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Speaker: Afsaneh Motamed-Khorasani, Ph.D.
Language: English

Synopsis:

Dr. Afsaneh Motamed-Khorasani will present an overview of cancer biology and explain the potential causes of carcinogenesis. She will stress on the multifactorial source of cancer and the fact that prevention is much more effective and practical as compared to its cure. Furthermore, she will explain why in spite of all the buzz about cancer research, the chance to cure cancer with conventional medicine is slim.

The talk agenda includes:

• The status of medical practice
• The facts about clinical trials
• The role of regulatory bodies
• Prescription drugs and how they work in general (the big picture)
• Medical errors
• What is cancer?
• Is it possible to cure cancer?
• How to prevent cancer?
• Biology of belief
• You are in control of your body

About the Speaker:

Dr. Motamed-Khorasani is a Medical/scientific Affairs Specialist and a Senior Scientist with a strong background in biomedical science and clinical trial/research. She has a tenured and diverse range of experience in medical affairs, basic and industrial clinical research and development, clinical trials, Medical and regulatory writing and intellectual property. She has served as an independent consultant, director of medical affairs, senior medical sciences liaison, senior scientist and senior medical analyst at United States Pharmacopia Convention (USP), Amgen, Baxter International, Covidien (eV3), Radient Pharmaceuticals, AMDL Diagnostics, NuVax, Microbix Biosystems, Neometrix Consulting, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital, and Vancouver General Hospital. She has more than 18 years of experience and many National and international certificates in GLP, GMP, ICH-GCP and FDA regulatory compliance for clinical trials and is a member of professional associations that include the Endocrine Society, American Association of Cancer Research (AACR), Iranian-American Medical Association (IAMA), Bitech and Pharma Professionals Network (BPPN), American Medical Writers Association (AMWA), Regulatory Affairs Professional Society (RAPS), and Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC). She has published and presented more than 50 papers, abstracts and articles in highly regarded scientific journals and high profile conferences and scientific meetings.

Fee (including dinner): $10 Students, $15 Public

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