Education

This series of lectures is designed to present pre and postdoctoral trainees with an organized educational format to explore major contemporary topics in cancer biology. It provides an integrated view of cancer research including basic science, translational science and clinical investigation.

To make sure first year fellows quickly learn the essentials, this introductory oncology core curriculum lecture series takes place from July to January.

This series of lectures is designed to give fellows an introduction to all aspects of designing and implementing clinical trials including preparing grant applications.

Core Cases in Hematology/Oncology is an engaging fellow-led case conference (every other Wednesday) to discuss fundamental hematologic and oncologic diseases.

This is a fellow-led weekly interactive conference for discussing challenging inpatient and outpatient cases with a broad audience including transfusion medicine faculty. There is also collaboration with transfusion medicine and hematopathology depending on the cases being discussed.

Hematology Grand Rounds is a forum for faculty and fellows to foster collaboration and research, to facilitate the sharing of latest research advances with other clinicians caring for patients and to ensure that the translation of research findings to the clinical arena.

In the first four months of each academic year, hematology faculty deliver lectures on common hematological diagnoses, pathophysiology, and management. These lectures are tailored for incoming first-year fellows and align with hematology board curriculum requirements.

Oncology Grand Rounds represents an invaluable platform for our fellows to learn from faculty and guest lecturers who are thought-leaders in their fields sharing cutting edge clinical and translational research related to medical oncology, malignant hematology, bone marrow transplantation and cellular therapies.