancer permitting the entire prostate cancer research community access this database and accelerate discoveries related to the management of advanced prostate cancer. The prostate cancer panel led by Mike Scott will talk to Dr. Eli Van Allen about the project.

Panelists

Dr. Eliezer M. Van Allen

Mike Scott

Paul Carpenter

Jan Manarite

Joel T. Nowak

with Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh, Dr. Piraye Yurttas Beim, Dr. Alan Horsager

February 15th, 2018. 6PM EST

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Over the last few decades, breakthrough advancements in the field of fertility has helped many infertile couples start a family successfully. Innovations like non-invasive tests that can identify genetic abnormalities and multi-gene panel tests have brought personalized medicine to reproductive health. We are talking to reproductive endocrinologist Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh, embryologist and founder Dr. Piraye Yurttas Beim, and neuroscientist Dr. Alan Horsager, about how recent technologies can help physicians help their patients reach their family building goals in a more focussed way.

Panelists

Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh

Dr. Piraye Yurttas Beim

Dr. Alan Horsager

Emily Dubin Field

Shweta Mishra

with Dr. Kenneth Liegner, Dr. Samuel Shor, Dr. Thomas Moorcroft, Dr. Leo J Shea III

January 31st, 2017. 5PM EST

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Lyme disease is a multi-systemic illness caused by the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi, a complex spirochete. If left untreated, it can become a severely debilitating disease affecting the central nervous system, joints, and multiple organs, including heart and brain. The CDC estimates over 300,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with Lyme disease each year. The Global Lyme Alliance is pleased to present Highlights from ILADS 18th Annual Scientific Conference. Our panel of leading physicians will provide insights and summary of research presented at this conference. The patient panel includes nurse practitioner Jackie Bailey of Apheresis Associates of Northern Virginia, and Jennifer Crystal, an educator at Boston who is writing a memoir on her journey with chronic tick-borne illness.

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