TWiPO #16 ~ Genetic Underpinnings of Ewing Sarcoma: Interview with Dr Stephen L. Lessnick - a podcast by Solving Kids Cancer

October
07, 2011

Dr. Tim Cripe and co-hosts Dr. Lionel Chow and
Dr. Lars Wagner welcome special guest Dr. Stephen Lessnick for an in-depth
discussion on the progress to date in understanding the genetics of Ewing's
sarcoma. The challenges of interpreting the gene expression data as well as the
ethics of collecting tumor specimens for research purposes are also explored.
Dr.Stephen Lessnick is a Professor of Pediatrics and Oncological Sciences at
the University of Utah, where he also serves as an Attending Physician in
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake
City, UT. He received his PhD in Molecular Biology from UCLA in 1994, and his
MD from UCLA in 1996, followed by a residency at Children's Hospital in Boston,
and a fellowship at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital.
Currently, Dr. Lessnick is the Director of the Center for Children's Cancer
Research at Huntsman Cancer Institute, a Jon and Karen Huntsman Presidential
Professor in Cancer Research at the University of Utah, and is the Vice Chair
for Biology of the Bone Tumor Committee in the Children's Oncology Group.
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