Please note that the programme is subject to change.
Programme Agenda
Session 1 - Accelerating Cancer Research For Patient Benefit
| Time | Speaker | Affiliation | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | Professor John O'Halloran |
President of UCC | Welcome Address |
| 10:10 | Jerry Buttimer T.D | Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht and at the Department of Transport | Opening Remarks |
| 10:15 | Roisin Connolly | Cancer Research @UCC | Vision for Cancer Research @UCC |
| 10:25 | Erin Crowley | Cancer Research @UCC & HRB CRF-UCC | Building An Accelerator Programme |
| 10:35 | Jack Gleeson | Cancer Research@UCC & CUH/UCC Cancer Centre | Innovation in Neuro-Oncology Clinical Trials |
| 10:45 | Gerry Hanna | Trinity St James's Cancer Institute, Cancer Trials Ireland | What has Cancer Trials Ireland ever done for us… |
| 10:55 | Sanjay Popat | The Royal Marsden Hospital | Translating Liquid Biopsies From Concept To Reality |
| 11:15 | Panel Discussion | Bridging Research to Impact | |
| 11:35 | Coffee Break |
Session 2 - Team Science: Advancing Cancer Trials Through Multidisciplinary Partnerships
| Time | Speaker | Affiliation | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | Aisling Barry | CR@UCC, CUH | Session Introduction |
| 12:05 | Richard Bambury | Cancer Research @UCC CUH/UCC Cancer Centre | Beyond Pills and Potions: Expanding Cancer Clinical Trial Availability Through Portfolio Diversification |
| 12:15 | Vitaliy Mykytiv | Cancer Research @UCC CUH/UCC Cancer Centre | Multiple Myeloma: Improving Outcomes Through Clinical Trials |
| 12:25 | Mohamad Saab | School of Nursing and Midwifery, UCC | Co-Designing Innovative Cancer Trials Through Multi-Disciplinary Partnerships: Lessons From TRANSCEND-XR |
| 12:35 | Aoife Ryan & Samantha Cushen | School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, UCC | Dietetic Interventions In Cancer Clinical Trials |
| 12:45 | Rebecca Muirhead |
University of Oxford
|
Advancing Clinical Trials Through Multi-disciplinary Partnerships |
| 13:05 | Panel Discussion | Building Trial-Ready Teams | Building Trial-ready Teams |
| 13:30 | Lunch |
Session 3 - The Next Generation Cancer Trials & Cancer Teams
| Time | Speaker | Affiliation | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14:30 | Mark Tangney |
Cancer Research @UCC | What Does Cancer Do To Our Microbiome vs What Can Our Microbiome Do To Cancer? |
| 14:45 | John Crown | St. Vincent’s Private Hospital | Novel Combination Strategies in HER2+ Breast Cancer |
| 15:05 | Laia Raigal | Cancer Research @UCC | Talent Development In Cancer Research & Trials |
| 15:15 | Anna Olsson-Brown | Sussex Cancer Centre, UK | Characterising Immunotherapy Toxicity: Real World Data |
| 15:35 | Panel Discussion | Future Of Cancer Trials & Teams | |
| 16:00 | Helen Whelton | College of Medicine & Health, UCC | Closing Remarks |
| 16:15 | Networking Hour |