Markey Research Seminars
The UK Markey Cancer Center sponsors the Markey Research Seminar, a weekly, continuing-education series, on Wednesdays from Noon–12:50 p.m. Open to all, these sessions welcome internal and external cancer researchers who share their expertise and highlight their work and research.
University of Kentucky community members can sign up to receive notices of upcoming speakers and lecture titles by contacting Assistant Director for Research Administration Danielle Story, MBA, and requesting to be added to the Markey Interest listserv.
Below is the current schedule for the upcoming seminars. Please check this page regularly for the latest updates.
RESEARCH SEMINARS
ARE HELD:
Wednesday at Noon in the William R. Willard Medical Education Building, Room 263 (MN 263).
Unless noted otherwise, the seminars are in-person with no virtual option.
Lunch is provided first-come, first-served — bring your own drink.
SPRING 2025 SCHEDULE
| Date | Presenter | Area | Organization |
| Jan. 15 | Melinda J. Ickes | Kinesiology and Health Promotion | University of Kentucky |
| Jan. 22 | Jinghui Liu | Toxicology and Cancer Biology | University of Kentucky |
| Jan. 29 | No Seminar | ||
| Feb. 5 | Eduardo Vilar Sanchez | Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences | MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| Feb. 12 | Jennifer Tsui | Population and Public Health Sciences | USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center |
| Feb. 19 | Mark Dignan | Cancer Control | University of Kentucky |
| Feb. 26 | Lingyan Shi | Bioengineering | University of California San Diego |
| Mar. 5 | Wenwei Hu | Radiation Oncology | Rutgers Cancer Institute |
| Mar. 12 | Jerod Stapleton | Health, Behavior & Society | University of Kentucky |
| Mar. 19 | No Seminar - Spring Break | ||
| Mar. 26 | Jean Edward | Healthcare Access, Affordability, and Health Outcomes | University of Kentucky |
| Apr. 2 | Nikki Cheng | Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | University of Kansas Medical Center |
| Apr. 9 | Punita Dhawan | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | University of Nebraska Medical Center |
| Apr. 16 | Xiaodong Cheng | Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis | MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| Apr. 23 | Lorna McNeill | Health Disparities | MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| Apr. 30 | No Seminar - AACR Meeting |
FALL 2024 SCHEDULE
| Date | Presenter | Area | Organization |
| Sept. 11 | Qiou Wei | Toxicology and Cancer Biology | University of Kentucky |
| Sept. 18 | Mary Mohrin | Toxicology and Cancer Biology | University of Kentucky |
| Sept. 25 | Eunus Ali | Toxicology and Cancer Biology | University of Kentucky |
| Oct. 2 | Xiaoqi Liu | Toxicology and Cancer Biology | University of Kentucky |
| Oct. 9 | Jamie Ostroff | Cancer Prevention | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
| Oct. 16 | Qi Cao | Prostate Cancer and Epigenetics | Northwestern University |
| Oct. 23 | Ashfaqul Alam | Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics | University of Kentucky |
| Oct. 30 | No Seminar | ||
| Nov. 6 | No Seminar | ||
| Nov. 13 | Terrence Barrett | Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics | University of Kentucky |
| Nov. 20 | Sendurai Mani | Translational Oncology | Brown University |
| Nov. 27 | No Seminar - Thanksgiving | ||
| Dec. 4 | Saurabh Chattopadhyay | Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics | University of Kentucky |
