University of Utah
1950 Circle of Hope Drive, Utah, United States
Jonathan Tward is a tenured Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Utah. He holds the Vincent P. and Janet Mancini Presidential Endowed Chair at Huntsman Cancer Institute in Genitourinary Malignancies. Tward is the leader of the Huntsman Cancer Institutes (HCI) Genitourinary Cancers Center (GUCC), coordinating the activities of its approximately 100 members who represent 45 of the University of Utah or HCI Departments or Colleges, and 21 Interdisciplinary Programs. As the leader, Tward is responsible for the strategic vision of the GUCC, and its operations, by directing multidisciplinary collaboration of patient care, community engagement, research, and donor relations.
Tward has contributed to over 95 published-peer reviewed journal articles. He is the Principal Investigator (PI) on several ongoing investigator-initiated clinical trials and is the site PI on numerous cooperative group or industry-sponsored clinical trials. Tward has received grant funding for his research interests which include "Big Data" analytics, diagnostic biomarker development, comparative effectiveness outcomes studies, and clinical trials. Tward serves as the Utah State Captain for the American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and is a strong advocate for cancer patients through federal and state advocacy efforts with Utahs elected federal representatives. He serves on the National Comprehensive Cancer Networks (NCCN) clinical practice guidelines committees for prostate, bladder, and penile cancers. As a member of the NCCN Framework for Resource Stratification subcommittees, Tward helps define appropriate cancer treatment pathways of low- and middle-resource countries where specific diagnostic tests or treatment approaches may be unavailable.
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Tuesday, October 1, 2024
2:30 PM – 3:45 PM ET
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
2:30 PM – 3:45 PM ET