Calendar

Departments of Basic Medical Sciences Seminar

Thursday, February 5, 2026 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

435 N. 5th Street
Health Sciences Education Building (HSEB), B302
Phoenix, AZ 85004
United States

Faculty
Current Students
Prospective Students
Staff
Residents/Fellows
Researchers
Zoom

Presenter

Megan E. Spurgeon, PhD,

Megan E. Spurgeon, PhD,
Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology/McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research,
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Investigator,
John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe Center for Research in Virology, Morgridge Institute for Research

Seminar Title

  • Development of preclinical models to study HPV pathogenesis and cancer development

Objectives

  1. Tumor viruses and their role in human disease
  2. Challenges and solutions to modeling HPV infection and disease
  3. Interplay between HPV and the human microbiome

BMS Faculty Hosts

  • Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz, PhD

For additional information, please contact Lisa Dunk, 602-827-2188. This seminar will be hosted in a hybrid format: both in person at Health Sciences Education Building (HSEB), B302 and via Zoom.

CME credit provided by the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson.