Invited Speakers:

Vay Liang W. Go:

  • Asian Pacific Digestive Week, Kobe, Japan, October 2007
  • Society for Integrative Oncology’s Fourth International Conference: Expanding Horizons in Collaborative Cancer Care, San Francisco, CA, November 2007
  • NANETS Neuroendocrine Symposium, Southampton, Bermuda, February 2008
  • Purdue-UAB Botanicals Symposium, Birmingham, AL, March 2008
     

Gang Li:

  • University of California at San Francisco, Cancer Center, June 2008
  • Brunel University, UK, May 2008
  • University of Manchester, UK, May 2008
  • MD Anderson Cancer Institute, November 2007
     

Paul Lee:

  • "Metabolomics of Amino Acid Metabolism." Fourth Annual Agi Hirshberg Symposium on Pancreatic Cancer, Los Angeles, CA, February 2008
     

David Dawson:

  • “Stem Cells in Pancreatic Cancer Research.” Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Symposium, Phoenix, AZ, December 2008
  • “Histopathology of Genetically-Engineered Mouse Models of Pancreatic Cancer." Fifth Annual Agi Hirshberg Symposium on Pancreatic Cancer, Los Angeles, CA, February 2009

 

UCLA Center for Excellence 
in Pancreatic Diseases

  • Multidisciplinary research program to study phytonutrient mechanisms of action in inflammatory and proliferative diseases

  • Employs molecular biology and metabolomics technologies, and translational potential research focus

  • National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) funded center for 5 years (1 P01 AT003960)

  • Center expertise include UCLA campus, LA Biomed Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System.