Representatives from cancer foundations will present on their funding opportunities and give tips for applying. Presentations will be followed by a panel of UCSF faculty who have served on their review committees. This seminar will take place over Zoom only. Open to all UCSF postdocs, graduate students, faculty, and fellows. Click Here to Register. 

Foundation Representatives:

• Megan Allen, PhD – Scientific Director, Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
• Julia Schwartz – the Program Coordinator for Grants & Awards at Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation
• Judy Quong, PhD – Director, Scientific Review and Grants Administration, at American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

UCSF Faculty Panelists:

• Catherine Smith, MD – Associate Professor, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, UCSF; Co-Leader, Molecular Oncology Program, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Margaret A. Tempero, MD – Rombauer Family Distinguished Professorship in Pancreas Cancer Clinical and Translational Science; Director, UCSF Pancreas Center; Leader, Pancreas Cancer Program; Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, UCSF
• Li Zhang, PhD – Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF