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Details are provided below.</div>
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Dimitra</div>
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<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: black;"><b>Dimitra Bourboulia, PhD, SFCSSI</b></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: black;">Director, Office of Research for Medical Students</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: black;">State University of New York, Upstate Medical University</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: black;"><b>Editor in Chief </b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/cell-stress-and-chaperones/about/aims-and-scope__;!!GobTDDpD7A!MAjXEGniW2JMCJeueYac_Zov0RCTf4Yj8YRb151yEgwEkabsfTMx1N7XrbKUKGc3QusA1EAAv3wD2RHf8QJlzUqsMj9v2w$" id="OWA19565e52-c80c-fd88-b4c5-9d9ef6fdcdc1" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><b><u>Cell
Stress and Chaperones</u></b></a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: black;"><b> (published with Elsevier)</b></span></p>
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<b>From:</b> Kate Scotchie <ks4860@hunter.cuny.edu><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] 8th Annual SPEECH Conference: Accepting Abstracts!</div>
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We are excited to announce that the Eighth Annual SPEECH Regional Cancer Health Conference, which will be held virtually on May 14th 2026, is now accepting abstracts! We are currently seeking abstracts that highlight and advance cancer research</div>
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We are excited to announce that the <b>Eighth Annual SPEECH Regional Cancer Health Conference</b>, which will be held virtually on May 14th 2026, is now accepting abstracts! </div>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">We are currently seeking abstracts that highlight and advance cancer research in basic, clinical, and population sciences. Students, post-doctoral
fellows, and junior faculty are all encouraged to submit their work. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(153, 0, 250); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSffqWEK34oYQDkdTg8OWyd6KnQNn5E78WK4vujFnOZ260Xftw/viewform__;!!GobTDDpD7A!NM5h4XjoDbrbrZMMahTMCPEohqT2CHimyLTnd-YTBJqaqYpzl7IY9tFbLPrnQOUTDfkCOvGpDM3JiHPhmN6j93rw1w$" id="OWA2e84d14d-db75-6716-ccec-f85331c24c83" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSffqWEK34oYQDkdTg8OWyd6KnQNn5E78WK4vujFnOZ260Xftw%2Fviewform&data=05%7C02%7Ckate.scotchie%40hunter.cuny.edu%7C7f52d605493e45caaf9708de8a76f424%7C6f60f0b35f064e099715989dba8cc7d8%7C0%7C0%7C639100440701837640%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Z%2BNJYZxSGyUaa8Hakn8vU0Yfe4fzPnxe69cn4LeXItA%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSffqWEK34oYQDkdTg8OWyd6KnQNn5E78WK4vujFnOZ260Xftw/viewform" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-outlook-id="9a966b24-6fa0-4145-8766-9e0fe0b1a695" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 250); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">You
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Please see the conference flyer and call for abstracts flyer attached for more information. We highly encourage you to share this information with
your networks – undergraduates, graduate students, ESIs, faculty members, community members, and others are all invited to attend.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to Yasmin Tariq (</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(153, 0, 250);"><a href="mailto:yasmin.tariq@hunter.cuny.edu" id="OWAda7d88f1-a0d2-d90c-2d9b-76358477e04b" class="x_ms-outlook-linkify OWAAutoLink" data-outlook-id="e117cd33-64a4-4d08-a2d6-7f2154b3f376" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 250); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">yasmin.tariq@hunter.cuny.edu</a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">)
or Kate Scotchie (</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(153, 0, 250);"><a href="mailto:kate.scotchie@hunter.cuny.edu" id="OWA1fc49b48-1a17-7ac3-5d4b-ccc5cdee1383" class="x_ms-outlook-linkify OWAAutoLink" data-outlook-id="ddf55539-0f80-4378-914c-b7ed1247329d" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 250); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">kate.scotchie@hunter.cuny.edu</a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">)</span></p>
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