Sequencing Strategies for Population and Cancer Epidemiology Studies (SeqSPACE)

The SeqSPACE Planning Committee is pleased to announce a two-part webinar series highlighting the work of four junior investigators selected through our recent call for abstracts. Part 1 will feature presentations by Dr. Jing Dong and Austin Hammermeister Suger.

Jing Dong, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine Medical College of Wisconsin “Leveraging Mitochondrial Genome to Predict Posttransplant Outcomes in Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes”

Austin Hammermeister Suger, M.S. PhD Student, Department of Epidemiology University of Washington "Rare Genetic Variant Contributions to Multiple Cancers"

Dr. Jing Dong is an assistant professor of medicine at Medical College of Wisconsin. Research at her lab focuses on integrating cutting-edge omics technology into large epidemiologic cohorts to build a multidisciplinary research program for developing approaches to reduce cancer burden. Dr. Dong will explore the association of mitochondrial DNA variants with outcomes of hematopoietic cell transplantation as predictors of survival.

Austin Hammermeister Suger is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Epidemiology at University of Washington. His research is focused on examining the relationships between rare genetic variation and multiple cancer types. Mr. Hammermeister Suger will present on his research, particularly the fifteen genes that showed associations across a range of individual cancer types tested.