EGRP Hosts Workshop on Understudied Rare Cancers

Agenda

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2005 Conference Center at Harvard Medical School
4:00 – 5:00 P.M. Rotunda (3rd floor)	Poster Session I Set-up
5:00 – 7:00 P.M. Lobby (ground floor)	Registration
5:00 – 6:00 P.M. Rotunda (3rd Floor)	Welcoming Reception and Poster Session
OPENING SESSION
6:00 – 6:45 P.M. Amphitheater (ground floor)	Session Chair: Margaret Spitz, M.D., M.P.H. Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Hello! And Welcome! Ed Trapido, Sc.D. Associate Director, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program, National Cancer Institute 1st NCI Epidemiology Leadership Workshop: Tobacco, Diet and Genes Rare Cancers Working Group Report Isis Mikhail, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.P.H. Program Director, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program, National Cancer Institute Statistics on Rare Cancers from the SEER Program Ben Hankey, Sc.D. Chief, Cancer Statistics Branch, Surveillance Research Program, National Cancer Institute Cancer Registry Issues in Studying Rare Cancers: A NAACCR Perspective Holly Howe, Ph.D. Executive Director, North American Association of Central Cancer Registries
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
6:45 – 7:15 P.M. Amphitheater	My 30-Year Love Affair with Hodgkin's Lymphoma – Lessons Learned Nancy Mueller, Sc.D. Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health
7:15 – 7:30 P.M.	Closing, Charge, and Mission: Who Are We and Why Are We Here? Ed Trapido, Sc.D. Associate Director, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program, National Cancer Institute

