The seventh annual Frank M. Townsend, M.D., Lecture will be presented by Stephen C. Peiper, M.D., on Monday, Dec. 5 at 4 p.m. in lecture hall 409L in the Medical School building. Dr. Peiper will discuss “Blocking the Fatal Chemo-Attraction of Metastases: Can We KiSS Them Goodbye?”
Dr. Peiper is the Edgar R. Pund Distinguished Professor and chair of the department of pathology at the Medical College of Georgia. Dr. Peiper earned his medical degree from St. Louis University in 1977, and received postdoctoral training in pathology and fellowship training in hematopathology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Dr. Peiper is an accomplished expert in the molecular characterization of differentiation antigens and chemokine receptors on the surface of hematopoietic cells, the role of chemokine receptor as co-receptors for HIV-1 infection and the cognate ligands as antagonists. His investigational activities also include studies of the programming of breast cancer metastasis through chemokine receptor expression and the development of small molecular chemokine receptor antagonists.
The Frank M. Townsend, M.D., Lecture commemorates the distinguished career of Frank Marion Townsend, M.D., chairman of pathology at the Health Science Center from 1972 to 1986. Dr. Townsend died on Oct. 31, 2001. His legacy continues to serve as a role model of excellence and achievement.
