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The Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine is designated by the National Cancer Institute as a Comprehensive Cancer Center, the only such center in Missouri and for a 240-mile radius. Siteman is world renowned for its basic science, translational and prevention and control research. Siteman enhances, promotes and supports interactions among the cancer research efforts throughout the campus and has provided an organizational focus and stimulus for researchers to continue to produce cutting-edge institutional research. The Center holds more than $135 million in extramural funding for cancer research and is organized into nine research programs (Cancer and Developmental Biology, Tumor Immunology, Hematopoietic Development and Malignancy, Cellular Proliferation, Oncologic Imaging, Prevention and Control, Clinical and Translational and Clinical Research, Breast Cancer Research, and DNA Metabolism and Repair). Siteman also provides 15 shared resource facilities, with one in development, to its more than 270 research members. Shared resource facilities include: Bioinformatics Core, Biostatistics Core, Clinical Trials Core, Embryonic Stem Cell Core, Hereditary Cancer Core, High-Speed Cell Sorter Core, Molecular Core Laboratory, Multiplexed Gene Analysis Core, Proteomics Core, Small Animal Cancer Imaging Core, Health Behavior and Outreach Core, Good Manufacturing Practice Facility, Tissue Procurement Core, Imaging Response Assessment Team (IRAT) Core, and a High Through-put Core. A Dissemination to Practice Core shared resource is in development. Siteman’s Program for the Elimination of Cancer Disparities (PECaD) partners with the St. Louis community and collaborators from across the country, using education and screening strategies to reduce differences in access to cancer diagnosis, care, prevention and education/training based on race, ethnicity, socioeconomic or other status.
The Siteman Cancer Center provides numerous opportunities in cancer research education and training through seminars, conferences, courses and research opportunities. Individuals are encouraged to contact Siteman at (800) 600-3606 or via the web site, www.siteman.wustl.edu, for more information. A few educational opportunities are listed below.
Siteman Basic Science Seminar Series
Siteman sponsors a campuswide seminar series for basic cancer biology topics on the first Thursday of each month at 3 p.m. at the Eric P. Newman Education Center. Speaker information can be found on the Siteman web site at www.siteman.wustl.edu. Attendance is open.
Research Program Specific Activities
All of the Siteman Cancer Center research programs have regular internal seminars or work-in-progress discussion groups, and these frequently involve students and postdocs.
• The Cancer and Developmental Biology Program runs a monthly laboratory research presentation seminar, which meets on the third Tuesday of the month at noon. Contact David M. Ornitz, MD, PhD, for more information.
• The Tumor Immunology Program utilizes the long-standing Immunology Seminar Series sponsored by the Department of Pathology and Immunology at 4 p.m. on Mondays in the Eric P. Newman Education Center. There are also dedicated sessions allotted to the topics of Tumor Immunology. Contact Robert D. Schreiber, PhD, for more information.
• The Hematopoietic Development and Malignancy Program convenes a weekly journal club to review primary and published data. About three-fourths of the presentations are in a journal club format, with the remainder from participating laboratories. Current literature regarding hematopoiesis and current trials in gene therapy are presented and critically reviewed. Contact Dan Link, MD, or Peter Westervelt, MD, PhD, for more information.
• The Cellular Proliferation Program sponsors a weekly seminar series titled “Signaling/Cell Cycle.” Each academic year, up to six speakers from outside the medical school are invited to present their current work. On weeks alternating with invited speakers, graduate students and postdoctoral research fellows working in the laboratories of our members present their research. Contact Helen M. Piwnica-Worms, PhD, for more information.
• The Marilyn Fixman Clinical Cancer Conference is held on the third Wednesday of each month in the Steinberg Amphitheater on the Barnes-Jewish Hospital north campus. Speakers at this conference present a disease-based clinical topic at each session. Contact the Siteman administration office at (314) 454-8439 for the schedule.
• The Prevention and Control Program has multiple regular research group meetings in nicotine dependence and smoking cessation, early detection, cancer communication and intervention research and psychosocial factors. Contact Mario Schootman, PhD, or Matthew Kreuter, PhD, for more information.
• The Breast Research Program has multiple regular research group meetings and regular seminars and discussions, including one prevention and control-focused talk per month. Contact Matthew Ellis, MB, PhD, for more information.
• The DNA Metabolism and Repair Program has ongoing seminars and external speakers. Contact Barry Sleckman, MD, PhD, or Tom Ellenberger, DVM, PhD, for more information.
• There are more than 15 weekly/biweekly disease-based clinical conferences, and these can be found on the Siteman web site.
Cancer Biology Special Emphasis Pathway
The Siteman Cancer Center launched a special emphasis pathway as part of the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences graduate program in 2002. Siteman sponsors six to seven total (new and continuing) students per year in the program, which focuses on multidisciplinary cancer biology research. The pathway includes participation in a cancer biology course each spring (two different courses alternating each year), the Siteman basic science seminar series, work-in-progress interlab meetings, and journal clubs with at least one of the five Siteman basic research programs. For more information on this program, contact Lee Ratner, MD, PhD.
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