NCI/NIA Workshop on Immune Aging and Cancer Therapy

November 12 – November 13, 2025

Virtual

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The Workshop will take place from 12PM- 5PM, Eastern Time on November 12th and 13th, 2025. View the agenda for more details. 

Registration is open (on the Registration webpage).

Overview

In an era when the host immunity is heavily leveraged to improve cancer therapy outcomes, it is timely and important to ask whether the aging of the host immunity has an impact on cancer therapy, and vice versa.

Goals of this workshop:

 Bring immune aging researchers and cancer therapy experts together to understand the current knowledge and research landscape of immune aging on cancer therapy, in addition to identifying the challenges and opportunities in the field.

Targeted audience: 

Researchers who are interested in understanding the association between cancer therapy and immune aging.

For any workshop-related questions, please contact: Weiwei Chen, Zhang-Zhi Hu, or Mulualem Tilahun

Planning team:
Weiwei Chen, PhD, NCI; Marc Ernstoff, MD, NCI; Max Guo, PhD, NIA; Zhang-Zhi Hu, PhD, NCI; Mulualem Tilahun, PhD, NIA; Sundar Venkatachalam, PhD, NCI

View the Workshop webpage for agenda, registration, and speaker bios.