Newswise — Columbia University is hosting a media briefing on the future of cancer research in partnership with the producers of the upcoming PBS broadcast of Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Columbia oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee. The film is a three-part, six-hour major television event presented by documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and produced and directed by Barak Goodman (JRN’86), in partnership with WETA, the flagship public broadcasting station in Washington, D.C. Based on Dr. Mukherjee’s book, the film is one of the most comprehensive documentaries on a single disease ever made. Tuesday, March 24, 20159:30 – 11:00 a.m.Columbia University in the City of New YorkRotunda, Low Memorial LibraryWest 116th Street, New York, NY 10027Please RSVP to arrange for reserved seats.TV/Radio/Photographers welcome with RSVP.
Live webcast: Program will be streamed at columbia.edu/cancer.Follow on Twitter using the #CancerFilm hashtagWe will try to accommodate questions from members of the media watching via the webcast. The conversation will include biomedical scientists—both in the film and at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center—whose discoveries change the way doctors treat cancers now and in the years ahead. After an introduction, there will be approximately 45 minutes for discussion and media Q&A. The panelists will share information and address new diagnostic tools, innovative clinical trials, and collaborations across multiple institutions that are changing the future of cancer. The event will include clips from the film and opportunities for journalists to speak with researchers across a range of cancer specialties. Speakers include: · Ken Burns, executive producer· Barak Goodman, director and producer· Katie Couric, global news anchor for Yahoo! News and a co-founder of Stand Up To Cancer· Siddhartha Mukherjee, Columbia oncology researcher, author· Kenneth Forde, endoscopy pioneer, Columbia Trustee· Thomas Maniatis, director of Columbia’s university-wide Precision Medicine Initiative and co-founder of the New York Genome Center Panelists: · Stephen Emerson, director, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian, and former president of Haverford College (moderator)· Cory Abate-Shen, cancer diagnostics innovator, professor of pathology and cell biology, Columbia· Andrew Kung, chief of pediatric oncology, NY-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital· William Nelson, vice chair, SU2C Scientific Advisory Committee and Director, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins· Dennis Slamon, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and SU2C Breast Cancer Dream Team Leader· Gary Schwartz, leader of multicenter clinical research, Columbia
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