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2005 Conference Center at Harvard Medical School
7:30 – 8:30 A.M. Rotunda: (3rd Floor)	Breakfast Meet and Greet with EGRP Program Directors and Other NCI/NIH Staff
Amphitheater (ground floor)	Training and New Investigator Awards Lester Gorelic, Ph.D. Program Director, Cancer Training Branch, National Cancer Institute
PLENARY SESSION
8:30 – 9:30 A.M. Amphitheater (ground floor)	Creating Consortia: Rationale, Roadblocks, and Successes Session Chair: Leslie Bernstein, Ph.D. Professor, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California Consortia: A Tool for Interdisciplinary Research in Epidemiology Daniela Seminara, Ph.D., M.P.H. Program Director, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program, National Cancer Institute An Example From the Brain Tumor Consortium Melissa Bondy, Ph.D. Professor of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Discussion
PANEL DISCUSSION
9:30 – 10:30 A.M.	Opportunities for Partnerships Along the DCCPS Cancer Control Continuum Session Chair: Robert Croyle, Ph.D. Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute Surveillance Research Program Ben Hankey, Sc.D. Chief, Cancer Statistics Branch, Surveillance Research Program, National Cancer Institute Applied Research Program Martin Brown, Ph.D. Chief, Health Services and Economics Branch, Applied Research Program, National Cancer Institute Office of Cancer Survivorship Julia Rowland, Ph.D. Director, Office of Cancer Survivorship National Cancer Institute NCI Cancer Information Service Susan Rivers , Ph.D. Senior Research Coordinator, New England Cancer Information Service, Yale Cancer Center
10:30 – 11:00 A.M. Lobby (ground floor)	Break
Rotunda (3rd floor)	Poster Session I Tear-down Poster Session II Set-up
CANCER SITE WORKING GROUPS: Consortia and Transdisciplinary Science
11:00 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. Various Locations	Discussion Questions: What is the state of the science - what do we know? What are the scientific gaps - what do we not know? What obstacles (scientific, infrastructure, technical) impede progress, and what needs to be done to remove the obstacles? Are there solutions to some of these problems that work? What expertise, disciplines, and linkages do we need to "bring to the table" to enhance progress? What are the partnering opportunities with other DCCPS programs? Cancer Sites: Brain and Eye Cancer - HIM Lecture Room (1st Floor) Moderators : Melissa Bondy, Ph.D., and Daniela Seminara Ph.D., M.P.H. Endometrial Cancer - Room 217 (2nd Floor) Moderators: Pamela Horn-Ross, Ph.D., and Virginia Hartmuller, Ph.D., R.D. Esophageal, Liver, Stomach, and Renal Cancer - Room 216 (2nd Floor) Moderators: Marilie Gammon, Ph.D., Alexander Parker, Ph.D. and Mukesh Verma, Ph.D. Head and Neck Cancer - HIM Lecture Room (1st Floor) Moderators: Qingyi Wei, M.D., Ph.D., and Deborah Winn, Ph.D. Hodgkin's Disease and Leukemia - Room 217 (2nd Floor) Moderators: Sara Strom, Ph.D., and Isis Mikhail, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.P.H. Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Myeloma, and Kaposi's Sarcoma - Bray Room (1st Floor) Moderators: James Cerhan, M.D., Ph.D., and Vaurice Starks, B.S. Ovarian and Testicular Cancer - Amphitheater (ground floor) Moderators: Roberta Ness, M.D., M.P.H., and Fernando Arena, M.D., Ph.D.
LUNCHEON KEYNOTE ADDRESS
12:30 – 2:00 P.M. Rotunda (3rd Floor)	Bioinformatics Initiatives at NCI Deborah Winn, Ph.D., Chief, Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program
2:00 – 2:15 P.M. Medical School Quad	Group Photo (across the street from Conference Center at Harvard Medical Center)
PLENARY SESSION AND PANEL DISCUSSION
2:15 – 3:30 P.M. Amphitheater (ground floor)	Transdisciplinary Science: Partnering Population and Basic Sciences Session Chair: Graham Colditz, M.D., Dr.P.H. Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University Merging Basic and Population Sciences to Elucidate Mechanisms of Breast Cancer Development Jonine Bernstein, Ph.D. Associate Attending Epidemiologist, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Synergizing Pharmacology, Clinical Medicine, and Population Science to Improve Treatment and Care of Myeloma Patients Kenneth Anderson, M.D. Director, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Remarks Jorge Gomez, M.D., Ph.D. Chief, Organ Systems Program, National Cancer Institute Shelia Zahm, Sc.D. Deputy Director, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute
3:30 – 4:00 P.M. Lobby (ground floor)	Break
CANCER SITE WORKING GROUPS
4:30 – 5:30 P.M. (return to morning locations)	Continuation of morning session: Setting priorities and resources Discussion Questions: What are priorities for action? What should the next steps be
5:30 – 7:30 P.M. Rotunda (3 rd floor)	Reception and Poster Session
7:30 – 8:30 P.M. Rotunda (3 rd floor)	Poster Session II Tear-down
Time and Location TBD	Chairs and Co-chairs of Respective Working Groups Meet (Informal meetings to synthesize information from the day)

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2005 Westin Copley Place
8:00 – 9:00 A.M. Essex South Room	Continental Breakfast New Investigator Breakfast Roundtables: Becoming a Successful Senior Scientist Jonine Bernstein, Ph.D. Associate Attending Epidemiologist, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Leslie Bernstein, Ph.D. Professor, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California Melissa Bondy, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center James Cerhan, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Epidemiology Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Elizabeth Holly, Ph.D. Professor and Chief, Division of Cancer Epidemiology, University of California at San Francisco
8:00 – 10:00 A.M.	Working Group Chairs and Co-chairs Working Breakfasts
9:00 – 10:00 A.M.	RARE CANCER ADVOCACY SESSION
10:00 – 10:30 A.M.	Break
10:00 – 11:45 A.M.	Report Backs: Session Chair: Hoda Anton-Culver, Ph.D. Professor and Chief, Epidemiology Division, University of California, Irvine
11:45 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.	Meeting Evaluation, Wrap-up, and The Bottom Line…. Ed Trapido, Sc.D. Associate Director, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program, National Cancer Institute