The Brain, Behavior, and Cancer Seminar Series kicks off the academic year with a presentation by Galen E. Switzer, PhD on September 14, 2022 at noon via Zoom.

Dr. Switzer is Professor of Medicine, Psychiatry, and Clinical and Translational Science at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He also serves as the Director of the PhD Program in Clinical and Translational Science and PhD Faculty Affairs for the Division of General Internal Medicine. In his talk, Dr. Switzer's talk will focus on  hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, now the most commonly used treatment for patients with blood cancers and other hematologic diseases for whom other therapies have failed.  A critical source for stem cells is living donors who are either blood relatives of, or unrelated to, the ill patient.  For the past 25 years, Dr. Switzer's research group has investigated psychosocial issues among these groups of donors and this presentation will provide an overview of our key research findings in three donor groups – unrelated adult, related adult, and pediatric sibling donors.

Zoom Link. Click on this link and enter Meeting ID: 915 6713 4514

For More Information. Please contact Jessica Harrison at harrisonj7@upmc.edu.

The Brain, Behavior, and Cancer Seminar Series is sponsored by the Biobehavioral Cancer Control Program and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center.