The audience for the Meet-the-Expert Lunch includes graduate, medical, and post-baccalaureate students; clinical fellows; post-doctoral fellows; tenure-track investigators, government employees, and scientists in general; and industry/pharma scientists and employees. Space for this event is limited and priority will be given to early career scientists.

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Address most of their open questions and concerns on the selected topic
• Make informed decisions about their career development and research projects 
• Establish connections with experts in their field of interest

Bioinformatics and Big Data: Career Development
Riyue Bao, PhD – UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Alexander Lazar, MD, PhD – The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Bioinformatics and Big Data: Harnessing Big Data to Inform Research and Clinical Trials
David Liu, MD – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Benjamin G. Vincent, MD – University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Career Paths for Physician Scientists
Tina Cascone, MD, PhD – The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Sachia S. Powell, JD – Powell-Drescher Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation

Careers Outside Academia and Industry – Careers in Government FDA/NIH
Stephanie L. Goff, MD, FACS – National Cancer Institute
James L. Gulley, MD, PhD, FACP – National Cancer Institute

Careers Outside Academia and Industry – Careers in Policy, Advocacy and Non-Profit Organizations
John E. Connolly, PhD – Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
Joan Levy, PhD – Melanoma Research Alliance

Clinical Trials: Building Bridges to Bring Research from the Bench to the Bedside
Deborah Collyar, B.sci – Patient Advocates in Research (PAIR)
Anusha Kalbasi, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine

Collaborating with Industry
Greg M. Delgoffe, PhD – University of Pittsburgh
Ryan Sullivan, MD – Harvard Medical School

Finding the Right Mentor, Sponsor or Advocate
Kristin G. Anderson, PhD – University of Virginia
Michael T. Lotze, MD, FACS – University of Pittsburgh

How to Navigate a Clinical Trainee to a Clinical Investigator Position
Allison Betof Warner, MD, PhD – Stanford University School of Medicine
Adam Schoenfeld, MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

How to Navigate the Postdoc to PI Transition (Table 1)
Yu L. Lei, PhD, DDS – The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Abigail E. Overacre-Delgoffe, PhD – University of Pittsburgh

How to Navigate the Postdoc to PI Transition (Table 2)
Jennifer L. Guerriero, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital
Marco Ruella, MD – University of Pennsylvania 

Industry: Building Your Career in Industry (Big Pharma) (Table 1)
Ezo Gruyters, PhD – AstraZeneca
Kristen M. Hege, MD

Industry: Building Your Career in Industry (Big Pharma) (Table 2)
Ivan Diaz-Padilla, MD, PhD – GSK
Giovanni Melillo, MD – AstraZeneca

Industry: Building Your Career in Industry (Startup and Midsize Pharma)
Arun Balakumaran, MD, PhD – Replay Bio
Praveen K. Bommareddy, PhD – Replimune Inc

Navigating a Career in Academia: Grants and Collaborations
Rongze "Olivia" Lu, PhD – UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Dario A.A. Vignali, PhD – University of Pittsburgh

Setting Up a Successful Biotech (Midsize Pharma and Small Startups)
Rachel W. Humphrey, MD – Normunity, Inc.
Zhen Su, MD, MBA – Marengo Therapeutics

Translational Research: Human Samples to Lab and Back to the Clinic
Lorenzo Galluzzi, PhD – Weill Cornell Medicine
Cara Haymaker, PhD – The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Translational Research: Mice to Humans
Tullia C. Bruno, PhD – University of Pittsburgh
Prajwal Rajappa, MD – Nationwide Children's Hospital