NCI Director To Keynote Cancer Survivorship Event March 27

"Transforming Cancer Survivorship Through Research and Best Practice,” provided by the University of Cincinnati Cancer Institute Survivorship Program, is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, March 27, at the Kingsgate Marriott Conference Center. Continuing Medical Education credit will be available.

The keynote speaker will be Julia Rowland, PhD, director, National Cancer Institute Office of Cancer Survivorship. In addition, the following will be featured speakers:

• Patricia Ganz, MD, UCLA

• Timothy Ahles, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

• Michael Stubblefield, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering

• Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

• Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, PhD, RD, University of Alabama.

The event is planned to meet the needs of the following practicing health care professionals: physicians, nurses, psychologists, residents, medical students, social workers, counselors and other oncology health professionals.

For a full agenda and registration link, visit uchealth.com/events/transformingsurvivorship/. Early bird registration is available until Feb. 28. With questions, contact Pat Woellert at 513-558-9911 or

patricia.woellert@uc.edu.