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Tobacco, Obesity, Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention and Screening (TOCCS) Seminar
The new seminar series for the Masonic Cancer Center's Cancer Prevention and Control research area is called TOCCS (Tobacco, Obesity, Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention and Screening). The TOCCS seminar series replaces the seminars for the Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention Research Program and the Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center (TTURC), and the series also will include some topics from the Prevention and Etiology Research Program.
| DATE | TOPIC | SPEAKER |
|---|---|---|
| 09/11/09 | Tobacco Longitudinal Care Study | Anne Joseph, M.D., M.P.H., Wexler Professor of Medicine, Co-Program Leader of Prevention and Etiology |
| 10/09/09 | Arylamine N-Acetyltransferases: Inactivation by Reactive Metabolites of Carcinogenic Arylamines | Patrick E. Hanna, Ph.D., Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology, Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota |
11/13/09 |
Systems Thinking About Appetite and Weight | Charles Billington, M.D., Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota and Minneapolis VA Medical Center |
| 12/11/09 Noon-1 p.m. 450 MCRB |
Adenoma Detection Rate During Screening Colonoscopy | Aasma Shaukat, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology University of Minnesota |
| 01/08/10 Noon-1 p.m. 450 MCRB |
Life and Death in Nicotine-Land | Jaime Modiano, V.M.D., Ph.D., Perlman Professor of Oncology and Comparative Medicine, Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Minnesota |
| 02/12/10 Noon-1p.m. 450 MCRB |
Can Defective Genes Be Good for You? Smoking and Pharmacogenetics | Rachel F. Tyndale, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology, University of Toronto |