| 8:00 – 8:30 AM | Registration and Breakfast |
| 8:30 – 8:35 AM | Welcome & Opening Remarks |
| 8:35 – 9:15 AM | Dr. Gayathri Devi Duke University Medical Center and Duke Cancer Institute, NC “Inflammatory Breast Cancer: Unique Disease Biology, Drug Discovery Models and Mechanisms” |
| 9:15 – 9:30 AM | Ana M. Reyes Ramos, Graduate Student University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR “Effects of the Collagen Fiber Orientation in the Process of Modulation of Drug Resistance and Cell Signaling in the Breast Tumor Microenvironment” |
| 9:30 – 9:55 AM | Dr. Madeline Torres Lugo University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR “HSP70 inhibition synergistically enhances the effects of magnetic fluid hyperthermia in ovarian cancer” |
| 9:55 – 11:25 AM | Coffee Break and Poster Presentations |
| 11:25 – 12:05 PM | Dr. Daniel Sullivan Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL |
| 12:05 – 1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 – 1:05 PM | Special message from Dr. Waleska Crespo, President, Universidad Central del Caribe |
| 1:05 – 1:50 PM | Dr. Kevin Williams North Carolina Central University-Biomanufacturing Research Institute & Technology Enterprise, NC “Targeting the Hedgehog Pathway in Development and Cancer: Pharmacological Modulations” |
| 1:50 – 2:15 PM | Dr. Kosmas Kretsos Puerto Rico Consortium for Clinical Investigations, San Juan, PR “Puerto Rico Consortium for Clinical Investigation: the Case for Integrated Clinical Research Capabilities for Oncology Trials” |
| 2:15 – 2:40 PM | Dr. Jaime Matta Ponce Health Sciences University, Ponce, PR “Recent developments on DNA repair capacity as a molecular tool to study breast cancer” |
| 2:40 – 2:55 PM | Ariana Acevedo Díaz, Undergraduate Student University of Puerto Rico, Bayamón, PR “Ganoderma lucidum extract reduces cell migration and invasion in triple-negative metastatic breast cancer” |
| 2:55 – 3:10 PM | Coffee Break |
| 3:10 – 3:50 PM | Interactive Panel: “The importance of patients’ involvement in cancer research” Host – Dr. Julio Jimenez Cancer Survivors – Ivette García and Maria del Carmen Pacheco Cancer Researcher – Dr. Michelle Martinez |
| 3:50 – 4:05 PM | Claudia Colón, Graduate Student Ponce Health Sciences University “Adrenergic Modulation of Pro-Inflammatory Response in Ovarian Cancer” |
| 4:05 – 4:30 PM | Dr. Linette Castillo Universidad Central del Caribe, School of Medicine, Bayamón, PR “Novel Targeted Therapeutics for Metastatic Breast Cancer” |
| 4:30 – 5:00 PM | Poster Presentation Awards / Evaluation / Closing Remarks |
