


We Are Proud To Announce
The First Annual
Stanford Gynecologic Oncology Research Symposium
in honor of Dr. Jonathan S. Berek
Please join us for the all-day
Stanford Gynecologic Oncology Research Symposium
To be held in hybrid format
sponsored by
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford Cancer Institute
Stanford Women’s Cancer Center
Friday, September 12, 2025
Stanford University School of Medicine
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Berg Hall C
291 Campus Drive West
Stanford, California 94305
Speakers & Agenda
- Speakers
- Agenda
Speakers
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM | Breakfast |
8:30 AM - 8:50 AM | Welcome-Introductions: Philip Pizzo Steve Artandi |
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM | Keynote Speaker: Joellen Schildkraut Epidemiologic Unraveling of the Genomic Landscape of Ovarian Cancer: Insights and Innovations |
9:30 AM - 9:50 AM | Speaker 2: Brooke Howitt Gynecologic Pathology |
9:50 AM - 10:10 AM | Speaker 3: Allison Kurian Genetic Testing and Precision Oncology for Women's Cancers |
10:10 AM - 10:20 AM | Break |
10:20 AM - 10:40 AM | Speaker 4: Edgar Engleman Immunotherapy |
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM | Speaker 5: Livnat Jerby Computational Biology in Ovarian Cancer |
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM | Speaker 6: Calvin Kuo Using Organiods to Study Cancer Initiation and Therapy |
11:20 AM - 11:50 AM | Speaker 7: Erinn Rankin Molecular Biology and Radiation |
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch |
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM | Introduction of Carolyn Bertozzi Lloyd Minor Special Guest Carolyn Bertozzi Nobel Prize Laureate, Molecular Biology |
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM | Speaker 9: Kristin Bixel Overview of Clinical Trials |
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM | Speaker 10: Christopher Chen Phase I Clinical Trials |
2:20 PM - 2:40 PM | Speaker 11: Katherine Fuh Targeting Treatment Resistance: From Functional Genomics to Therapeutic Development in Ovarian Cancer |
2:40 PM - 2:50 PM | Break |
2:50 PM - 3:20 PM | Special Guest 12: TBA |
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM | Speaker 13: Crystal Mackall CAR-T Cell Therapy |
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM | Speaker 14: Oliver Dorigo Immunology & Immunotherapy |
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM | Speaker 15: Melinda Telli Leveraging ctNDA-MRD in early breast cancer |
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM | Panel Discussion: Pizzo, Dorigo, Schildkraut, Artandi, Berek |
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Reception |
Registration
Travel Information
Location
Parking
Lodging
FAQs
Friday, September 12, 2025
8:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Stanford University School of Medicine
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Berg Hall C
291 Campus Drive West
Stanford, California 94305
The event is open to all.
This symposium is free to attend. To assist with planning, we encourage you to register by Friday, August 15, 2025.
Please visit the speaker’s section above.
- Stock Farm Garage – Parking Structure 5, 360 Oak Rd, Stanford, CA 94305
- Stanford Parking L-17 – 141 Stock Farm Rd, Stanford, CA 94305
- Pasteur Visitor Garage – 200 Pasteur Dr, Palo Alto, CA 94304
Additional info: - https://transportation.stanford.edu/parking-stanford/purchase-parking/visitor-parking
How to pay: - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MGOk1UCL3KqfzRz_eguP0-0CB3W8Axmk/view
This symposium will be a hybrid event. When you register, please indicate if you will attend in-person or via Zoom.
San Jose Airport (SJC) 15 miles
San Francisco Airport (SFO) 25 miles