Jean Tchervenkov

Company: McGill University

Job title: Professor, Transplant Surgeon

Bio:

Dr. Tchervenkov is a seasoned physician-scientist specializing in the immunology of transplantation. Based at McGill University’s Royal Victoria Hospital, his research focuses on immune tolerance, donor cell behavior, and mechanisms of immunosuppression in organ transplantation. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications and continues to bridge clinical innovation with translational science.

Seminars:

Is Immunosuppression Really Immunosuppression & How is it Relevant to Cancer: A Novel Paradigm 3:00 pm

The role of chronic inflammation in cancer development when immunosuppression/ immunomodulation may be useful in cancer therapy The role of the retinoic acid-related orphan receptor gamma (RORy) in chronic inflammation, fibrosis and cancer Targetting RORy(Immunosuppression) is not really immunosuppression but immunomodulation and is potentially beneficial in addressing the TMERead more

day: Conference Day One