Midwest Cancer Symposium
Make plans to attend the October 7 Midwestern Symposium on Environmental Determinants of Pediatric Cancer and Congenital Anomalies at the Truhlsen Event Center on the UNMC campus. The symposium will bring together experts from across the region and will feature research presentations and opportunities to learn and share.
The keynote speaker at this year's symposium is Dr. Tom Luben, an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Gillings School of Global Public Health at UNC-Chapel Hill and a senior epidemiologist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He conducts and publishes policy-relevant epidemiologic studies. His primary expertise lies in exploring exposures to air pollution and water contaminants while focusing on reproductive and developmental outcomes. Recently, he has worked to gain an understanding of the association between exposure to environmental (including the built environment) and climatic conditions (both individually and as cumulative impacts) and various adverse birth outcomes (such as birth defects and preterm birth) and fetal and infant mortality. Tom holds an MSPH degree from Tulane University’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and a PhD in Environmental Health from Colorado State University. In his spare time, Tom is an avid tennis player and outdoor enthusiast.