Yale Head and Neck SPORE CEP & DRP Symposium 2025

Register to attend: https://yalesurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0iJiKKBQ4wi7QEu

For Zoom link, please contact Katie.Behr@yale.edu

Presentations by pilot project awardees:

Oneida Arosarena, MD (Fox Chase Cancer Center): A Small Molecule Leucine Carboxyl Methyltransferase-1 Inhibitor Radiosensitizes Head and Neck Squamous Carcinoma Cells

Yash Chhbra, PhD (Fox Chase Cancer Center): Deciphering Age and Sex Disparity in the HPV-negative Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma Microenvironment

Michael Chiorazzi, MD, PhD (Yale Cancer Center): Remodeling of the HPV+ HNSCC Tumor and Lymph Node Microenvironment by Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and Demethylating Therapy

Lilian Kabeche, PhD (Yale Cancer Center): Leveraging ATR Regulation of Centromere Identity in HNSCC

Samuel Katz, MD, PhD (Yale Cancer Center): Engineering the T Cell Cytoskeleton for Improved Solid Tumor CAR-T Cytotoxicity

Travis Schrank, MD, PhD (University of North Carolina): Pharmacological NF-kB activation as a strategy for radio-sensitization of high-risk HPV+ HNSCC

Thuy Tran, MD, PhD (Yale Cancer Center): Targeting the MIF/DDT-CD74 Signaling Axis to Enhance Immunotherapy Responses to SCCs