Saturday, February 21, 2026
Poster
9:00-9:30 am
Dexamethasone and Glioblastoma: friend or foe
Eric Wong
9:00-10:00 am
Repurposing losartan to improve delivery and efficacy of cancer therapies: Emerging insights
Rakesh Jain
10:00-11:00 am
Coffee Break and Poster Session
11:00-11:30 am
Practical, Low-Cost Strategies to Improve the Efficacy of Checkpoint Inhibitors
Vikas Sukhatme; Vidula Sukhatme
11:30 am-12:30 pm
Lunch Break and Poster Session
12:30-1:30 pm
Hidden in Plain Sight: Drug Repurposing for Brain Tumors
Vikas Sukhatme
1:30-2:00 pm
Cancer Neuroscience: Understanding the role of nerves and adrenergic receptors on tumor progression
Elizabeth Repasky
2:00-2:30 pm
Hyperinsulinemia may contribute to therapeutic failure in cancer
Emily Gallagher
2:30-3:00 pm
Coffee Break and Poster Session
3:00-3:30 pm
Opioids drive extracellular matrix remodeling in pancreatic cancer
Michael Feigin
3:30-4:05 pm
Assessing drug effects on disease risk and outcomes using machine learning (AI) on electronic health records
Chris Sander
4:05-4:45 pm
Summary
Lynn Caporale
4:45-5:00 pm