BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:116@researchweek.unc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221013T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221013T180000 DTSTAMP:20230721T165513Z URL:https://researchweek.unc.edu/events/unc-linebergers-47th-annual-postdo ctoral-faculty-research-day/ SUMMARY:UNC Lineberger’\;s 47th Annual Postdoctoral/Faculty Research D ay DESCRIPTION:UNC Lineberger’s 47th Annual Postdoctoral/Faculty Research Da y is open to all UNC Lineberger graduate students\, postdocs\, faculty\, a nd staff.\n\nThis year’s event is hosted by LCCC Training and Education (CRTEC) and will feature:\n\n\nA keynote from Norman E. “Ned” Sharples s\, MD\nResearch talks from postdoctoral fellows\nCompetitive poster sessi ons for graduate students and postdocs\nAwards for Best Posters and Best O ral Presentations\nNetworking & Open Discussion\n\n\nThe complete event sc hedule is anticipated in early September. Please check back soon.\n\nRegis tration\n\nGeneral registration without an abstract (e.g. faculty\, staff) will extend through October.\nGraduate students and postdocs interested i n presenting research must use the link below to register and submit an ab stract by September 16\, 2022. Top postdoctoral abstracts will be selected to give oral presentations in lieu of posters. The best posters and oral presentations will be awarded monetary prizes.\n\nClick Here to Register f or this Event\nNote: The link for general registration is the same as the link for abstract submission. Graduate students and postdocs wishing to su bmit an abstract: click the above link to fill out a registration survey – when prompted\, “Are you submitting an abstract for the poster sessi on?” select “Yes” to upload your abstract file as a PDF or Word Docu ment. Once your abstract submission goes through\, you will be fully regis tered to attend the event\; there is no need to submit an additional regis tration.(i.e. take the survey only once.)\n\nAbout the keynote speaker\nNe d Sharpless\, MD\, served as director of the National Cancer Institute (NC I) from October 2017 until April 2022. He also served as Acting Commission er for Food and Drugs at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 20 19. Prior to his role as NCI director\, Sharpless was the director of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center\, a position he held from 2014 until 2017. Sharpless has long been a member of the UNC-Chapel Hill commun ity\; matriculating as an undergraduate student in mathematics\, he earned distinction as a Morehead-Cain Scholar and subsequently undertook his med ical studies at the School of Medicine\, receiving an MD in 1993. Sharples s continued his training at Harvard Medical School\, completing an interna l medicine residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital as well as a he matology/oncology fellowship at Dana-Farber/Partners Cancer Care\, after w hich he became a member of the faculty\, first at Harvard Medical School i n 2000 and two years later at the UNC School of Medicine\, where he joined the Departments of Medicine and Genetics. In 2012\, Sharpless was named t he Wellcome Professor of Cancer Research. During his directorship at NCI\, Sharpless championed initiatives to address health equity as well as dive rsity in the cancer research workforce\, notably leading the creation of N CI’s Equity and Inclusion Program in 2020. In addition to being an arden t advocate of continued support for investigator-initiated research in can cer\, he crucially helped launch important data science programs including the Childhood Cancer Data Initiative. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://researchweek.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/ 2022/09/perou_lab_15_046.jpg LOCATION:Rizzo Center\, 150 DuBose House Lane\, Chapel Hill\, North Carolin a\, 27517\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=150 DuBose House Lane\, Cha pel Hill\, North Carolina\, 27517\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TIT LE=Rizzo Center:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR