EGRP Hosts Workshop on Understudied Rare Cancers
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 Session Chair
Margaret Spitz, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor
and Chair, Department of Epidemiology
The University of Texas
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
 Welcome
and Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria for Understudied Rare Cancers
Ed Trapido, Sc.D.
Associate Director,
Epidemiology and Genetics
Research Program
National Cancer Institute
Charge, and Mission: Who Are We and Why Are We Here?
 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
 My
30-Year Love Affair with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma – Lessons
Learned (keynote address)
Nancy Mueller, Sc.D.
Professor,
Department of Epidemiology
Harvard
School of Public Health
Plenary Session: 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
Panel Discussion: 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
 Bioinformatics Initiatives at NCI (Luncheon Keynote Address)
Deborah
Winn, Ph.D.
Chief,
Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology Research
Branch
Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program,
National Cancer Institute
Plenary Session: 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 (Gomez
presentation)
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
Cancer Site Working Groups Continuation of morning session: Setting priorities and resources Discussion Questions:
a) What are priorities for action?
b) What should the next steps be? Tuesday, September 13, 2005 Report Backs  Session Chair
Site Working Groups Summary Report
Hoda Anton-Culver, Ph.D.
Professor and Chief,
Epidemiology Division
University of California, Irvine
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