First NCI Epidemiology Leadership Workshop: Tobacco, Diet, and Genes
Presentations
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Introductions
and Overview of Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program (part
1, part 2)Edward Trapido, Sc.D., Associate Director, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute
Workshop Overview and Objectives
Edward Trapido, Sc.D., Associate Director, Epidemiology and Genetics Research
Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National
Cancer Institute
Plenary Session: The State of the Science
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
Issues and Opportunities
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
Charge to Working Groups
EGRP
Extramural Portfolio in Tobacco, Diet, and Genes: Charge to the Working
Groups
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
Working Group Reports
Challenges
to Diet/Energy Balance Epidemiology Research
Reporting for the Group: Lawrence Kushi, Sc.D., Associate Director, Etiology
and Prevention, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente
Haplotypes
Versus Genotypes
Reporting for the Group: 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
Reporting for the Group: 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
Reporting for the Group: 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
The Future of Consortia
Moderator's
Remarks
Robert Hiatt, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Population Sciences, and Deputy Director,
University of California at San Francisco Comprehensive Cancer Center
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
Other Presentations
Making
a Difference With Epidemiology Research (Keynote Address) (presentation
unavailable)
Catherine DeAngelis, M.D., M.P.H. Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the American
Medical Association
Fulfilling
the Potential for Cancer Prevention and Early Detection (Keynote
Address)
Susan Curry, Ph.D., Director, Institute for Health Research and Policy,
School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago
Team
Science and Tenure: Is There a Conflict?
Graham Colditz, M.D., Dr.P.H., Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's
Hospital, Harvard University
Knowledge
Transfer of Epidemiology
Jon Kerner, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Research Dissemination and Diffusion,
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute
