Danny
Welch,
PhD
Professor and Founding Chair
Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Kansas Medical Center
Dr. Danny R. Welch is a cancer biologist whose laboratory has is most widely recognized for contributions to understanding the genetic basis of metastasis. After working in the pharmaceutical industry studying cancer biology and virology and joining Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, his laboratory moved to the University of Alabama - Birmingham. In 2011, he founded the Department of Cancer Biology at the University of Kansas Cancer Center. He is a Komen Scholar Emeritus and Past-President of the Metastasis Research Society and Vice-President/Treasurer of the Cancer Biology Training Consortium. He currently serves as a Deputy Editor of Cancer Research.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Basic scientists conducting biomedical research are generally not provided the skills or experiences needed to engage in meaningful patient engagement and effective community collaboration. The University of Kansas Cancer Center’s (KUCC) Community Outreach and Engagement program developed an innovative strengths-based training model, Patient and Investigator Voices Organizing Together (PIVOT) Across the Translational Research Continuum, pairing basic scientists with research-trained cancer survivors/co-survivors to bring the voices and experiences of patients and families into the research…