Please see our listing of events below, or contact us at (802) 656-4414.
Please note the this schedule is subject to change. New events are added continually, so be sure to check back regularly.
UVM Cancer Center Public Event Provider/Researcher Event Community Event
Friday, 1/15
12-1PM
Zoom: 981 7536 2626
The Northern New England Clinical and Translational Nework (NNE-CTR Net) will host National Cancer Institute Deputy Director Douglas Lowy, MD, for a seminar, as a part of the NNE-CTR Net/UVM Cancer Center Seminar Series on Friday, January 15th from 12 PM to 1 PM. Dr. Lowy will be presenting "Recent and Future Advances in Reducing HPV-associated Cancers by Vaccination and Screening," via virtual conference. The presentation will provide an update on the induction of herd immunity by HPV vaccination and its implications for reducing the risk of HPV-associated cancers and for changing cervical cancer screening guidelines. Clinical research whose goal is to enable wider dissemination of vaccination and screening will also be described.Event Information:Virtual Event Hosted on Zoom Friday, January 15, 2021 at 12 – 1 PM Join Zoom Meeting https://uvmcom.zoom.us/j/98175362626 Dial by your location 646-876-9923Meeting ID: 981 7536 2626Please contact Jennifer Smith with Questions
Friday, 1/29
3-4:30PM
Co-leaders for the Cancer Control and Population Health Sciences (CCPHS) Research Program, Andrea Villanti, PhD, MPH, and Brian Sprague, PhD, will host a program meeting on Friday, January 29, 2021 from 3:00-4:30 PM via Zoom. A presentation by CCPHS member Nat Lester-Coll, MD, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology (pictured above) will be featured: “Health Services Research at the UVM Cancer Center: Novel Vermont Cancer Registry-VHCURES Linked Database and Cost-Effectiveness Modeling.” Dr. Lester-Coll's presentation will include discussion of the establishment of a Vermont cancer registry database linked with a Vermont claims-based database (VHCURES) to study lung cancer screening patterns and mortality in Vermont. In addition, a recent publication using a modeling technique to study the cost-effectiveness of prostate radiation therapy in men with metastatic prostate cancer, will be presented. Questions and discussion are encouraged! Event Information:Join Zoom Meetinghttps://uvmcom.zoom.us/j/98588681900Meeting ID: 985 8868 1900Contact Laura Gordon with questions