NCI’s Center for Cancer Research (CCR) Grand Rounds is a lecture series addressing current research in clinical and molecular oncology. Speakers are leading national and international researchers and clinicians.
These lectures often offer ACCME accreditation for physicians; for more information please visit the CCR Grand Rounds CME Credit Information page.
For previous lectures please visit the Archived CCR Grand Rounds Lectures page.
2025
January 24 - Engineering Antibody-Drug Conjugates and CAR T cells with Enhanced Activity Against Solid Tumors
Brad St. Croix, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Mouse Cancer Genetics Program
Head, Tumor Angiogenesis Unit
Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute
February 14 - Special CCR Women Scientist Advisors (WSAs) sponsored Grand Rounds
Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Ph.D.
Senior Group Leader
Head of 4D Cellular Physiology
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
February 21 - Development and Translation of Immunotherapeutic Approaches for Genitourinary Malignancies
John K. Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Physician-Scientist and Associate Professor-in-Residence, Division of Hematology/Oncology,
Department of Medicine and the Institute for Urologic Oncology,
Department of Urology at the David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
March 7 - TBA
Diana C.F. Monteiro, Ph.D.
Stadtman Investigator, Center for Structural Biology
Head, Macromolecular X-Ray Diffraction Section
Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute
March 21 - TBA
Rong Fan, Ph.D.
Harold Hodgkinson Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Pathology
Yale School of Medicine
April 4 - TBA
Suzanne D. Conzen, M.D.
Professor, Internal Medicine
Division Chief, Hematology and Oncology
UT Southwestern Medical Center
May 16 - Special CCR Nursing Grand Rounds
June 6 - TBA
Jadranka Loncarek, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator, Cancer Innovation Laboratory
Head, Centrosome Biology Section
Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute
June 13 - Special CCR Grand Rounds: 2025 AAAS Martin and Rose Wachtel Cancer Research Award and Lecture
September 5 - TBA
Pamela L. Wolters, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Scientist, Pediatric Oncology Branch
Co-Director, Behavioral Health Core
Head, Health Psychology and Neurobehavioral Research Program
Psychologist
Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute
September 12 - TBA
Steven D. Cappell, Ph.D.
Stadtman Investigator, Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics
Head, Single-Cell Dynamics Section
Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute
September 26 - TBA
Stravoula Mili, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology
Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute
October 3 - TBA
Christina H. Stuelten, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Scientist, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology
Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute
October 17 - TBA
Kira Bona, M.D., MPH
Attending Physician
Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
October 31 - TBA
Kumaran S. Ramamurthi, Ph.D.
Deputy Chief, Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Senior Investigator
Head, Cell Biology Section
Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute
November 14 - TBA
Joshua Mendell, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Vice-Chair
Department of Molecular Biology
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
November 21 - TBA
Adam M. Phillippy, Ph.D.
Director and Senior Investigator
Genome Informatics Section
National Human Genome Research Institute
December 19 - TBA
Clint T. Allen, M.D.
Senior Investigator
Surgical Oncology Program
Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute