JBL Symposium XXVI – 2023
Friday, October 27th, 2023
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Snyder Auditorium (Kresge G1)
655 Huntington Ave Boston, MA 02115
(Directions to Snyder Auditorium)
Theme: “Ionizing Radiation and the Human Brain”
In-Person Symposium (apologies, but this event will not be streamed online)
Symposium Registration
For any questions regarding registration or the symposium in general,
please contact Jennifer Razo at jrazo@hsph.harvard.edu.
Program:
1:00-1:05 PM: WelcomeZachary Nagel, PhD, and Kristopher Sarosiek, PhD
Co-Directors, John B. Little Center for Radiation SciencesHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
1:05-1:10 PM: Opening RemarksJane J. Kim, MPH, ScDInterim Dean of the Faculty and Dean for Academic AffairsHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
1:10-1:25 PM: Introduction to Ionizing Radiation and the Human Brain
Helen Shih, MD, MS, MPH, FASTRO
Chief, CNS & Eye Services, Radiation Oncology
Massachusetts General Hospital
1:25-1:40 PM: A Patient’s Perspective:
Laura Greco
1:40-1:55 PM: Preventing Radiation Therapy-Induced Neurocognitive Impairment by Targeting Apoptosis
Kristopher Sarosiek, PhD
Co-Director, John B. Little Center for Radiation Sciences
Associate Professor of Radiation Biology and Cell DeathHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
1:55-2:40 PM: Radiation Associated Functional Alteration of Cortical Information Processing in Glioma-Infiltrated Cortex
Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Neurological Surgery
UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences
2:40 – 3:00 PM: Coffee Break
3:00-3:15 PM: Targeting DNA Repair for Glioblastoma Therapy
Zachary Nagel, PhD
Co-Director, John B. Little Center for Radiation Sciences
Associate Professor of Genomics and Cancer BiologyHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
3:15 – 4:00 PM: Organotypic Brain Slice Models for Radiation Research
Scott Richard Floyd, MD, PhD
Gary Hock and Lyn Proctor Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
Duke University School of Medicine
4:00 – 4:45 PM: What Have We Learned From Therapeutic Radiation for Brain Tumors?
Kristin Redmond, MD, MSc, FACS
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
4:45-5 :00 PM: Closing Remarks
Zachary Nagel, PhD, and Kristopher Sarosiek, PhD
Co-Directors, John B. Little Center for Radiation SciencesHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
5:00-6:00 PM Closing Reception and Networking
Kresge Cafeteria
Please register to attend by visiting JBL Symposium Registration
