| 8:00 – 8:30 AM | Registration and Breakfast |
| 8:30 – 8:35 AM | Welcome & Opening Remarks |
| 8:35 – 9:15 AM | Dr. Kevin Williams North Carolina Central University-Biomanufacturing Research Institute & Technology Enterprise, NC “Targeting the Hedgehog Pathway in Development and Cancer: Pharmacological Modulation” |
| 9:15 – 9:30 AM | Student-Short Presentation |
| 9:30 – 9:55 AM | Dr. Madeline Torres Lugo University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR “HSP70 inhibition synergistically enhances the effects of magnetic fluid hyperthermia in ovarian cancer” |
| 9:55 – 11:25 AM | Coffee Break / Student, Post-doc/Fellows & Faculty Poster Presentations |
| 11:25 – 12:05 PM | Dr. Daniel Sullivan Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL |
| 12:05 – 1:05 PM | Lunch |
| 1:05 – 1:50 PM | Dr. Gayathri Devi Duke University Medical Center and Duke Cancer Institute, NC “Inflammatory Breast Cancer: Unique Disease Biology, Drug Discovery Models and Mechanisms” |
| 1:50 – 2:15 PM | Dr. Kosmas Kretsos Puerto Rico Consortium for Clinical Investigations, San Juan, PR |
| 2:15 – 2:40 PM | Dr. Jaime Matta Ponce Health Sciences University, Ponce, PR |
| 2:40 – 2:55 PM | Student – Short Presentation |
| 2:55 – 3:10 PM | Coffee Break |
| 3:10 – 3:50 PM | Interactive Panel Drs and Cancer Patients |
| 3:50 – 4:05 PM | Student – Short Presentation |
| 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 |
