CancerConnect events bring multidisciplinary researchers together to fight cancer
How do researchers begin collaborations with each other when they work in different fields? At the CancerConnect events co-hosted by the Tulane Cancer Center, it looks a lot like speed dating.
At an October event between the Cancer Center and the School of Liberal Arts, philosophers talked with health policy experts, sociologists had conversations with pharmacologists and epidemiologists and anthropologists found common ground.
“All of us have a shared goal of finding better treatment options and ultimately cures for cancer,” said Dr. Stefan Grant, director of the Tulane Cancer Center. “Collaboration is paramount to achieving these goals. By bringing together researchers from different fields and backgrounds, we can explore how new ideas and perspectives can drive progress in cancer research and care.”
It was the third such iteration of CancerConnect, a series of events that is designed to connect members of the Cancer Center, which is housed within the School of Medicine, with researchers across all schools.
