“The complex roles of estrogens in breast cancer” TODAY at 2pm

Monday 31 August @ 2-3pm, level 3 Boardrooms, Hudson Institute, Professor Richard Santen 

Head: Dept of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlotsville, Virginia 

Dr.Richard  Santenisa Professor of Medicine at the University of Virginia. His research interests have focused on the development of aromatase inhibitors for treatment of breast cancer, mechanisms relating estrogens to breast cancer and the biology and natural history of endocrine-dependent breast cancer. He has published over 400 manuscripts and chapters, predominantly related to the role of estrogen in breast cancer development and treatment.

For his work in the development of aromatase inhibitors, he received the Susan Komen Foundation Brinker International Award for breast cancer clinical research in 1993. Other awards include the Clinical Chemistry Distinguished Science Award, the Robert H.Williams Distinguished Leadership Award of the Endocrine Society, and the William L. McGuire Memorial Lectureship Award for breast cancer. He has recently completed a term as the President of the Endocrine Society of the USA.

As the guest of the Endocrine Society of Australia, he gave the Plenary Lecture at the Society’s Annual Meeting in Adelaide