Black in Cancer’s Post

Some of the highlights from the Black in Cancer #BICConf24 in Bethesda, MD hosted at NIH campus. The building was packed with Black and African cancer researchers, who were all excited for the conversations around treatment strategies, health disparaties, and novel methods to target cancers. We started off with an inspiring talk by Dr. Sadhana Jackson, where she described the challenges of cancer drugs crossing the blood brain barrier and the importance of pharmacokinetic sampling to determine the distribution of these drugs throughout different brain regions. I would like to congratulate the organizers for assembling a line-up of inspirational leaders and creating an immersive environment to share ideas and perspectives. Elshaddai White, PhD, Crystal Canja, and Sigourney Bonner. I got to catch up with my fellow labmate Brandon McClellan, who will be defending in the coming months with a PhD in Immunology. His momentual contributions to our understanding of T cell biology within the tumor microenvironment of IDH1-mutant glioma will be an exceptional asset in his next career journey. I was a recruiter at this event and got the opportunity to share information about our postdoctoral program Invent@SC, Seattle Children's. I had the chance to chat with other young inspiring researchers and share my path through the PhD to postdoc. Kaitlin White Ebube Emuka Destiny Van jessica pougoue ketchemen