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First NCI Epidemiology Leadership Workshop: Tobacco, Diet, and Genes

Agenda

Sunday, September 19, 2004
5:00-8:00 p.m. Registration - McCormick Place S101 Prefunction Area Overlapping hexagons with pictures of cigarettes, corn, and a mother and baby
5:00-7:00 p.m. Welcome Reception/Viewing of Poster Session - McCormick Place S100BC
7:00-7:30 p.m. Introductions and Overview of EGRP - McCormick Place S101
 

Edward Trapido, Sc.D.
Associate Director, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute

Robert Croyle, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute
7:30-8:30 p.m. Keynote Address - McCormick Place S101
  Susan Curry, Ph.D.
Director, Institute for Health Research and Policy, School of Public Health,University of Illinois at Chicago
8:30 p.m. Dinner (on your own)
 
Monday, September 20, 2004
7:30-8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast/Continued Viewing of Poster Session - McCormick Place S100BC
8:00-8:30 a.m. Workshop Overview and Objectives - McCormick Place S101
  Edward Trapido, Sc.D.
Associate Director, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute
8:30-10:00 a.m. Plenary Session: The State of the Science - McCormick Place S101
Moderator: Margaret Spitz, M.D., M.P.H.
Chair, Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Moderator: Graham Colditz, M.D., Dr.P.H.
Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University
Panelists:
Perspectives on Diet, Genes, and Cancer
Laurence Kolonel, M.D., Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Cancer Research Center, University of Hawaii
 
Perspectives on Tobacco, Genes, and Cancer
  Neil Caporaso, M.D.
Senior Investigator and Chief, Pharmacogenetics Section, Genetic Epidemiology Branch, Human Genetics Program, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute
 
Perspectives on Genetics in Epidemiology
  Stephen Chanock, M.D.
Head, Section on Genomic Variation, Pediatric Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, and Director, Core Genotyping Facility, Advanced Technology Center, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute
10:00-10:30 a.m. Break
10:30-11:30 a.m. Issues and Opportunities - McCormick Place S101
(Fifteen minutes will be allotted to each topic.)
Moderator: Sandra Melnick, Dr.P.H.
Chief, Analytic Epidemiology Research Branch, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute
Moderator: Deborah Winn, Ph.D.
Chief, Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute
Panelists:
Opportunities in Diet and Energy Balance
Virginia Hartmuller, Ph.D., R.D., F.A.D.A.
Program Director, Diet and Nutrition Epidemiology Program, Analytic Epidemiology Research Branch, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute
 
Cancer Epidemiology and Cancer Control Bioinformatics Working Group
  Deborah Winn, Ph.D.
Chief, Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute
 
Opportunities in Epigenetics
  Mukesh Verma, Ph.D.
Program Director, Analytic Epidemiology Research Branch, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute
 

