EGRP Hosts Workshop on Understudied Rare Cancers

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

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

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

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

Session Chair
Site Working Groups Summary Report
Hoda Anton-Culver, Ph.D.
Professor and Chief, Epidemiology Division
University of California, Irvine