NCI Cohort Consortium Webinar Series - SEER Biospecimen Resources for Tissue-based Research

Event Type:
Webinar
Date:
June 25, 2025
Time:
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET

oin this NCI Cohort Consortium webinar to learn about the SEER-linked Virtual Tissue Repository (VTR) Program and the research enabled by the Residual Tissue Repository (RTR). This session will provide an overview of the VTR’s infrastructure, recent results from a pilot to integrate VTR with the SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results) Program, and the unique opportunities it offers for population-based cancer research using biospecimens.

Speakers

Alison Van Dyke, M.D., Ph.D., F.C.A.P.

National Cancer Institute

Liming Yang, Ph.D.

National Cancer Institute

Moderator

Yu Chen, Ph.D., M.P.H.

NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Moderator

Kimberly Bertrand, Sc.D.

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine