2024 Winter Symposium & Reception
Program Agenda | Organizers | Sponsors & Exhibitors | Sponsorship Opportunities | Young Investigator Awards
Date & Venue
Friday, December 6, 2024
6:00 - 10:00 p.m. PST
University Club Atop Symphony Towers
750 B Street Suite #3400
San Diego, CA 92101
Program
6:00 - 7:00 pm Doors and Registration Open, Social Gathering, Visit Exhibit Booths
7:00 – 7:30 pm CAHON Presentations
Opening Remarks and Introduction of VIP Guests
Jing-Zhou Hou, MD, PhD – CAHON Board Chair, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
CAHON Updates
Liang Deng, MD, PhD - CAHON President, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Updates on CAHON Journals
Delong Liu, MD, PhD - Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Hematology & Oncology, New York Medical College
7:30 – 8:20 pm Scientific Presentations
7:30 - 7:50 pm Wanderings Between GVHD and GVL: A 25 Year Saga
Speaker: Robert Negrin, MD – Stanford University
7:50 - 8:05 pm NHL in China
Speaker: Yuqin Song, MD, PhD - Peking University Cancer Hospital
8:05 - 8:20 pm Future of Myeloma Care
Speaker: Brian G.M. Durie, MD - International Myeloma Foundation Founder and Board Chairman Emeritus
8:20 – 8:35 pm Young Investigator Award Ceremony
Presented by the CAHON Academic Committee
8:35 – 8:40 pm Closing Remarks
Jing-Zhou Hou, MD, PhD – CAHON Board Chair, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
8:40 – 10:00 pm Social Gathering
8:40 - 9:10 pm Career Development Mentoring Session
Open to all fellows and residents. Meet with Senior CAHON members to discuss career development in academia,
clinical practice, industry and government.
10:00 pm - Event Concludes
Meeting Organizers
JingZhou Hou, MD, PhD - Chair, CAHON Board Chair, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Liang Deng, MD, PhD – Co-Chair, CAHON President, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Hongtao Liu, MD, PhD – University of Wisconsin at Madison
Yucai Wang, MD, PhD – Mayo Clinic
J. Christine Ye, MD, MS - MD Anderson Cancer Center
Hong Zheng, MD, PhD - Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute
Winter Symposium Supporters
Corporate Partners
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2024 Annual Hematology/Oncology Supporters
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2024 Annual Bronze Sponsor
Annual Exhibitors
Merck & Sanofi
Sponsorship Opportunities
New this year, the Winter Symposium is an exclusive event for our Corporate Partners, Annual Hematology, and other annual supporters.
All other companies and industry reps are welcome to join us at the Winter Symposium as a general attendee by registering on the symposium webpage.
Winter 2024 Young Investigator Award (YIA)
Sponsored by
To foster growth and achievement amongst CAHON’s early career or physician-in-training members, CAHON will award up to five Young Investigator Awards (YIA) based on the scientific merit of abstracts submitted to the 2024 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting.
Each awardee will receive $500 and a certificate. International recipients will receive a certificate.
The application deadline is: Monday, November 11, 2024
Eligibility Criteria
- Current CAHON member –Available to physicians-in-training, including residency or fellowship training (Associate Member Category, waived dues) or physicians within 3 years of fellowship training at the level of instructor or assistant professor (Active Member Category, dues $100 USD)
- Recognized as the first or senior author in the abstract or presentation presented at the 2024 ASCO Annual Meeting.
- Availability to attend CAHON’s Young Investigator Award Ceremony during the 2024 Winter Symposium
Applications should include:
- YIA Application Form
- Accepted 2024 ASH abstract including the abstract category (i.e., clinical, translational, etc.)
- CV, including education and current training level or position
CAHON membership applications available at http://www.cahon.org/membership
Please submit application materials to Rebecca Gasparich at rgasparich@cahon.org
The award winners will be announced in early December by email notification and on the CAHON website. Awards will also be presented to the winners during the CAHON 2024 Winter Symposium in San Diego.