March 23, 2010
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A pioneer cancer pathologist, Mary J.C. Hendrix, Ph.D., will deliver the 2010 Paulette Shirey Pritchett Endowed Lecture at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Pathology Thursday, April 1.
The free event will begin at noon in the Margaret Cameron Spain Auditorium, 620 19th St. South.
Hendrix's lecture, "Targeting a novel embryonic pathway to suppress the metastatic phenotype," will focus on the ways in which genes and regulatory molecules interact during the development of cancer metastasis and other diseases. Other topics will include the role of tumor classification in the search for new targets in cancer therapeutics.
Hendrix is president and scientific director of the Children's Memorial Research Center at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. Her research focuses on identifying metastasis-related genes and the biological changes that signal the spread of tumors and other disease. This work is significant because it helps define the biological interactions and structures that are first steps in most new-drug studies.
Hendrix also serves on the National Cancer Institute's Board of Scientific Advisors and on the boards of directors for the Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower in Rancho Mirage, Calif., and the Chicago Council on Science and Technology at Northwestern University. She is the U.S. editor of Pathology Oncology Research and a member of the editorial boards of Cancer Research, American Journal of Pathology, Cancer Microenvironment, Lymphatic Research and Biology, Cancer Biology and Therapy and Journal of Cellular Biochemistry.
The Paulette Shirey Pritchett Endowed Lecture, now in its 19th year, is named for the late Paulette Shirey Pritchett, M.D., a faculty member in the Department of Pathology from 1975 to 1984. She was a dedicated educator and clinician whose research advanced the fields of pathology, dermatopathology and electron microscopy.
About the UAB Department of Pathology
The UAB Department of Pathology provides extensive clinical services and instruction while maintaining large and productive research programs. Its clinical services - including inpatient, outpatient and outreach - encompass more than 6 million procedures per year. UAB's pathology training programs are among the nation's best, and its faculty has achieved national and international recognition in service, teaching and research.