The Department of Radiology
The Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
The Office of Continuing Education
The NIH Southwestern Small Animal Imaging Resource Program

present

2008 CIP Symposium Schedule

The 8th Annual UT Southwestern
In vivo Cancer Cellular and Molecular Imaging Symposium

Hypoxia: Imaging and Exploitation for Cancer Therapy

Thursday, November 13, 2008

8:15 AM 

Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:45 AM 

The Texas Cancer Imaging Initiative
Welcoming Remarks
Dean Sherry, Ph.D.
Director, Advanced Imaging Research Center
UT Southwestern Medical Center

9:00 AM 

Monitoring and Manipulation of the Tumor Micro-Environment: Magnetic Resonance Techniques as Predictive Markers of the Therapeutic Response
Bernard Gallez, Ph.D.
Director, Biomedical Magnetic Resonance Unit
Louvain Drug Research Institute
University of Louvain
Brussels, Belgium

10:00 AM Break

10:30 AM 

PET Imaging of Hypoxia Predicts Outcome and Measures Response
Kenneth A. Krohn, Ph.D.
Professor of Radiology & Radiation Oncology
Adjunct Professor of Chemistry
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

11:30 AM 

PISTOL for Imaging Tumor Oxygenation
Vikram Kodibagkar, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology
UT Southwestern Medical Center

12:00 PM Lunch and Poster Session

1:30 PM 

Hypoxia in Brain Tumor Development
Robert Bachoo, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
UT Southwestern Medical Center

2:00 PM 

The Role of Hypoxia in Modern Radiation Therapy
Robert Timmerman, M.D.
Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
UT Southwestern Medical Center

2:30 PM 

Selected Short Presentations
(To be selected from submitted abstracts)

3:30 PM Break

3:45 PM 

Targeted Therapies to Exploit the Tumor Microenvironment
Dietmar W. Siemann, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Chair for Research
Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Florida Shands Cancer Center
Gainesville, FL

4:45 PM 

Cancer Imaging at UT Southwestern Medical Center
Closing Remarks
Ralph P. Mason, Ph.D., CSci, CChem
Professor, Radiology
UT Southwestern Medical Center

5:00 PM Reception

T. Boone Pickens Biomedical Building, 14th Floor

Friday, November 14, 2008

The 8th Annual UT Southwestern
In vivo Cancer Cellular and Molecular Imaging Symposium

State of the Art Cancer Imaging Instrumentation

9:00 AM

Instrument Presentations by Leading Manufacturers

Hands-On Training Workshops

12:00 PM Boxed Lunch for Participants in Hands-On Workshops

1:00 – 3:00PM

MRI Session

Optical Imaging Sessions

3:00 – 5:00 PM 

Radionuclide Imaging Session

Optical Imaging Sessions

The morning session is open to all. Participation in afternoon Workshops is limited and reservations are required for the sessions of your interest.

For Information Contact: CancerImagingProgram@UTSouthwestern.edu