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LOWVELO Trainee Symposium

at a poster presentation, two pairs of young women stand in front of two posters and chat

The LOWVELO Trainee Symposium is a day-long event that celebrates our cancer trainees' research and career development, allowing a broad range of trainees to present their research in oral and poster format after going through a peer-reviewed selection process. 

    a young woman stands on a stage in front of an audience with a large screen behind her 

Past keynote speakers

2024 LOWVELO Symposium

James Allison headshot 

James Allison, Ph.D.

gold Nobel Prize medallion

Dr. James Allison earned the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, which he shared with Dr. Tasuku Honjo, "for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation." He is the Chair of the Department of Immunology and Director of the Parker Institute for Cancer Research at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Padmanee Sharma headshot 

Padmanee Sharma, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Padmanee Sharma is the T.C. and Jeanette Hsu Endowed Chair in Cell Biology and Co-Director of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. She is a nationally and internationally renowned physician scientist who is a pioneer in the field of immune checkpoint therapy.

2023 LOWVELO Symposium

portrait of Luisel Ricks-Santi

Luisel Ricks-Santi, Ph.D.

Dr. Luisel Ricks-Santi is a cancer genomics researcher and population scientist. She serves as associate director for diversity, equity and inclusion at the University of Florida Cancer Center.

portrait of Robert Winn

Robert Winn, M.D.

Dr. Robert Winn is director and Lipman Chair in Oncology at VCU Massey Cancer Center and senior associate dean for cancer innovation and professor of pulmonary disease and critical care medicine, VCU School of Medicine.

2022 LOWVELO Symposium

Dr. William Kaelin

William G. Kaelin, Jr., M.D.

Dr. William G. Kaelin, Jr., is an investigator at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. In 2019, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology along with Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg Semenza.

Dr. Edith Mitchell

Edith P. Mitchell, M.D.

Dr. Edith P. Mitchell is program leader for gastrointestinal oncology at Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center and serves as the leader of the Jefferson Cancer Network's GI Cancer Working Group.