Goldy vs. Cancer at the MN State Fair
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The Crossroads Building
Let’s defeat cancer! This year at the Minnesota State Fair the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota wants all Minnesotans to learn about treatment and prevention for cancer which affects nearly half of the state’s population. Discover leading-edge treatments, meet the doctors and scientists researching the latest breakthroughs and ask experts your questions.
At the building this year:
- Become a scientist for a day; try out lab tools
- Find out how to stay healthy before, during and after a cancer diagnosis
- Participate in interactive presentations on the University of Minnesota stage—including Q&A sessions with the experts from 10 am - 12 pm
Exhibitors
9AM-1PM
- Eww! Up Close with Cancer Tissues (Department of Lab Medicine & Pathology)
- Make Your Own DNA Bracelet (Masonic Cancer Center Office of Community Outreach & Engagement)
- What is a Clinical Trial? (Minnesota Cancer Clinical Trials Network)
- Hallmarks of Cancer (Pennell Lab)
- Tobacco Myth Busting (Stepanov Lab)
- Know Your Breast Cancer Risk (M Heath Fairview Breast Imaging Center)
1PM-5PM
- Learn About the 10,000 Families Study (10,000 Families Study)
- Make Your Own DNA Bracelet (Masonic Cancer Center Office of Community Outreach and Engagement)
- What is a Clinical Trial? (Minnesota Cancer Clinical Trials Network)
- Cancer in Animals and Humans (Animal Cancer Care and Research Program)
- Tobacco Myth Busting (Stepanov Lab)
- Scientific Research and Cancer Prevention (The Hormel Institute)
5PM-9PM
- Cancer Fighting Foods (Masonic Cancer Center Office of Community Outreach and Engagement)
- Make Your Own DNA Bracelet (Masonic Cancer Center Office of Community Outreach and Engagement)
- What is a Clinical Trial? (Minnesota Cancer Clinical Trials Network)
- Goldy vs Cancer Banner (Masonic Cancer Center Office of Community Outreach and Engagement)
- Cancer Survivorship (Cancer Survivorship Program)
- Cancer Fighting Vegetables! & Cancer 101 TPT Videos (Masonic Cancer Center Office of Community Outreach and Engagement)
Stage Schedule
10:00am - 10:15am: Let’s talk tobacco with Irina Stepanov's Lab
10:20am - 10:35am: Cancer trivia with the Office of Community Outreach & Engagement
10:40am - 10:55am: Interactive activities with M Health Fairview's Breast Imaging Center Radiologists and the Breast Cancer Champions
11:00am - 11:15am: Cancer Up Close! - Presented by UMN Pathology
11:20am - 11:35am: 10,000 Families Study: 10,000 Lakes & Families & what? - Presented by Dr. Logan Spector
11:40am - 11:55am: Food and the Immune System - Presented by Dr. Vivek Verma from the Hormel Institute
10:40am - 10:55am: Interactive activities with M Health Fairview's Breast Imaging Center Radiologists and the Breast Cancer Champions
11:00am - 11:15am: Cancer Up Close! - Presented by UMN Pathology
11:20am - 11:35am: 10,000 Families Study: 10,000 Lakes & Families & what? - Presented by Dr. Logan Spector
11:40am - 11:55am: Food and the Immune System - Presented by Dr. Vivek Verma from the Hormel Institute