Tobacco, Proposition 29 and the War on Cancer

A symposium featuring expert presentations and panel discussions

Wednesday, May 30, 2012 : 12:00pm to 3:00pm

Health Sciences Campus
Harlyne Norris Research Tower, Aresty Conference Center

Free, advance registration is required.


Leading physicians and researchers from California universities will come together to discuss the impact of tabacco on residents' health as well as the potential implications of a statewide initiative aimed at supporting cancer research.

Tobacco, Proposition 29 and the War on Cancer
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

Welcome
Dr. Stephen B. Gruber, Director, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Dean Carmen A. Puliafito, Keck School of Medicine of USC

A symposium featuring expert presentations and panel discussions including:

Keeping California in the Fight Against Tobacco-related Cancer
Dr. John Pierce, Professor of Family and Preventive Medicine, UC San Diego

Get ‘em Young and Train ‘em Right: Tobacco Industry Targeting of Teens and their Mothers
Dr. Robert Jackler, Sewall Professor and Chair, Department of Otolaryngology, Stanford University School of Medicine

First-Hand Stories from Cancer Patients and Survivors
Joe Lapides, Co-President, USC Norris Cancer Hospital head and neck cancer patient support group
Del Shilling, former Walt Disney executive
John Ready, President of Atos Medical, a voice and pulmonary device company
Moderated by Dr. Uttam Sinha, Watt Chair in Head and Neck Cancer Research, Chief and
Residency Program Director, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Keck Medical Center of USC

Wednesday, May 30, 2012
12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Box lunch served at 11:30 a.m.
 
USC Health Sciences Campus
Harlyne J. Norris Cancer Research Tower
Aresty Auditorium & Conference Center
1450 Biggy Street, Lower Ground Level
Los Angeles, California 90033
 
Public parking at USC Health Sciences Campus is available for $8.00

To watch the live webcast, go to: http://ccnt.hsc.usc.edu/

This event is open to the press and the public. Advance registration is required.
To register online, visit: www.usc.edu/esvp (Please use code: TCR).