The Department of Cancer Systems Imaging Lecture - Carolyn Anderson, Ph.D. - "Theranostics Targeting Tumors and the Tumor Microenvironment"

 The Department of Cancer Systems Imaging Lectures promote research and collaboration by presenting a series of lectures on a wide range of research topics. Dr. Carolyn Anderson will present on the topic of theranostics targeting tumors and the tumor microenvironment.  Dr. Anderson is a professor of medicine, radiology, pharmacology & chemical and bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh.

Date: 12/6/18, 12pm to 1pm
Time: 12/6/18, 12pm to 1pm
Location: South Campus Research Building 4, Room 4SCR1.1110
Format: All Employee Meeting
Facilitator: David Piwnica-Worms
Speaker: Carolyn Anderson
Speaker Bio: Dr. Anderson is Director of the Nuclear Molecular Imaging Lab and Co-Director of the In Vivo Imaging Facility at the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center. Her research interests include the development and evaluation of novel radiometal-based radiopharmaceuticals for diagnostic imaging and targeted radiotherapy of cancer and other diseases. She has co-authored over 180 peer-reviewed and invited publications, mostly in the area of developing radiopharmaceuticals for oncological imaging and therapy. A current focus of her research lab is in the development of imaging agents for up-regulated receptors on immune cells that are involved in inflammation related to lung diseases including tuberculosis, primary tumor growth and cancer metastasis.
Contact: Elizabeth Roos - (713) 792-2102 - eroos@mdanderson.org

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