Fundamental and clinical aspects of Bone & Cancer
Live Webinar: 17 December 2019, 5pm CET
Date & Time: 17 December 2019, 5pm CET
Featuring Gabriel van der Pluijm & Peyman Hadji and moderated by Hanna Taipaleenmäki
Costs: Live webinar is free for ECTS members and non-members, but a registration is required. Recordings are accessible to ECTS members only.
Format:
- 5 min welcome & introductions
- 35 min presentation
- 20 min Q&A
About the Speakers
Peyman Hadji
Prof. Peyman Hadji obtained his medical degree from the University of Frankfurt, Germany, in 1990, and went on to complete his postgraduate training in obstetrics and gynaecology at the Hamburg Institute of Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine and the Philipps-University of Marburg, where he received his PD in 2001. In June 2006, he was appointed as a full Professor of Medicine at the Philipps-University of Marburg. From 2014-2018, Dr. Hadji was the head of the department of bone oncology, endocrinology and reproductive medicine at the Krankenhaus Nordwest in Frankfurt, Germany. Since October 2018, Dr. Hadji id the head of the Frankfurt Center of Bone Health.
Gabri van der Pluijm
Gabri van der Pluijm’s group developed ‘near-patient’ disease models of urological malignancies that are exploited to 1. Identify molecular tumour-stroma mechanisms involved in tumour progression and therapy resistance,2. Develop tumour- &stroma-targeted therapy, 3. Develop oncolytic viro-immunotherapy, 4. Develop biomedical imaging. Other functions; board member European Association of Urology (ESUR), member Study Programme Committee-Biomedical Sciences, mentor PhD students/postdocs, tutor bachelor/master students, examinator (inter)national PhD committees, invited lecturer.
