Register for the I-REACH Annual Meeting
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I-REACH Annual Meeting
Learn about Aging, Cancer and Disparities
December 4, 2023
11am – 3pm ET
I-REACH’s mission is to expand the diversity of the scientific workforce conducting pre-clinical, clinical and policy research on aging, cancer and disparities.
Register for the meeting here: https://forms.gle/x2x7wpLvYKJArTaw7
Join us to learn about how I-REACH can help your career and research!
At this meeting, you’ll learn about I-REACH resources, including a new remote Scholar program designed to support candidates and research that contributes to I-REACH’s mission to promote diversity and inclusion. The Scholar’s program will offer:
- Mentoring, mentee-mentor training, including culturally aware mentoring
- A modular curriculum with the basics of aging, cancer and equity topics
- Collaboration with stakeholders
- Access to datasets, biosamples
- Pilot funding
Speakers will highlight I-REACH research and resources. Speakers include:
Traci Bethea, Assistant Professor, Georgetown University, Epigenetic Age Disparities in Cancer Survivors
Steve Cole, Professor, UCLA, Social Genomics: Use Aging, Cancer and Disparities
Barry Hudson, Associate Professor, Georgetown University, Aged Animal Models of Cancer Metastasis and Disparities
Amber Kleckner, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, Metabolic Research in Cancer Control
Jamie Robinson, Assistant Professor, Wayne State, Caregiving in the Detroit Research on Cancer Survivors (ROCS)
Register for the meeting here: https://forms.gle/x2x7wpLvYKJArTaw7
For more information contact: ireach@georgetown.edu