American Fulbright Scholar to deliver Gresham College lecture on ovarian cancer treatment

Dr Liz Han, a Distinguished Fulbright Scholar from the University of Texas and currently conducting research at Royal Marsden Hospital London will give a lecture on ovarian cancer, on Monday 16 November 2009 as part of the prestigeous Gresham College series of public talks.

Dr Han was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 2008-09 to further her research which focuses on one of the most lethal gynaecologic malignancy in both the US and UK. As an assistant professor in Gynecologic Oncology at the University of Texas, Dr Han developed an excellent model of analysis for recent developments in novel therapies in oncology. Fulbright awarded her a scholarship to continue her research at the Royal Marsden Hospital, where she has been working with her collaborators in designing and conducting early clinical trials to determine promising new drug treatments in ovarian cancer.

Dr Han’s lecture will explore the natural history of the disease and discuss its current practice patterns.  She will also focus on progress and set-backs of new drug development in cancer research. The lecture will be held at the Museum of London at 6pm and admission is free.  For more information please visit the Gresham College website.