MEETING INFORMATION
This event is free and open to members of the UAB and Southern Research scientific research community.
Purpose
The annual Research Retreat is an opportunity to stimulate interdisciplinary research collaboration and development among Cancer Center members. This year's event will feature presentations by experts in the field of
microbiome and cancer research and a research poster competition.
Who Should Attend?
Participants include Cancer Center members, faculty, postdoctoral
fellows, graduate students and research personnel from UAB and
Southern Research
Keynote Speakers
Rob Knight, Ph.D.
Associate
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
HHMI and University of Colorado at Boulder
Claudia S. Plottel, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor
of Medicine
New York University School of Medicine
James Versalovic, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor,
Department of Pathology and Immunology
Baylor College of Medicine
Director, Microbiome Center and Head, Department of Pathology
Texas Children’s Hospital
George Weinstock, Ph.D.
Associate
Director, The Genome Institute
Professor of Genetics and Professor of Molecular Microbiology
Washington University School of Medicine
UAB Speakers
Charles O. Elson, III, M.D.
Professor,
Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Casey T. Weaver, M.D.
Professor, Department of
Pathology, Division of Anatomic Pathology
Senior Scientist, UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Phillip D. Smith, M.D.
Professor, Department of
Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Senior Scientist, UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Research Competition Awards
The Research Competition awards junior faculty, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students for their creative work in the areas of cancer research, cancer prevention and control research, and cancer-related biostatistics and bioinformatics research. Eligible participants may submit an abstract of their original
cancer research for presentation as a poster for the Research Competition. Posters are judged by a Review Committee with first, second, third place, and honorable mention awards presented for the most outstanding posters. Winners receive cash awards.
The Albert F. LoBuglio Distinguished Faculty Award is presented to a faculty
member of the Cancer Center who has made the most outstanding contributions to the research mission of the Cancer Center.