HeLa Symposium Agenda

Virtual 25th Annual HeLa Symposium
Immunobiology in Women's Health

Presented by: Morehouse School of Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Friday, October 30, 2020
3:00 – 5:30 PM

Welcome
Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD
President and Dean
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA

Overview and the Henrietta Lacks Story
Roland Pattillo, MD
Founder, HeLa Women’s Health Symposium
Professor Emeritus
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA

Program Moderators
Dr. Cheryl Franklin and Dr. Franklyn Geary Jr., MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA          

What is the origin of our Adaptive Immune System?
Max Cooper, MD
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Georgia Research Alliance
Eminent Scholar
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA 

Immunotherapy for Gynecologic Oncology
Regina Lee, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA

Cancer Genomics in Gynecology Oncology:
Toward a Paradigm of Precision Medicine
Kevin Holcomb, MD
Vice-Chair of Gynecology and Director of Gynecologic Oncology
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY

Cervical Cancer Prevention:  We have come a long way!
Kiwita Phillips, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA 

Development of the HPV Vaccine:
Transforming Discovery into Disease Eradication
Warner Huh, MD
Division Director and Professor, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Margaret Cameron Spain Endowed Chair in Obstetrics/Gynecology, Vice Chair, Gynecology, Senior Medical Officer, UAB Cancer Service Line, O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center
Birmingham, AL 

Questions & Answers

Closing Remarks