Oncology

Informatics

Unveiling Viral Associations in Human Cancer Using Genomic Data

Program Committee Moderator(s)

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  Arivarasan Karunamurthy, MD (he/him/his)

  Assistant Professor
  University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Co-Moderator (Early Career)(s)

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  Parsa Hodjat, MD (he/him/his)

  Assistant Professor
  Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
  Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Session

Description: Association of viruses in the multistep oncogenesis of various human malignancies is a well-known phenomenon. This session will explore the intricate relationship between viruses and human cancer and the use of multi-omics data in the study of molecular mechanisms of tumorigenesis of well-established oncoviruses. Discovery of novel viral associations, deeper understanding of viral oncogenesis and mutational signatures using large pan-cancer genome and whole-transcriptome datasets.

Presentations:

• 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM PST

  Mechanisms of Viral-Host Cell Interaction: Integration, Mutagenesis and Tumorigenesis
  

  Breakout Speaker: Gabriel J. Starrett, PhD (he/him/his) – National Cancer Institute
• 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM PST

  Microbiome Discovery and Characterization from Next Generation Sequencing Data
  

  Breakout Speaker: Chad Vanderbilt, MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center