North Carolina Central University News March 19, 2015 NCCU Hosts Second Julius L. Chambers Visiting Scientist Program Precision medicine and the Human Genome Project will be examined on Wednesday, March 25, 2015, during North Carolina Central University's second Julius L. Chambers Visiting Science Program. Dr. John Carpten and Dr. Bodour Salhia of Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), a non-profit organization focused on developing earlier diagnostics and smarter treatments using cutting-edge translational research, in Phoenix, Arizona, are featured speakers for the program. Carpten is deputy director of Basic Science, professor and director of basic research at TGen. He was instrumental in the formation of the African American Hereditary Prostate Cancer Study Network, which has become a model for studies focusing on genetic links found in underrepresented populations. The network also instigated the first genome-wide scan for prostate cancer susceptibility in African-Americans. Carpten has led and co-authored many articles that have been published in Science, Nature, Nature Genetics, Genome Research and New England Journal of Medicine. Salhia is Assistant Professor at TGen. Her cancer research has led to a solid understanding of the mechanism that underlie tumorigenesis. Salhia's graduate training in the molecular and cellular determinants of glioma invasion, along with post-doctoral training in breast cancer, metastasis, genomics and epigenomics have merged enabling a systems biology and comprehensive approach towards the study of genetic causes, and treatment approaches for breast cancer metastasis. Her lab has been committed to finding better tools for identification of high-risk breast cancer patients using cutting cutting-edge technologies. Salhia's work has been published in numerous peer-review publications. The Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute at NCCU opened in 1998 to address health disparities affecting populations that are underrepresented in medical studies and health research programs in the United States. Students and faculty from surrounding campuses, including University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, Duke University, Shaw University and others, have been invited to the conference. The opening plenary session and research presentation is titled, "Precision Medicine: Will the Human Genome Project Benefit Clinical Care?" and begins at 9 a.m. on March 25. It will be held in the auditorium of the Julius L. Chambers Biomedical Biotechnology Institute. To RSVP for the program, please visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_H64WaV7-LxvFAwLHeQzrV0KNwUYWeyg7o1lb88rL7E/viewform?c=0&w=1. Carpten is also the featured guest speaker for NCCU's Honors Convocation on Thursday, March 26. For more information, please contact the Division of Research and Economic Development, Mrs. Carol Burnette Hicks at 919-530-6893 or Carol.Burnette@nccu.edu. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-702-5854 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 200 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.