Talbot Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Event

Event details

Cancer survivors, patients, caregivers, and friends, please join us for an awareness reception at Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) for an update on the latest pancreatic cancer research, diagnosis, and treatments.

This event is supported by the generosity of the Talbot family in memory of the Honorable Francis F. Talbot, who was a Federal Administrative Law Judge of Mount Pleasant, SC.

Date, time, and location

Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.

Hollings Cancer Center
Carolyn E. Reed Pavilion
86 Jonathan Lucas Street,
Charleston, SC 29425

Parking

Complimentary valet parking will be available.

Admission

Complimentary. Please RSVP by Nov. 7

Speaker information

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Channing Der will be speaking at this year's event!

Channing J. Der, Ph.D. is currently Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine and he then completed his postdoctoral studies at Harvard Medical School/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. His research has centered on the study of the RAS oncogene and cancer. His research has been funded by grants from the National Cancer Institute, Lustgarten Foundation, and Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. He has authored over 330 publications and is the holder of six patents. He has mentored over 50 post-/30 pre-doctoral fellows. He is a member of the NCI Board of Scientific Counselors and the NCI RAS Working Group, and the scientific advisory boards of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and Mirati Therapeutics. He has served on numerous editorial boards and as a consultant for numerous pharmaceutical/biotech companies. He is current board member and past president of the Cancer Biology and Training Consortium. His honors include being the recipient of an NCI Outstanding Investigator Award, the Hyman L. Battle Distinguished Cancer Research Award, the University of California, Irvine Distinguished Alumnus Award, the UNC Mentorship Award for Lifetime Achievement, and the Einstein BIH Visiting Fellow Award.