Precision Cancer Medicine Beyond Next Generation Sequencing Gene Panels Wednesday, March 29, 2023 Mark your calendars! Dr Lillian Siu is our guest speaker this year at the Maria Ricci Memorial Lectureship In Oncology taking place at the CCTG Spring Meeting on Saturday April 29, 5:00 pm in the Mountbatten Room at the Chelsea Hotel in Toronto. Dr Siu's lecture is titled "Precision Cancer Medicine Beyond Next Generation Sequencing Gene Panels". This session is RCPSC accredited About Dr Lillian Siu Dr. Siu is a senior medical oncologist at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Director of the Phase I Program, Co-Director of the Bras and Family Drug Development Program and Clinical Lead for the Tumour Immunotherapy Program. She is Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and holds the BMO Chair in Precision Genomics. Dr. Siu’s major research focus is in the area of new anticancer drug development, particularly with respect to phase I trials and head and neck malignancies. Internationally, Dr. Siu was the recipient of the 2010 US NCI Michaele C. Christian Award in Oncology Drug Development and was awarded the TAT 2020 Honorary Award for contributions in the development of anticancer drugs. Maria Ricci June 15, 1974 – Jan 24, 2007 About the Maria Ricci Memorial Lectureship in Oncology This lectureship was established by a donation from GlaxoSmithKline in memory of Maria Ricci who was the GSK Scientific Development Manager in oncology when her life ended tragically while traveling on GSK-related business
