Director of one of the nations largest and most preeminent breast
cancer research programs, Marc E. Lippman, M.D., will speak at the University
of Nebraska Medical Center on Thursday, Oct. 8. Molecular Therapies for
Breast Cancer, is part of the Henry Lemon, M.D., Memorial Lectureship
in Breast Cancer.
The 4 p.m. lecture is open to the public and will be held in the
Eppley Science Hall Amphitheater. The lecture series was established to
honor the late Dr. Lemon who was the first director of the Eppley Institute
for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases.
Dr. Lemon, who was considered the first oncologist in Nebraska,
attended the University of Chicago and graduated cum laude from the Harvard
Medical School in Boston, Mass., in 1940. After working 15 years at Boston
University, he joined UNMC as director of the Eppley Institute.
Dr. Lemon was instrumental in establishing UNMC as a major cancer
research and treatment center. He warned of the cancer-causing effects
of cigarette smoking in the mid 60s, developed better methods of administering
chemotherapy and contributed to a program that improved the teaching of
cancer in medical schools.
Dr. Lippman is director of the Lombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown
University in Washington, D.C., and of the Lombardi Cancer Centers Breast
Cancer Program, and is nationally recognized for his cancer research.
After graduating from Yale Medical School in New Haven, Conn.,
in 1968, Dr. Lippman served in various positions at Johns Hopkins University
in Bethesda, Md., and the National Cancer Institute before joining Georgetown
in 1988. He has authored 25 books, nearly 400 peer-reviewed journal publications,
and nearly 200 book chapters. In addition, Dr. Lippman serves on many national
and international editorial boards and committees including the board of
directors for the National Coalition for Cancer Research.
The UNMC Eppley Cancer Center is one of more than 50 National
Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers. Of the $27.2 million in research
grants awarded to UNMC in 1996-1997, Cancer Center researchers generated
more than $8 million.
UNMC is the only public academic health science center in the state.
Through its commitment to research, education and patient care, UNMC has
established itself as one of the country’s leading centers for cancer research
and treatment and solid organ transplantation. More than $34 million in
research grants and contracts are awarded to UNMC scientists annually.
In addition, UNMC’s educational programs are responsible for training more
health professionals practicing in Nebraska than any other institution.