Stephen J. Chanock, MD, National Cancer Institute
08/14/2021 - Travel Form Due
09/14/2021 - Abstracts Due
The Abbey Resort
269 Fontana Blvd
Fontana, WI 53125
262.275.6811
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Hours: 8:00am – 8:00 pm EST M-F
Domestic: 669-210-8002
International : 623-516-6140
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The Scholar Retreat, held annually invites scholars and mentors to attend a 3 day meeting. This meeting focuses on bringing junior scientists together from various areas of cancer research. The collaborations and new ideas that come from this meeting have been numerous and outstanding. The mentors provide great guidance regarding science and career for these junior scientists.
| Participant | Institution |
|---|---|
| Andrew Aguirre, MD, PhD | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
| Laura Banaszynski, PhD | UT Southwestern Medical Center |
| Floris Barthel, MD | The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine |
| Uri Ben-David, PhD | Tel Aviv University |
| Issam Ben-Sahra | Northwestern University |
| Shruti Bhatt, PhD | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
| Kristopher Bosse, MD | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
| Donita Brady, PhD | University of Pennsylvania |
| Danfeng Cai, PhD | HHMI Janelia Research Campus |
| Vivian Chang, MD | Children's Hospital of Los Angeles |
| Stephen J. Chanock, MD | National Cancer Institute |
| Brooke Emerling, PhD | Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute |
| Jessica Foster, MD | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
| W. Clay Gustafson, MD | University of California San Francisco |
| Takahiro Ito, PhD | Broad Institute |
| Lilian Kabeche, PhD | Yale University Cancer Biology Institute |
| Susan Kaech, PhD | Salk Institute |
| Junne Kamihara, MD, PhD | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
| Cassie Kline, MD, MAS | University of Pennsylvania |
| Mia Levine, PhD | University of Pennsylvania |
| Peter Ly, PhD | UT Southwestern Medical Center |
| Mitchell Machiela, ScD, MPH | National Cancer Institute |
| Marta Markiewicz-Potoczny, PhD | National Institutes of Health |
| Nneka Mbah, PhD | University of Michigan |
| Carla Daniela Robles-Espinoza, PhD | Intl. Lab for Human Genome Research, U. of Mexico |
| Stefano Santaguida, PhD | University of Milan and European Institute of Oncology |
| Jay Sarthy, MD, PhD | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |
| Jason Sheltzer, PhD | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory |
| Mara Sherman, PhD | Oregon Health & Science University |
| Danielle Shin, MD, PhD | Stanford University |
| Enzo Tedone, PhD | UT Southwestern |
| Zuzana Tothova, MD, PhD | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
| Neil Umbreit, PhD | Astrazeneca |
| Peter van Galen, PhD | Brigham and Women’s Hospital |
| Andrew Venteicher, MD, PhD | University of Minnesota |
| Elma Zaganjor, PhD | Harvard Medical School |
| Tianpeng Zhang, PhD | University of Pennsylvania |
| Mark Zimmerman, PhD | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) is the preferred airport as it is only 45 minutes from the meeting location.
Chicago's O'Hare Airport (ORD) is 1 1/2 hours from the meeting location without traffic. The Foundation can only accommodate 1 pick up per day at O'Hare. If you absolutely must fly into O'Hare (ie: International Flights) the Foundation will have the following pick up times at O'Hare:
Any other arrival times at Chicago's O'Hare airport must be arranged and paid for by the individual. You are welcome to arrive on Wednesday.
Submit Travel FormThe abstracts should be only one or two paragraphs outlining the theme of your presentation and should reflect the objective and spirit of the meeting (see above). Abstracts will be circulated about one week before the meeting. The meeting organizer will start requesting them a month before the meeting.
Submit AbstractFor more than 30 years, the Forbeck Foundation has proven to be an excellent steward of donor funds and has remained focused on executing its mission. Interested in sponsoring this Forum? Contact us today for more information!