VICC Annual Scientific Symposium
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center sponsors an annual scientific symposium that facilitates collaborative interactions and discussions among our diverse research community of senior investigators, junior faculty, students and trainees.
Each year's event focuses on a scientific theme selected by our research program leaders. The retreat includes external speakers, internal investigators, a poster session with over 120 posters highlighting research initiatives, and an awards ceremony announcing our "Student of the Year" and "Postdoctoral Fellow of the Year." Each year, a cancer survivor shares their journey and how research has affected their life.
The annual event brings together a broad spectrum of faculty, staff and students from Vanderbilt, Meharry Medical College, and Tennessee State University, as well as members of the VICC patient advocacy program and representatives from our local advocacy groups and community partners (e.g., Komen Foundation, Gilda’s Club, American Cancer Society).
2025 VICC Annual Scientific Symposium
Artificial Intelligence in Cancer Research and Clinical Care
April 22, 2025
More Information
| Year | Scientific Theme | Highlights |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Hereditary Cancers | Speakers and Details |
| 2023 | Emerging Technologies in Cancer Research | Speakers and Details |
| 2022 | Advances in Lung Cancer Research | Speakers and Details |
| 2021 | Genitourinary Cancers | Speakers and Details |
| 2020 | “Impact of the Obesity Epidemic on Cancer” | Speakers and Posters |
| 2019 | Signal Transduction in Cancer Initiation, Progression and Treatment | Cancer Center’s Annual Scientific Retreat |
| 2018 | Microbiome and Cancer | VICC Scientific Retreat shines light on microbiome |
| 2017 | Cancer Epigenetics: From Mechanisms to Therapies | Top cancer researchers reveal latest findings at VICC science retreat |
| 2016 | At the Crossroads: Metabolism and Oncogenic Signaling | Students’ cancer research efforts land honors |
| 2015 | The New Age of Tumor Immunology in Precision Medicine | VICC Annual Retreat focuses on immunotherapy |
| 2014 | Predictive Oncology | Personalized care, gene testing highlighted at VICC retreat |
| 2013 | Gastrointestinal Cancers | VICC hosts cancer researchers during annual retreat |
| 2012 | New Horizons in Lung Cancer Research | |
| 2011 | Systems Biology |
