A 20/20 View of Cancer
A 20/20 View of Cancer was designed to give students insight into research centric key cancer concepts and on cancer in Minnesota.
About Mini Medical School
Mini Medical School offers a unique glimpse into the health sciences at the University of Minnesota. Community learners with a shared interest in health embark on a journey examining the scientific foundations of health and disease. Presented using common language for ease of understanding complex topics, your guides are internationally renowned experts who are shaping the way health care is delivered locally and globally.
![Christopher A Pennell](/sites/clinicalaffairs.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2022-02/christopher%20a%20pennell150-125.jpeg?h=3aead1a5&itok=r2377Evn)
Associate Director, Community Engagement and Education Masonic Cancer Center; Associate Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
![Kaylee Schwertfeger](/sites/clinicalaffairs.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2022-02/Schwertfeger%20Kaylee_2150-125.jpeg?h=3aead1a5&itok=-AGM9uRh)
Director, American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant; Associate Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
![David A Largaespada](/sites/clinicalaffairs.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2022-02/David%20A%20Largaespada150-125.jpeg?h=c9d13dd6&itok=F3fgMYqb)
Associate Director, Basic Sciences, Masonic Cancer Center; American Cancer Society Research Professor; Professor, Department of Pediatrics
![Carol A Lange](/sites/clinicalaffairs.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2022-02/Carol%20A%20Lange-150-125.jpeg?h=c9d13dd6&itok=EuU6s-Ff)
Co-Director, Cellular Mechanisms of Cancer Program, Masonic Cancer Center; Director, Molecular, Genetic, and Cellular Targets of Cancer Training Program; Tickle Family Land Grant Chair of Breast Cancer Research; Professor, Medicine and Pharmacology
![Robert Turesky](/sites/clinicalaffairs.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2022-02/Robert%20Turesky150-125.jpeg?h=c9d13dd6&itok=cp7gyqFJ)
Masonic Chair in Cancer Causation; Professor, Medicinal Chemistry
![Irina Stepanov](/sites/clinicalaffairs.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2022-02/Irina%20Stepanov150-125_0.png?h=c9d13dd6&itok=P4jaKMIo)
Associate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health
![Ingunn Stromnes](/sites/clinicalaffairs.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2022-02/Ingunn%20Stromnes150-125.jpeg?h=c9d13dd6&itok=7YTz_YZX)
Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology, Center for Immunology, Center for Genome Engineering;Masonic Cancer Center Member
![Pamala Jacobson](/sites/clinicalaffairs.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2022-02/pjacobson125.png?h=c9d13dd6&itok=ylcn4aoG)
Professor and Director, Institute of Personalized Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology
![Katherine Bensen](/sites/clinicalaffairs.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2022-02/Katherine%20Bensen.jpeg?h=c9d13dd6&itok=99edw0FV)
Young professional and mother of four living with stage IV lung cancer
![Rebekah Pratt](/sites/clinicalaffairs.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2022-02/Rebekah%20Pratt125.jpeg?h=c9d13dd6&itok=5JwneNjg)
Assistant Professor, Program in Health Disparities Research, and Family Medicine and Community Health
![Douglas Yee](/sites/clinicalaffairs.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2022-02/Doug%20Yee_0.jpeg?h=c9d13dd6&itok=eDsigp5C)
Director, Masonic Cancer Center, John H. Kersey Chair in Breast Cancer Research, and Professor, Medicine and Pharmacology
![Anne Blaes](/sites/clinicalaffairs.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2022-02/Blaes125-150.png?h=c9d13dd6&itok=CLQn-G_i)
Associate Professor, Hematology/Oncology; Director of Cancer Survivorship Services and Translational Research; Section Head, Medical Oncology
![Tanya Bailey](/sites/clinicalaffairs.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2022-02/Tanya%20Bailey150-125.jpeg?h=c9d13dd6&itok=R519lmH8)
Cancer Survivor; Co-ordinator, Animal-Assisted Interactions, PAWS Program
![Deborah Day](/sites/clinicalaffairs.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2022-02/Deborah%20Day%20Laxson125-150.jpeg?h=c9d13dd6&itok=4oWpezMj)
Founder, Health Care Agent Literacy Project, LLC; Author, The Gray Zone: When Life Support No Longer Supports Life; Vice Chair, Minnesota Palliative Care Advisory Council; Steering Committee Member, Minnesota Cancer Alliance
![Scott Petinga](/sites/clinicalaffairs.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2022-02/Scott-5459_0.jpeg?h=c9d13dd6&itok=eEpn0dYe)
H!NK DIFFERENT Foundation Founder and Director; Center of Advocacy for Cancer of the Testes International Founder; Superhero; 10x Entrepreneur; 3x Philanthropist; Healthcare Advisor