Epidemiology, Consortia, and "Large-Scale Science": Challenges and Opportunities

  Daniela Seminara, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Program Director, Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute
11:30 a.m.-noon Issues and Opportunities: Panel Discussion - McCormick Place S101
Moderator: Sandra Melnick, Dr.P.H.
Chief, Analytic Epidemiology Research Branch, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute
12:00-12:15 p.m. Team Science and Tenure: Is There a Conflict? - McCormick Place S101
  Graham Colditz, M.D., Dr.P.H.
Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University
12:15-12:30 p.m. EGRP Extramural Portfolio in Tobacco, Diet, and Genes: Charge to the Working Groups - McCormick Place S101
  Sandra Melnick, Dr.P.H.
Chief, Analytic Epidemiology Research Branch, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute
12:30-1:45 p.m. Luncheon - Hyatt Conference Center CC 11
12:30-1:45 p.m. Knowledge Transfer of Epidemiology - Hyatt Conference Center CC 22BC
(first 50 people who sign up at Registration may participate.)
  Jon Kerner, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Research Dissemination and Diffusion, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute
1:45-4:00 p.m. Working Groups
(Each working group will work to address the following questions: What are the gaps in the science? What are the methodological issues and barriers? Where is the science going?)
Challenges to Diet/Energy Balance Epidemiology Research - Hyatt Conference Center CC 12A
Chair: Lawrence Kushi, Sc.D.
Associate Director, Etiology and Prevention, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente
Co-Chair: Rachel Ballard-Barbash, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Director, Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute
Co-Chair: Virginia Hartmuller, Ph.D., R.D., F.A.D.A.
Program Director, Diet and Nutrition Epidemiology Program, Analytic Epidemiology Research Branch, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute
Haplotypes Versus Genotypes - Hyatt Conference Center CC 12B
Chair: Stephen Gruber, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Cancer Genetics Clinic, and Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Michigan Medical School
Co-Chair: Thomas Sellers, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Associate Director, Department of Cancer Control, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Co-Chair: Daniela Seminara, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Program Director, Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute
Design Issues and Strategies in the Study of Rare Cancers - Hyatt Conference Center CC 12C
Chair: Nathaniel Rothman, M.D., M.P.H., M.H.S.
Senior Investigator, Occupational Epidemiology Branch, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute
Co-Chair: Sholom Wacholder, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator, Biostatistics Branch, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute
Co-Chair: Isis Mikhail, M.D., Dr.P.H., M.P.H.
Program Director, Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute
Susceptibility to Tobacco Carcinogenesis: Genotypes Versus Phenotypes - Hyatt Conference Center CC 12D
Chair: Peter Shields, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Oncology, Georgetown University Medical School; Director, Cancer Genetics and Epidemiology, and Associate Director, Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Lombardi Cancer Center
Co-Chair: Xifeng Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Co-Chair: Stephen Marcus, Ph.D.
Epidemiologist, Tobacco Control Research Branch, and Series Editor, Tobacco Control Monographs, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute
4:00-6:00 p.m. Poster Session Open for Viewing and Discussion - McCormick Place S100BC
6:15 p.m. Working Group Co-Chairs Meeting - Hyatt Conference Center Boardroom II (Second Floor)
(Co-Chairs will meet to prepare working group reports and identify overarching issues and summations.)
6:30 p.m. Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program Planning Group Dinner Meeting - Hyatt Conference Center Meeting Suite IV (Third Floor)
(Invitees only)
6:30 p.m. Dinner (on your own)
 
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
7:00-8:00 a.m. Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program Planning Group Meeting - McCormick Place S102D
(Invitees only)
7:30-8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast/Continued Viewing of Poster Sessions II and III - McCormick Place S100BC
8:00-10:00 a.m. Working Group Reports - McCormick Place S101
Moderator: Robert Croyle, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute
Chairs:
Challenges to Diet/Energy Balance Epidemiology Research
Lawrence Kushi, Sc.D.
Associate Director, Etiology and Prevention, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente
 
Haplotypes Versus Genotypes
  Stephen Gruber, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Cancer Genetics Clinic, and Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Michigan Medical School
 
Design Issues and Strategies in the Study of Rare Cancers
  Nathaniel Rothman, M.D., M.P.H., M.H.S.
Senior Investigator, Occupational Epidemiology Branch, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute
 
Susceptibility to Tobacco Carcinogenesis: Genotypes Versus Phenotypes
  Peter Shields, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Oncology, Georgetown University Medical School; Director, Cancer Genetics and Epidemiology, and Associate Director, Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Lombardi Cancer Center
10:00-10:15 a.m. Break - (Posters must be taken down during this period.)
10:15-11:00 a.m. Making a Difference With Epidemiology Research - McCormick Place S101
    Catherine DeAngelis, M.D., M.P.H.
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the American Medical Association
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The Future of Consortia - McCormick Place S101
Moderator: Robert Hiatt, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Population Sciences, and Deputy Director, University of California at San Francisco Comprehensive Cancer Center
Panelists:
Cohort Consortia
Michael Thun, M.D., M.S.
Vice President, Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society
 
Case-Control Consortia
  Patricia Hartge, Sc.D.
Deputy Director, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics,
National Cancer Institute
12:30 p.m. Adjourn

Last Updated: 23 Oct 2009

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