Dafna Bar-Sagi, PhD, on COVID-19: How Cancer Researchers Can Help Address the Challenges

Dafna Bar-Sagi, PhD, of New York University Langone Medical Center, summarizes a panel discussion she moderated on skills the cancer research community brings to bear on the coronavirus pandemic, how the influx of funding will affect future priorities, and ways to capitalize on the surge of interdisciplinary efforts to address medical issues.

The panel was composed of:

Ann D. Barker, Chief Strategy Officer at the Ellison Institute of University of Southern California.  Previously, Ann served as the Principal Deputy Director of the National Cancer Institute for strategic scientific initiatives.  

Tyler Jacks, Director of Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT.

Tom Lynch, President and Director of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Shiva Malek, Senior Director and Principal Scientist of Discovery Oncology at Genentech.

J.T. Poirier, a junior faculty from the Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health.