We are less than a month away from the 2021 Annual Scientific Retreat for members and trainees, held July 22-23! As you may know, this is one of the few times a year our entire center is able to enjoy the company of one another and collaborate.

This year's virtual retreat features an expanded agenda that mirrors our prior in-person retreats, highlighting research across each of our scientific programs.

The retreat will begin Thursday with an address from Director Stan Gerson, MD, followed by TED-style Talks from Diana Bilimoria, PhD, Daniel E. Spratt, MD, and Serpil Erzurum, MD. Registration for the retreat is now open.

Zihai Li, MD, PhD will present the retreat keynote on Friday, July 23. Dr. Li is the founding director of the Pelotonia Institute for Immuno-Oncology and the Klotz Chair in Cancer Research at The Ohio State University.

We are looking ahead with optimism to VeloSano 8 with a goal of providing opportunities to reunite our VeloSano community in a variety of safe and meaningful ways!

VeloSano is offering options for anyone to participate in any way they are most comfortable - whether riding with us during "Bike to Cure" weekend September 10-12; riding virtually, or by choosing your own activity to participate anytime, anywhere as a Virtual Fundraiser.

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Team Case CCC, will be joining VeloSano again this year and providing complimentary registration and jerseys for its riders. Please contact team captains Caroline El Sanadi or Mary Wright for the registration waiver or code with any questions!

Registration is now open for the Great Lakes Breast Cancer Symposium, to be held virtually October 25-26, 2021!

This annual symposium highlights ongoing basic, translational, clinical and population studies addressing the biological mechanisms, management and prevention of breast cancer. Researchers from participating institutions will share their exciting work with a goal to develop cross-institutional collaborations.

Helen Piwnica-Worms, PhD, will deliver a keynote at the symposium. Dr. Piwnica-Worms is Professor, Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology and Senator AM Aiken Jr. Distinguished Chair at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

This call for abstracts affords an exciting opportunity to highlight ongoing basic, translational, clinical and population breast cancer focused research. Abstracts must be submitted electronically by 5 pm ET on Friday, July 30.

The 2021 Artificial Intelligence in Oncology Symposium: Precision Medicine and Cancer Disparities will bring together experts in AI and machine learning as well as clinical, industry and federal agency experts in pathology, radiology, drug discovery, ethics and policy to speak on research developments, and health disparities surrounding AI in oncology.

For the health and safety of all attendees, this year's symposium will again take place virtually. Registration for the symposium is not yet open.

The Office of Diversity and Inclusive Excellence in the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is hosting “2021 Summer Vitals,” a virtual lecture series about health disparities and the effects of COVID-19. Lectures include:

The Cleveland Institute for Computational Biology (CICB) and the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences (PQHS) are excited to host the first annual Women in Data Science (WiDS) Cleveland event on Wednesday, June 30, from 1:15 pm - 4:45 pm.

The Global Women in Data Science (WiDS) initiative aims to inspire and educate data scientists worldwide, regardless of gender, and to support women in the field.

WiDS Cleveland is an independent event organized by the WiDS Cleveland team as part of the annual WiDS Worldwide conference organized by Stanford University and an estimated 150+ locations worldwide, featuring outstanding women doing work in the field of data science. All genders are invited to attend all WiDS Worldwide conference events.

The inaugural WiDS Cleveland 2021 will be held virtually via the Gather.town platform as a casual gathering providing an opportunity to hear about the latest data science-related research in a number of domains, learning how leading-edge companies are using data science for success, and connecting with potential mentors and collaborators in the field. All are invited to attend.

View the preliminary agenda and registration for WiDS Cleveland 2021.

Registration is now open for the 13th Annual AACI CRI Meeting, Adapting Clinical Trials Offices for 2021 and Beyond which will be held virtually July 13-15. The program will provide panel discussions with content experts and breakout sessions for our members and abstract winners and runners-up will be acknowledged in poster sessions.

More information, including the program and registration, is now available on the CRI meeting website.

This half day CME accredited symposium is specifically designed to provide those who have skin cancer management interests the latest advances in prevention, surveillance, and local-regional and systemic therapies.

This activity will bring together an audience of medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, surgeons, dermatologists, nurses, and other health care providers to discuss management of these patients.

Click here to view the symposium agenda. Registration includes access to presentations for 3 months after program.

This workshop being sponsored by the Developmental Therapeutics Program at the NCI will entail a series of 10 webinar-based lectures held Friday afternoons (12-2:30 pm ET) July 23, 2021 through December 10, 2021. The goal of this workshop is to provide researchers with an interactive setting in which they will gain an understanding of product development considerations for anti-cancer therapeutics, to facilitate successful translation from preclinical to clinical studies.

The Meredith A. Cowden Foundation, in collaboration with the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center and Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, created the GvHD National Symposium in 2010 to raise awareness about Graft vs. Host Disease (GvHD), to promote research to further our understanding of its cause, and to review cutting edge approaches to prevention and treatment. Due to COVID-19 restrictions and potential risks for symposium participants who may already be immunocompromised, the 2021 in-person meeting has been postponed and a series of short virtual symposia will be held to continue to serve the community.

The first event will take place Friday, July 30 at 10 am EST. This free, 2-hour event will consist of a clinical presentation “Recent Advances in the Management of Acute GvHD” by John Levine, MD from Mount Sinai, followed by a patient-centered Q&A panel hosted by the GvHD planning committee.

The Melanoma Research Foundation welcomes all to the 2021 Miles for Melanoma Cleveland 5K! This annual signature event will bring together local melanoma patients, survivors, care partners, supporters and healthcare heroes to fundraise and help continue the fight against melanoma.

The MRF is looking forward to seeing the Cleveland community in a safe, socially distanced 5K this year! This year, walkers and runners have the option to participate in-person at Edgewater Park or register as a virtual participant and join from anywhere. The event will follow all state and local protocols to ensure a safe and healthy Miles for Melanoma.

This accredited program, presented by Cleveland Clinic’s Genomic Medicine Institute (GMI) and the Center for Personalized Genetic Healthcare (CPGH), will provide the opportunity to review the latest advances in genetics and genomics. GMI and CPGH will provide state-of-the-art information to healthcare providers treating patients with hereditary cancer syndromes.

Expert Cleveland Clinic and guest faculty will present case- and research-based presentations highlighting the integration of genetics and genomics into clinical practice.

Invited are practitioners and healthcare professionals seeking to learn the latest developments in medical genetics, especially providers in Hematology/Oncology, Genetics, Internal Medicine and Subspecialties, Pediatrics, and Nursing. Trainees and students with an interest in expanding their knowledge of genomic medicine and related topics are also encouraged to attend.