Monthly Lectures | Third Wednesdays | Hybrid
The Henry Ford + MSU Distinguished Cancer Research Lecture Series aims to highlight exciting, cutting-edge cancer research, generate new ideas, and build new collaborations among Henry Ford Health, Michigan State University, and researchers at other cancer centers.
Faculty members, research staff, graduate/medical students, and health care professionals are invited to join this hybrid seminar series. Lectures will be on the third Wednesday of every month from noon to 1 p.m. (EST/EDT), alternating between the Henry Ford Health campus in Detroit and the Michigan State University campus in East Lansing. Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees.
No registration is required to participate in the Henry Ford + MSU Distinguished Cancer Research Lecture Series.
Locations
| Interdisciplinary Science Technology Building Room 1404 766 Service Rd East Lansing, MI | Henry Ford Hospital Room ER2096 2799 W Grand Blvd Detroit, MI |
Questions
For any questions, please contact Henry Ford + MSU Cancer Project Coordinator Jenna Anheuser, janheus3@hfhs.org.
Lectures
Lecture Topic
Breaking the Conversation: Therapeutics to Interrupt Tumor–Neuron Interactions
About the Guest Speaker
Shawn Hervey-Jumper, M.D., holds the Mitchel Berger, MD Endowed Professorship in Neurosurgery at the University of California, San Francisco. He also serves as the vice chair for education and the residency program director, in addition to being an NIH-funded investigator specializing in the surgical management of brain cancers within functional brain regions, using physiological mapping. His research investigates tumor-driven remodeling of neuronal circuits, focusing on the molecular mechanisms underlying activity-dependent tumor proliferation. His lab demonstrated that glioma-infiltrated cortex exhibits abnormal task-evoked neural responses, with malignant glioma stem-like cells enriched in tumor regions with heightened synaptogenic and neurotrophic activities.
2025 Speakers
- Marina Pasca di Magliano, Ph.D.
Presentation Topic: Oncogenic KRAS as a Regulator of the Local and Systemic Pancreatic Cancer Microenvironment - Sita Kugel, Ph.D.
Presentaiton Topic: Targeting Lineage Plasticity in Pancreatic Cancer - Weiping Zou, M.D., Ph.D.
Presentation Topic: Metabolic Impact on Cancer Immunity and Therapy
2026 Speakers
- William L. Hwang, M.D., Ph.D.
Presentation Topic: Cell-Intrinsic and -Extrinsic Neural Influences in Pancreatic Cancer - Clayton Yates, MS, Ph.D.
Reassessing Tumor Biology Through the Lens of African Ancestry - Li Zhou, Ph.D.
Targeting Unconventional T Cells in Cancer
Learn More About Henry Ford + MSU Cancer Efforts