Cornell University

606 Tower Road, Ithaca

Join us for the 2025 Distinguished Lecture in Cancer Biology, featuring speaker Karen E. Knudsen, MBA, PhD for her lecture, “Rewiring the system: new models to accelerate cancer cures." Dr. Knudsen is the CEO of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunology, a Professor Emerita at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Jefferson Health and Thomas Jefferson University, and the former CEO of the American Cancer Society. Dr. Knudsen will speak in Yarnell Lecture Hall 4 at 4:00 PM, followed by a reception on the second-floor Takoda's Run atrium at 5:00 PM.