September 21, 2015 – 7 p.m.
McNally Robinson Booksellers, 1120 Grant Avenue, Winnipeg

About 2 in 5 Canadians will develop cancer in their lifetimes. There are an estimated 196,900 new cases of cancer each year in Canada. With numbers on the rise, cancer research is underway in Manitoba to better understand the causes and develop new treatments to improve cancer survival rates. Join our graduate student panelists to learn about their research into blood, brain and colorectal cancers and what they are finding.

Moderator:

Dr. Afshin Raouf,
Assistant Professor, Cell Biology & Immunology, College of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences; Investigator, Research Institute of Oncology & Hematology, a joint institute of the University of Manitoba and CancerCare Manitoba

Panelists:

Mrs. Rebecca (DeLong) Dielschneider
PhD student, Department of Immunology, College of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences

Ms. Lisa Liang
PhD student, Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics, College of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences

Ms. Erin McAndrew
MSc student, Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics, College of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences