Georgetown Lombardi Visiting Professor and Grand Rounds Lecture Series Featuring Alejandro Villagra, PhD

“Reprogramming Macrophages in Health and Disease”

Presented by: Alejandro Villagra, PhD
Associate Professor of Oncology
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center

Sponsor: Michael B. Atkins, MD

Dr. Villagra’s research in “immunoepigenetics,” the combination of epigenetics and immunotherapy, focuses on training the immune system to kill invading cancer cells and tumors. This method of treatment, which would reduce the dependency on radiation and chemotherapy, involves disrupting the pathways that allow tumors to “trick” the immune system and grow and travel throughout the body. He and his team hope this work will lead to new drugs and therapies that will ultimately strengthen the immune system and allow it to recognize and attack cancer cells more effectively.

Lecture Series Presented by Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center