The Rivkin Center is proud to present the third biennial Northwest Gynecological Cancer Symposium (NGCS) to be held on Friday, September 8, 2023 from 8:30am to 6:30pm at the University of Washington, South Lake Union Campus in Seattle, Washington.
NGCS is designed to facilitate communication and foster collaboration between scientists in the Pacific Northwest working on the prevention, early detection, and treatment of gynecological cancers.
Featured Speakers
Jessica McAlpine, MD
University of British Columbia/Vancouver Coastal Health
Elizabeth Swisher, MD
University of Washington/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Sanjay Malhotra, PhD, FRSC
Oregon Health & Science University/Knight Cancer Institute
Accepting Abstracts for Poster Presentation
Researchers (faculty, postdocs/fellows, staff scientists, graduate students, etc) based in Washingtion, Oregon, and British Colombia are invited to submit abstracts on original work for consideration for poster presentation. Work must pertain to gynecological cancer-related research areas listed below. Abstract length should not exceed 3,000 characters, including spaces.
Abstracts may be submitted on basic science, preclinical, clinical and public health projects on gynecological research, including the following research areas:
Animal models, biomarkers, cancer stem cells, cell biology, chemoresistance, clinical research, DNA repair, early detection, epigenetics, etiology/pathophysiology, genetics, genomics, health and healthcare disparities, immunology, molecular mechanisms, novel therapies, prevention, proteomics/metabolomics, survivorship, tumor microenvironment, and other topics relevant to gynecological cancer research.
The poster abstract submission deadline is 11:59pm, Monday, August 28, 2023.