Annual Chu Lectureship

Annual Chu Lectureship – October 2019

The 2019 Chu Lectureship was held October 18, 2019 at the ISU-Meridian campus with Dr. Seth M. Pollack presenting: “Developing new immuno-therapeutic approaches for patients with sarcoma.” Dr. Pollack is an associate professor in the Division of Oncology at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He is also an associate member of the Clinical Research Division Program in Immunology at Fred Hutch. Dr. Seth Pollack develops novel therapies that harness the power of the immune system to treat sarcomas, rare cancers of the bone and the soft-tissue that can often impact children and young adults. Dr. Pollack’s presentation highlighted cutting edge work regarding cellular therapies, vaccines and new combinations of checkpoint inhibitors to treat these devastating diseases. Students and faculty of the College of Pharmacy in Meridian and, through distance learning at our sites in Anchorage and Pocatello, attended. The Chu Lectureship is supported by a generous gift from Dr. David and Jane Chu through their Chu Family Foundation. Dr. Chu is a 1970 Master’s graduate of the ISU College of Pharmacy. The Chu Lectureship was created, “…to secure an expert in the field of biomedical research and/or drug discovery to deliver lectures, programs and scholarly programs to the students and faculty in the College of Pharmacy at Idaho State University.