4^th December at 14:00-16:00
Onsite event
in Lauren 1 lecture hall, Medisiina D

Dr. Steven Skates, Associate Professor, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Precision early detection of ovarian cancer – leveraging the power of each woman serving as her own control

Shruti Jain, Department of Life Technologies, University of Turku
Novel Circulatory Biomarkers for Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis – Nanoparticle based glycovariant assays

Welcome everyone to a research seminar hosted by InFLAMES, featuring two presentations on recent advancements in the early detection of ovarian cancer.

Dr. Steven Skates is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Western Australia and earned his graduate degree in Statistics from the University of Chicago. Dr. Skates is an expert in developing statistical models for early cancer detection, with a focus on ovarian cancer. His work encompasses the discovery of blood biomarkers, the creation of longitudinal algorithms for biomarker-based detection, and the design and execution of screening trials to improve early detection and patient outcomes in ovarian cancer.