Weekly Information Pack - Alfred Hospital

Date
Wednesday 27 March 2013
Time
Place
RSVP
3.30 – 4.30pm
Lecture Theatre
Level 5, Alfred Centre
99 Commercial Road, Melbourne
info@mccc.edu.au
The role of Aspirin and NSAIDs in Cancer
Prevention
Seminar details
Dr Asad Umar will be discussing epidemiological, preclinical and clinical
evidence for cancer prevention. He will also discuss the evidence for Aspirin’s
role in multiple disease prevention.
Guest Speaker: Dr Asad Umar, DVM, PhD
Dr Asad Umar is the Head of Gastrointestinal & Other Cancer Research Group
in the Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute (NCI). He
received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Immunology at the Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, MD in 1993. He then conducted his postdoctoral training
in the laboratories of Patricia Gearhart in Baltimore MD and of Thomas Kunkel
at National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences in Research Triangle
Park NC. Dr Umar’s main scientific interest is to understand the molecular
pathways during gastrointestinal carcinogenesis and applying molecular
targeted and immunologic interventions to prevent cancer.
As a program Director, Dr. Umar oversees a wide variety of grants focusing on
translational research screening and clinical trials.
Recently, Dr Umar represented DCP for NCI’s Provocative Questions initiative
where a large number of unanswered (but important) questions in oncology
are being focused for research priority. A major emphasis is on the
mechanisms of cancer prevention for a number of successful interventions
and understanding the link between obesity and ageing on cancer risk.
Light refreshments provided.
Bookings essential. For more information on this seminar and to register visit
http://www.mccc.edu.au/news-and-media/Seminar-Series