JBL Symposium XXIII – 2020

Health Effects of Radiation: A Tribute to Dr. John B. Little

Friday, October 30th, 2020

Virtual Symposium

Program

1:00-1:20 PM

Welcome: Zhi-Min Yuan, MD, PhD
Morningside Professor of Radiobiology
Department of Environmental Health
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Opening Remarks: Michelle A. Williams, ScD
Dean of the Faculty
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

JBL Legacy Fund: Sally Amundson
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
Columbia University

1:20 PM-3:00 PM: Session 1:
Moderator: Zachary Nagel, PhD
Assistant Professor of Radiation Biology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

1:20-2:10 PM
David Kirsch, MD, PhD
Barbara Levine University Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Duke University
“Using Genetically Engineered Mouse Models to Dissect Mechanisms of Radiation Response in Tumors and Normal Tissues”

2:10-3:00 PM
Susan Wallace, PhD
Emeritus Faculty, University of Vermont
“Molecular Radiobiology as Defined by Jack”

3:00 PM-4:40 PM: Session 2:
Moderator: Kristopher Sarosiek, PhD
Assistant Professor of Radiation Biology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

3:00-3:50 PM
Gayle Woloschak, PhD
Associate Dean for Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Affairs, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Professor of Radiation Oncology and Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
“Large-scale Mouse Studies: Low Dose and Low-Dose-Rate Effects”

3:50-4:40 PM
Ralph Weichselbaum, MD
Daniel K. Ludwig Distinguished Service Professor of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago
Chair, Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago Medical Center
“Radiotherapy as a Curative Treatment for Metastatic Disease”