Final Lecture with 2023 MBM Awardee at UT Southwestern Medical Center

2023 Mary Beth Maddox Award and Lectureship Recipient Florencia McAllister, M.D., MD Anderson Cancer Center, presented her groundbreaking research on May 22, 2024, to more than 60 individuals as part of the Mary Beth Maddox Lecture Series. The lecture was part of UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Excellence in Immunology Seminar Series (in partnership with Simmons Cancer Center).

“Giving talks made it possible to make connections and think about where I really want to go with my research,” said Dr. McAllister. “Without this award, I might have continued my research without as much perspective. I am grateful for the chance to tour, network and hopefully one day even collaborate with the leadership and innovators at such groundbreaking cancer institutions throughout our state.”

Dr. McAllister’s lecture, Microbial Matters in Pancreatic Cancer, highlighted her seminal discoveries at the intersection of microbes, the immune system and pancreatic cancer.

Along with her lecture, Dr. McAllister also met with researchers from UT Southwestern during her visit, including TAMEST Member and Mary Beth Maddox Award and Lectureship Committee Chair Ralph J. DeBerardinis, M.D., Ph.D. (NAM) and former TAMEST Board Member and former Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award Recipient Lora Hooper, Ph.D. (NAM, NAS), as well as others at the institution.

As part of the Mary Beth Maddox Award and Lectureship, Dr. McAllister also promoted her work and discoveries across the state at established lecture and seminar series at TAMEST member institutions with NIH National Cancer Institute Designated Cancer Centers throughout 2023 and 2024.

View photos from the lecture at UT Southwestern Medical Center here.

Learn more about the Mary Beth Maddox Award Lecture Series here.