Cancer’s leading thinkers. Together in one room. 2025 SPRING SCHOLAR RETREAT RECAP
The Spring retreat was a big success. Drs. Warren Chan, Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, and Peter Lewis attended as mentors. We had a lovely reception and dinner the first night at “Celebration on Wells”. Jamie did the usual presentation of diplomas and goodbyes for the scholars who had their last retreat. On the second night, we were treated to a moving feast and a chance to get to know Lake Geneva, starting at “Guac Star”, followed by several other venues with excellent food and drinks. The weather cooperated mostly, and the hotel made possible a beautiful view over the lake. The short talks were all excellent, with a strong focus this year on metabolism, pediatric cancer, genomics, and other exciting topics. The usual format worked mostly well, although we did notice some tendency to have excessive animation and small panels. To avoid this, we will make some changes for next retreats: lead with a slide that states the problem you want to address and how you plan to address it (two short bullets, no data). Then, you are allowed NO more than 2 slides but with NO animation. Speakers will be allowed only two clicks so any animation will mean they may not be able to finish their talk. This will help make sure all speakers are framing their work as a question/problem and make it easier for others to follow. We are all looking forward to what promises to be a very special fall celebration of 40 years of Forbeck this Fall. Stay tuned for some exciting special speakers!
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD
James Amatruda, MD, PhD Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Jan Karlseder, PhD The Salk Institute
CHAIR
John T Kemshead, PhD, FRCPath BioMagnetic Solutions
Stephen Chanock, MD National Cancer Institute
W. Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, MMHC Ohio State University
VICE CHAIR
Clark Chen, MD, PhD Brown University
Edward Stites, MD, PhD Yale University
Kristina Cole, MD, PhD Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Sara A Courtneidge, PhD, DSc Oregon Health Sciences Center
Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD University of California, San Francisco
Lucy A Godley, MD, PhD Northwestern University
Kris C Wood, PhD Duke University
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