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The 19th Annual Allen & Lee-Hwa Chao Lectureship in Cancer Research in Honor of H.H. Chao Renowned UCLA researcher Owen Witte, MD, has made significant scientific contributions to the understanding of human leukemias, immune disorders and epithelial cancers. His lab research laid the groundwork for development of the targeted leukemia therapy Gleevec and the lymphoma therapy Ibrutinib. Dr. Witte’s current research focuses on prostate cancer, taking several independent approaches to pinpoint specific biologic functions of castration-resistant prostate cancer, with the intent to improve survival and reduce side effects. In 2017, he received a $1 million Challenge Award from the Prostate Cancer Foundation to pursue a novel technology that could engineer certain patient-specific immune cells to recognize and eradicate neuroendocrine prostate cancer cells. Dr. Witte is founding director of the Eli & Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine & Stem Cell Research at UCLA, a presidential chair in Developmental Immunology, and a professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics. In 2016, he was appointed a University Professor by the Owen N. Witte, MD University of California Board of Regents, an honor reserved for Director, Eli & Edythe Broad Center of scholars of the highest international distinction. He is a member of Regenerative Medicine & Stem Cell Research the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts University of California, Los Angeles and Sciences, and the Institute of Medicine. Community Lecture Scientific Lecture “Finding the right targets for effective “Convergent evolution to a stem cell cancer therapy” phenotype in epithelial cancers” Wednesday, February 13, 2019 Thursday, February 14, 2019 5 p.m., Reception | 6 p.m., Presentation 11:30 a.m., Lunch | 12 p.m., Presentation Arnold & Mabel Beckman Center of the National Thorp Conference Center Academies of Sciences & Engineering Sue & Bill Gross Hall: A CIRM Institute University of California, Irvine 4th Floor 100 Academy Way, Irvine, CA 92617 845 Health Sciences Road, Irvine, CA 92697 RSVP by February 6 to [email protected] RSVP by February 6 by visiting or 714-456-3944 cancer.uci.edu/Chao_Lectureship/index.asp For more information on the Allen and Lee-Hwa Chao Lectureship in Cancer Research, please visit cancer.uci.edu/Chao_Lectureship/index.asp.

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