Past Events

2023 CEHCV Fall Think Tank

NCI’s CEHCV Fall Think Tank 2023 featured Dr. John T. Schiller (Deputy Chief Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, NIH Distinguished Investigator, Head, Neoplastic Disease Section, CCR, NCI), who with his co-PI Dr. Douglas Lowy, helped develop the human papillomavirus (HPV) prophylactic vaccines that we know commonly today as Cervarix and Gardasil.  His keynote address was entitled, “The Surprises in Developing HPV Virus-Like Particles as an HPV Prophylactic Vaccine and a Broad-Spectrum Cancer Therapy”.   

Additional invited speakers included:

Dr. Genoveffa Franchini, Head, Animal Models and Retroviral Vaccines Section, Vaccine Branch, CCR, NCI
“Innate and Adaptive Immunity to Prevent SIV/HIV Infection “

Dr. Ramya Ramaswami, Lasker Clinical Research Scholar HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, CCR, NCI
“Beneath the Surface - Exploring Kaposi Sarcoma and Other KSHV-associated Disorders”

CEHCV 2023 Think Tank agenda/program/abstracts

Congratulations to the Travel Award winners from the CEHCV Fall Think Tank 2023!

Oral presenters:
Ryan Burdick  
Research Biologist, Pathak Lab, NCI/CCR/HIV DRP

Yuta Hikichi
Postdoctoral Fellow (Visiting), Freed Lab, NCI/CCR/HIV DRP

Poster presenters:
Lindsey Farr
Postbaccalaureate Fellow, Freed Lab, NCI/CCR/HIV DRP

Bihn Nguyen
Postbaccalaureate Fellow, Freed Lab, NCI/CCR/HIV DRP

Rokeya Siddiqui
Postdoctoral Fellow (Visiting), Pathak Lab, NCI/CCR/HIV DRP


2022 CEHCV Fall Think Tank

NCI’s CEHCV Fall Think Tank 2022 featured Dr. Drew Weissman (Roberts Family Professor in Vaccine Research and Director of the Penn Institute for RNA Innovation, The Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania), a world-renowned physician and RNA biology researcher who made groundbreaking work leading to effective COVID-19 vaccines.  His keynote address was entitled, “Nucleoside-modified mRNA Therapeutics”.

Additional invited speakers included:

Dr. Aimée Kreimer, Senior Investigator, Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, NCI
“Updated in HPV Vaccination: Research to Inform Access and Uptake”

Dr. Irini Sereti, Senior Investigator, HIV Pathogenesis Unit, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), DIR, NIH
“Inflammatory Syndromes in People with Advanced HIV Starting Antiretroviral Therapy”

CEHCV 2022 live videocast
CEHCV 2022 ThinkTank agenda/program/abstracts

Congratulations to the Travel Award winners from the CEHCV Fall Think Tank 2022!

Oral presenters:
Krista Delviks-Frankenberry
Staff Scientist, Pathak Lab, NCI/CCR/HIV DRP

Chuen-Yen Lau
Associate Research Physician, Maldarelli Lab, NCI/CCR/HIV DRP

Ramona Moles
Postdoctoral fellow (CRTA), Franchini Lab NCI/CCR/Vaccine Branch

Poster presenters:
Yuta Hikichi
Postdoctoral Fellow (Visiting), Freed Lab, NCI/CCR/HIV DRP

Alex Kleinpeter
Postdoctoral Fellow, Freed Lab, NCI/CCR/HIV DRP

Sarkis Sarkis
Postdoctoral Fellow (Visiting), Franchini Lab, NCI/CCR/Vaccine Branch