{"id":6885,"date":"2026-04-09T12:23:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/office-research\/?page_id=6885"},"modified":"2026-04-09T12:40:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:40:33","slug":"lsom-research-symposium-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/office-research\/lsom-research-symposium-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"LSOM Research Symposium 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;6791&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h6><strong>KEYNOTE SPEAKER<\/strong><br \/>\n11:00 AM-12:00 PM<\/h6>\n<h6><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6796 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/office-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/103\/2026\/02\/David-Williams-MD.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><strong>DAVID A. WILLIAMS, MD<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6>Chief, Division of Hematology\/Oncology,<br \/>\nBoston Children\u2019s Hospital<\/h6>\n<h6>President,<br \/>\nDana-Farber\/Boston Children\u2019s Cancer Care<\/h6>\n<p>Associate Chair of Pediatric Oncology,<br \/>\nDana-Farber Cancer Institute<\/p>\n<p>Leland Fikes Professor of Pediatrics,<br \/>\nHarvard Medical School<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/office-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/103\/2026\/02\/David-A.-Williams-MD_-Bio.png\">Click here for bio.<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>AGENDA<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\n<table id=\"tablepress-28\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-28\" summary=\"\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Time<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Event\/Topic<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Speaker<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Location<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody 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