Atlas to Axons: The impact of Tumor Innervation on Ovarian Cancer

Atlas to Axons:

The impact of Tumor Innervation on Ovarian Cancer

Prof. Ronny Drapkin
 

Professor of  Pathology in Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania

GRAY SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
Guest Lecture

Hosted by: Prof. Ronit Satchi-Fainaro,
Head, Gray School of Medical Sciences, Tel Aviv University

Dr. Ronny Drapkin is the Franklin Payne Professor of Pathology in Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he directs the Penn Ovarian Cancer Research Center, the Gynecologic Cancer Research Program at the Basser Center for BRCA and co-directs the Ovarian Cancer Translational Center of Excellence at the Abramson Cancer Center. His research focuses on the pathogenesis and molecular evolution of women’s cancers, with an emphasis on ovarian and endometrial carcinomas. His laboratory played a critical role in the identification of the fallopian tube epithelium as the origin of most high-grade serous ovarian cancers - a discovery that transformed the field and redefined prevention and early detection strategies. His group develops innovative model  systems to study disease initiation, progression, and tumor–microenvironment interactions and is leading efforts to build a precancer atlas to identify biomarkers and therapeutic targets for cancer interception. Dr. Drapkin trained at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, previously served on the Harvard faculty, and is an elected Fellow of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) and the Association of American Physicians (AAP).