NCI SPONSORED SESSIONS and SESSIONS FEATURING NCI STAFF
Monday, April 2
Building Effective Research Teams and Collaborations to Address Cancer Health Disparities: The MICR Forum
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Location: Room W181
Speakers:
- Chanita Hughes Halbert, (Chair), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
- Robert T. Croyle, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, NCI, Bethesda, MD
- Li Ding, The Genome Institute at Washington University, St. Louis, MO
- Pebbles Fagan, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, NCI, Bethesda, MD
NCI’s Programs to Advance Cancer Research Utilizing Biospecimens
NCI SPONSORED SESSION
10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Location: Room W194
Speakers:
- Benjamin Fombonne, (Chair), Center for Strategic Scientific Initiatives, NCI, Bethesda, MD
- David Litwack, Office of Science Policy, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
- Jim Vaught, National Cancer Inst., Bethesda, MD
- Tony Dickherber. National Cancer Inst., Bethesda, MD
New Concepts in the Pathogenesis and Targeted Treatment to Multiple Myeloma
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Location: Room W192
Speakers:
- Jonathan D. Licht, (Chair), Northwestern University Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chicago, IL
- Faith Davies, Institute of Cancer Research, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, United Kingdom
- Ola Landgren, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, Bethesda, MD
- Constantine Sideris Mitsiades, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
Biologic Factors Associated With Cancer Disparities
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Location: Room S102
Speakers:
- Xifeng Wu, (Chair), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
- Adeyinka O. Laiyemo, Division of Cancer Prevention, NCI, Bethesda, MD
- Carol J. Etzel, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
- Lisa A. Newman, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI
- Peng Lee, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Microbiome, Viruses, and Cancer
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Location: Room W185
Speakers:
- Anna R. Giuliano, (Chair), H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL
- Martin J. Blaser, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY
- Allan Hildesheim, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, NCI, Bethesda, MD
- Julie Parsonnet, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
NCI SBIR & STTR: Advancing the Commercialization of New Cancer Innovations
NCI SPONSORED SESSION
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Location: Room W194
Speakers:
- Andrew Kurtz, (Chair), SBIR Development Center, NCI, Bethesda, MD
- Greg Evans, SBIR Development Center, NCI, Bethesda, MD
- Jim Olson, Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Ctr., Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
The Ras/Raf Pathway in Cancer
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Room W183
Speakers:
- Deborah Morrison, (Chair), Center for Cancer Research, NCI, Frederick, MD
- Christopher J. Marshall, Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
- Frank McCormick, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA
- Neal Rosen, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Quantitative Imaging and Image-Guided Drug Delivery in Cancer: Challenges and Opportunities
NCI SPONSORED SESSION
1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Location: Room W194
Speakers:
- Keyvan Farahani, (Chair), Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, NCI, Bethesda, MD
- Zaver Bhujwalla. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
- Thomas Meade, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
From Science to Policy: Challenges in Translating Scientific Evidence Into Practice-Changing Clinical Recommendations and Decision Tools
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location: Room W178
Speakers:
- Barnett S. Kramer,(Moderator), Division of Cancer Prevention, NCI, Bethesda, MD
- Joy Melnikow, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
- David F. Ransohoff, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Medical School, Chapel Hill, NC
Beyond GWAS: Leveraging large scale cancer genomics datasets for germline discovery
NCI SPONSORED SESSION
3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Location: Room W194
Speakers:
- Elizabeth Gillanders, (Chair), Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, NCI, Bethesda, MD
- Matt Freedman, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
- Simon Gayther, University of Southern California - Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
- Sharon Plon, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
- Adam Kiezun, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA
- Timothy Caulfield, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada
- Kenna Shaw, Center for Strategic Scientific Initiatives, NCI, Bethesda, MD
Intermediate Endpoints for Cancer Prevention Trials: Progress or Paralysis?
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Location: Room S103
Speakers:
- Carol J. Fabian, University of Kansas Medical Center, Westwood, KS
- Eva Szabo, Division of Cancer Prevention, NCI, Bethesda, MD
Parlaying the K award into your first R01: How did they do it?
NCI SPONSORED SESSION
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Location: Room W194
Speakers:
- Ming Lei (Chair), Office of Cancer Centers, NCI, Bethesda, MD
- Sonia Jakowlew (Chair), Center for Cancer Training, NCI, Bethesda, MD
- Nancy Lohrey (Chair), Center for Cancer Training, NCI, Bethesda, MD
- Christopher Quarles, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
- Youli Zu, Methodist Hospital Research Inst., Houston, TX
- Nancy Emenaker, Division of Cancer Prevention, NCI, Bethesda, MD
- Paige McDonald, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, NCI, Bethesda, MD
- Paul Okano, Division of Cancer Biology, National Cancer Inst., Bethesda, MD
- Roy Wu, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, NCI, Bethesda, MD
