University of Colorado
Aurora, Colorado, United States
Dr. Karam MD, PhD is an Associate Professor and the Vice Chair of Translational Research in Radiation Oncology at the University of Colorado who specializes in head and neck and pancreatic cancer. As a physician-scientist, her laboratory focuses on understanding mechanisms of response and resistance to radiation through the lens of the tumor immune microenvironment. Dr. Karam runs several investigator-initiated trials aimed at combining radiation with immunotherapy to improve therapeutic response. Translational endpoints from these trials are analyzed at the bench in real time for biomarker discovery and development of future therapeutics.
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The State of Clinical Translation
Sunday, September 29, 2024
3:00 PM – 3:25 PM ET