About the Penny Taylor Oration

Penny Taylor was a respected health economist and humanitarian who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2013.

Ms Taylor died on 27 March 2014, aged 48. In her memory, Penny's mother, Mrs Wendy Taylor, is supporting ovarian cancer research and awareness through the Penny Taylor Oration.

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Keynote Speaker: Professor Brad Nelson, Ph.D.

Distinguished Scientist and Director,
Scientific Co-director, Immunotherapy Program,
British Columbia Cancer Research Institute
Victoria BC, Canada

Dr. Nelson is a native of Vancouver, Canada. He received his B.Sc. from the University of British Columbia in 1987 and Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1991. He completed postdoctoral training with Dr. Phil Greenberg and held faculty positions at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington in Seattle. In 2003, he became the founding Director of BC Cancer's Deeley Research Centre in Victoria BC. He is a Professor of Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia and a Professor of Biochemistry/Microbiology at the University of Victoria. Dr. Nelson’s lab uses genomic and molecular approaches to study the immune response to cancer. As Director of BC Cancer’s Immunotherapy Program, he is co-leading a phase I/II clinical trials program focused on engineered T cell therapies for lymphoid and gynecological cancers. Dr. Nelson is also a co-founder and CEO of Innovakine Therapeutics Inc, which is using protein and cell engineering approaches to improve the efficacy and safety of cell-based therapies. He has played the guitar since he was a kid and is currently working his way through music of the Baroque era.

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