UPMC Cancer Prevention and Survivorship Symposium

This symposium will address current gaps in learning pertaining to survivorship guidelines, survivorship care planning, and lack of role clarity around survivorship care. The conference will aim to improve understanding around the health care providers’ role in survivorship planning, to improve patient outcomes.

Faculty:

Vonda Wright, MD, is a dynamic expert in the field of women’s health and longevity. For 20 years Dr. Vonda Wright has dedicated her work and research as an orthopedic surgeon, elite sports doc, public speaker, published author, biotech consultant, and health innovator to optimize aging and compel us to live more, do more, excel more, and live VITALLY as we age.

Abby Overacre, PhD, is an Assistant Professor within the Department of Immunology at the University of Pittsburgh and a member of the Tumor Microenvironment Center (TMC) at the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center. Her laboratory is centered around understanding how the microbiota and immune system interact and contribute to anti-tumor immunity and immunotherapy.

Marlies Meisel, PhD, is an Assistant Professor within the Department of Immunology at the University of Pittsburgh. Her laboratory is exploring the role of the gut and tissue microbiome on systemic immunity in the context of complex diseases such as autoimmunity and cancer. She and her team are interested in how environmental factors such as physical exercise and diet affect microbiota metabolic output to modulate systemic immunity to change cancer outcome.

Lanie Francis, MD, is a medical oncologist and hematologist with two decades of experience. She is the founder of UPMC’s Integrative Oncology program and current clinical lead of UPMC Cancer Survivorship and Integrative Oncology.

Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, MPH, is an internationally recognized exercise oncology researcher and scholar. She is the founder of Moving Through Cancer, which aims to standardize exercise and rehabilitation for all people affected by cancer.

Preliminary Agenda:

• 9:00 am - Registration and Breakfast - UPMC Team
• 9:30 am - Welcome and Opening: Four Pillars of Survivorship - Dr. Lanie Francis
• 10:00 am - Keynote: Cancer Prevention and Women’s health - Dr. Vonda Wright
• 11:30 am - Scientific Spotlight: Immunotherapy and the gut microbiome, focus on exercise and Diet - Dr. Abby Overacre-Delgoffe Dr. Marlies Maisel
• 11:45 am - Q&A - All
• 12:15 pm - Lunch and visit exhibitors
• 1:30 pm - Interactive: Can Cancer Prevention be Prescribed? - Dr. Lanie Francis and Attendees
• 2:15 pm - Clinical Spotlight: Prevention and Detection of breast cancer - Dr. Lanie Francis
• 2:30 pm - Panel: How to move the needle of pan-cancer lifestyle research - Dr. Katie Schmitz and team
• 3:15 pm - Q&A and closing remarks- UPMC Team