Research Conferences & Events
Every year the Stephenson Cancer Center (SCC) organizes and hosts research conferences and other events in order to foster an environment of scientific inquiry, exchange of ideas, and collaboration among SCC members and other investigators. These events include:
Annual and Ongoing
Oklahoma Gero-Oncology Symposium:
Sarcopenia in Aging and Cancer Cachexia
At the Oklahoma Gero-Oncology Symposium, attendees will learn about the
developments and progress happening in geriatric oncology from leading
experts across the country. This symposium will feature a roundtable discussion
with speakers from NCI and NIA, as well as a poster session.
Annual Cancer Research Symposium
Since 2011, SCC has hosted an Annual Cancer Research Symposium to provide
a forum for cancer-focused researchers from a variety of disciplines to
present and share their research.
The one-day conference covers three different program areas including cancer biology, cancer prevention and control and cancer therapeutics, with a trainee poster presentation competition for each of the program areas preceding the conference start. The symposium hosts more than 250 participants annually. The target audience is faculty, staff, graduate students, postdoctoral trainees, and research members.
International Ovarian Cancer Consortium Conference and Annual Meeting of
the International Society of Precision Cancer Medicine
The International Ovarian Cancer Consortium (IOCRC) meeting in conjunction
with International Society of Precision Cancer Medicine (ISPCM) is organized
by SCC member and ISPCM president, Dr. Danny Dhanasekaran, in collaboration
with intra and extramural colleagues, as an international forum of experts
who can contribute to the state of the science in ovarian cancer and precision
cancer medicine. This group of national and international experts now
meets annually at SCC to present research and exchange ideas.
END2CANCER: Emerging Nanotechnology and Drug Delivery Applications for Cancer
The goal of the END2CANCER conference is to bridge laboratory research
conducted in the areas of nanotechnology and drug delivery to clinical
applications for the detection, diagnosis, imaging and treatment of cancer.
The conference features keynote, plenary and invited lectures by eminent
scientists who discuss new and emerging concepts, technologies, and challenges
in translating nanomedicine from bench to bedside. The inaugural conference
was held December of 2017 and was organized by Dr. Rajagopal Ramesh, Co-Leader
of the SCC’s Cancer Biology Program.
Web of Life Conference
The two-day Web of Life Conference will be hosted for the first time by
Stephenson Cancer Center in April 2024. To realize the full potential
of team science, experts from disparate yet connected fields such as cancer,
diabetes, aging, bioengineering and neurodegeneration will be brought
together to facilitate transdisciplinary dialogues under one common theme
— “Web of Life: Connecting the Dots.” This collaboration
will significantly impact and improve the way we engage communities, treat
patients, foster collaboration and facilitate groundbreaking discoveries
