{"id":78390,"date":"2022-08-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2022\/08\/11\/chri-to-hold-pediatric-cancer-symposium-aug-31\/"},"modified":"2024-03-27T12:23:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T17:23:20","slug":"chri-to-hold-pediatric-cancer-symposium-aug-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2022\/08\/11\/chri-to-hold-pediatric-cancer-symposium-aug-31\/","title":{"rendered":"CHRI to hold pediatric cancer symposium Aug. 31"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 2022 Child Health Research Institute\u00a0Pediatric Cancer Research Group Symposium will convene on Aug. 31\u00a0at the Truhlsen Events Center on the UNMC Omaha campus from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The symposium also can be attended virtually via Zoom.<\/p>\n

An interactive poster session and lunch will be available to in-person attendees. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0to register; registration is open until\u00a0Aug. 24.<\/p>\n

The symposium will\u00a0bring\u00a0together stakeholders in the fight against pediatric cancer from throughout the community to connect and share information. There is no cost to register; however, participants will be asked to if they will attend in person or virtually.<\/p>\n

The morning session of this year’s symposium has been programmed for a broad audience interested in recent developments in pediatric cancer research. It\u00a0will feature PCRG member presentations with clinical and epidemiological applications and updates on advocacy efforts.<\/p>\n

Keynote speaker Joseph Neglia, MD, department head and professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, and CHRI scientific advisory board member, will present, “Surviving Childhood Cancer; Advances and Retreats.”<\/p>\n

The afternoon sessions will feature scientific updates designed for fellow pediatric researchers from several PCRG members, the PCRG medulloblastoma collaborative and the PCRG hematological malignancies subgroup.<\/p>\n

Some of the PCRG members who will present their work throughout the symposium include:<\/p>\n