The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) 23rd Annual Scientific Retreat will be held on May 2nd, 2022 in the Student Life Center with national and international experts presenting on the Advances in Lung Cancer Research. The VICC retreat has a long tradition of providing opportunities for collaborative interactions and discussions between investigators, community partners, students and trainees. We look forward to your attendance this year, and ask that you check back to this webpage for more updates soon!

The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center’s 23rd Annual Scientific Retreat is being held in honor of the life and work of Pierre Massion, MD. Dr. Massion's work embodied the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center's mission to alleviate cancer death and suffering through pioneering research; patient-centered care; evidence-based prevention, education, and community activities. His innovative research and impassioned patient-centered care led to many groundbreaking discoveries related to the evolution of pulmonary nodules, the development of biomarkers for lung cancer detection, and state-of-the-art screening protocols to improve early detection of lung cancer. In addition to his pioneering work, Dr. Massion was a beloved colleague and friend to clinicians and investigators around the world. He was passionate about education and mentoring as evidenced by the dozens of junior faculty, postdoctoral trainees, graduate students, undergraduates, and summer students he interacted with. At the center of his heart were his wife Tebeb Gebretsadik and his three sons, Samuel, Thomas, and Elias. The picture of the two yellow daffodils was taken by Dr. Massion on March 21, 2021, for his wife, Tebeb Gebretsadik.