Dr. Lisa Roth is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Weill Cornell Medical College. She serves as the Director of Pediatric Oncology Program and the Associate Vice Chair for Translational Research in the department of Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and New York Presbyterian Hospital.  She also serves as the Vice Chair of the Hodgkin Lymphoma Committee in the Children’s Oncology Group.  Dr. Roth’s laboratory research focuses on identifying novel therapeutic targets for pediatric lymphomas, including Hodgkin lymphoma and aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas.  Her laboratory work is closely tied to her clinical research where she is leading several national clinical trials focused on advancing therapy for children, adolescents, and young adults with Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.   Dr. Roth has been recognized for her work an NCI MERIT Award (2022), an ASCI Young Investigator Award (2021), membership into ASCI (2023) and an ASH Scholar Award (2021).

She will be presenting her seminar entitled "Identifying Therapeutic Targets in Pediatric Lymphoma"