9th Annual Arizona Cord Blood Conference - Hybrid Event

You're invited! Join us on April 18th at the 9th Annual Arizona Cord Blood Conference for "Awareness & Education for Growth."

A free, hybrid event, open to all.

Recommended for healthcare professionals.

The purpose of this one-day hybrid?conference is to bring patients, researchers, clinicians, and policy makers together to learn about advances in cord blood transplant outcomes, cutting edge research, and exciting new innovations using donated cord blood in treating leukemia, lymphoma, sickle cell anemia and more. ?

Presented by the Arizona Cord Blood Program, the theme of the conference is "Awareness & Education for Growth" on April 18th, 2024 (8am-4:30pm Mountain Time). Attendees are welcome in-person (limited availability) at ASU in Tempe, Arizona or online via the Whova App. Registration is free.

See the full agenda and register for free HERE.

This year's Arizona Cord Blood Conference will focus on how we are?"Awareness & Education for Growth" thanks to cord blood's unique abilities to help patients in need of a stem cell transplant.? The Arizona Cord Blood Conference will be hosted by Arizona State University through the office of Research Development within the Department of Knowledge Enterprise. We are pleased to announce the following cord blood experts and former transplant patients who will speak about cord blood's use as a valuable source of stem cells (in order of appearance):

• Kimberly Romo (Master of Ceremonies)
• Jennifer Cunico, Victor Waddell, PhD and John Garcia (Arizona Department of Health Services/ABRC/Arizona Public Cord Blood Program)
• Congressman Juan A. Ciscomani (6th Congressional District - US House of Representatives)
• Maegan Capitano, PhD (Indiana University School of Medicine)
• Barbara Torrey, Charis Ober, Melanie Hall (Arizona Public Schools/Save the Cord Foundation)
• Chitra Hosing, MD (MD Anderson Cancer Center)
• Ariane Navarro, MA?(MD Anderson Cord Blood Bank)
• Filippo Milano, MD (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center)
• Heather Stefanski?MD, PhD (NMDP)
• Luke Fryer & family (Cord Blood Recipient for Cerebral Palsy)

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Limited availability for In-Person attendees, register early!

This event is sponsored by the Arizona Biomedical Research Centre (ABRC) and presented by?the Arizona Public Cord Blood Program?in collaboration with?the Arizona Department of Health Services, Valleywise Health, Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Dignity Health Chandler Regional Medical Center, Dignity Health Mercy Gilbert Medical Center, Tucson Medical Center, Arizona State University?and Save the Cord Foundation.