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Margaret Spitz, M.D., M.P.H.Session Chair
Margaret Spitz, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center


Ed Trapido, Sc.D.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?


Isis Mikhail, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.P.H.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


Ben Hankey, Sc.D.Statistics on Rare Cancers from the SEER Program
Ben Hankey, Sc.D.
Chief, Cancer Statistics Branch
Surveillance Research Program, National Cancer Institute


Holly Howe, Ph.D.Cancer Registry Issues in Studying Rare Cancers: A NAACCR Perspective
Holly Howe, Ph.D.
Executive Director
North American Association of Central Cancer Registries


Nancy Mueller, Sc.D.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

Leslie Bernstein, Ph.D.Session Chair
Leslie Bernstein, Ph.D.
Professor, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Southern California


Daniela Seminara, Ph.D., M.P.H.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


Melissa Bondy, Ph.D.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

Robert Croyle, Ph.D.Session Chair
Robert Croyle, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
National Cancer Institute


Ben Hankey, Sc.D.Surveillance Research Program
Ben Hankey, Sc.D.
Chief, Cancer Statistics Branch
Surveillance Research Program, National Cancer Institute


Martin Brown, Ph.D.Applied Research Program
Martin Brown, Ph.D.
Chief, Health Services and Economics Branch
Applied Research Program, National Cancer Institute


Julia Rowland, Ph.D.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


Deborah Winn, Ph.D.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

Graham Colditz, M.D., Dr.P.H.Session Chair
Graham Colditz, M.D., Dr.P.H.
Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard University


Jonine Bernstein, Ph.D.Merging Basic and Population Sciences to Elucidate Mechanisms of Breast Cancer Development
Jonine Bernstein, Ph.D.
Associate Attending Epidemiologist
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center


Kenneth Anderson, M.D.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


Jorge Gomez, M.D., Ph.D.Shelia Zahm, Sc.D.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

Hoda Anton-Culver, Ph.D.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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30 May 2006
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