Drug Combinations for Cancer Therapy: New Pathways to Discovery

Monday, March 19, 2012 08:00 AM - Tuesday, March 20, 2012 12:00 PM

BioScience Research Collaborative
6500 Main St.
Houston, TX 77030

"Focusing on strategies for drug repurposing and development of novel drug combinations for cancer therapeutics" 

Invited Speakers Include:

Geoffrey Bartholomeusz, Ph.D., UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Jenny Chang, M.D., The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
Helen Chen, M.D., National Cancer Institute/National Institutes of Health
Kevin Dalby, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Peter Davies, M.D., Ph.D., Texas A&M University System Health Science Center
Giulio Draetta, M.D., Ph.D., UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Chih-Ming Ho, Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles
Razelle Kurzrock, M.D., UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
J. Jack Lee, Ph.D., UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Joseph Lehar, Ph.D., Novartis
Michael Mancini, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine
Giovanni Paternostro, M.D., Ph.D., Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute
John Peterson, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals 
Clifford Stephan, Ph.D, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center
Stephen Wong, Ph.D., The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
Ralph Zinner, M.D., UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center  

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Statistical Challenges in Drug Combination Studies

J. Jack Lee, Professor of Biostatistics, MD Anderson Cancer Center

System Approaches and Algorithms for Discovery of Combinatorial Therapies

Giovanni Paternostro, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute

Systems and Chemical Biology Methods for Drug Repositioning and Optimization in Cancer

Stephan Wong, Director, Center for Bioengineering and Informatics - The Methodist Hospital Research Institute