2008 Cohort Consortium Annual Meeting - Agenda
"Choosing Research Directions and Devising Consortial Strategies"
| WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2008 Main Cohort Consortium Meeting: (1:00 - 6:00 PM, Salon C) |
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| 8:00 – 1:00 PM | Registration |
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| 1:00 – 1:15 PM | SESSION I: INTRODUCTION AND WELCOMING REMARKS
Moderator: Patricia Hartge, Sc.D. Welcome Robert Croyle, Ph.D. Joseph Fraumeni Jr., M.D. |
| 1:15 – 1:30 PM | Cohort Consortium Year in Review Patricia Hartge, Sc.D. Deputy Director, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics National Cancer Institute |
| 1:30 – 1:40 PM | New Consortium Membership Nonye Harvey, M.P.H. Coordinator, NCI Cohort Consortium Public Health Advisor, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences National Cancer Institute |
| 1:40 – 1:50 PM | Update: Support for Cohort Core Functions Daniela Seminara, Ph.D., M.P.H. Scientific Consortia Coordinator & Program Director, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences National Cancer Institute Scott Rogers, M.P.H. |
| 1:50 – 2:00 PM | Questions We Need to Answer Now (Appendix A) 'Direction & Strategies' |
| 2:00 – 3:30 PM | SESSION II: SMALL GROUP MEETINGS IN PARALLEL Secretariat, NCI Cohort Consortium Group T - (Glen Echo Room) Group P - (Forest Glen Room) Group C - (Linden Oak Room) Group J - (Timberlawn Room) |
| 3:30 – 4:00 PM | Break |
| 4:00 – 5:30 PM | Reports from Small Groups and Discussion Secretariat, NCI Cohort Consortium |
| 5:30 – 5:50 PM | SESSION III: OPEN MICROPHONE |
| 5:50 – 6:00 PM | Closing Remarks Deborah Winn, Ph.D. Acting Associate Director Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences National Cancer Institute Robert Hoover, M.D., Sc.D. |
| 6:00 PM | Adjourn |
| THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2008 Workshop: Methods in Cohort and Consortial Studies (8:00 - 12:00 PM, Salon C) |
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| 8:00 – 9:30 AM | SESSION IV: METHODS IN MULTIPLE COHORTS
Advances and Challenges in Methods Moderator: Julie Palmer, Sc.D. |
| 8:00 – 8:10 AM | Broadening the Scope of Cohort Studies: Collecting Environmental Samples Dale Sandler, Ph.D. Chief, Epidemiology Branch Division of Intramural Research National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences |
| 8:10 – 8:15 AM | Questions |
| 8:15 – 8:25 AM | Obtaining Tumor Blocks for Breast Cancer Cases Leslie Bernstein, Ph.D. Professor and Director, Department of Cancer Etiology Division of Population Sciences City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center |
| 8:25 – 8:30 AM | Questions |
| 8:30 – 8:40 AM | Using Cancer Registries to Ascertain Cancer Outcomes in Cohort Studies Yikyung Park, Sc.D. Staff Scientist, Nutritional Epidemiology Branch Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics National Cancer Institute Arthur Schatzkin, Ph.D. |
| 8:40 – 8:45 AM | Questions |
| 8:45 – 8:55 AM | Data Collection in an Aging Cohort Susan Hankinson, Sc.D. Associate Professor, Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard University |
| 8:55 – 9:00 AM | Questions |
| 9:00 – 9:30 AM | General Discussion |
| 9:30 – 9:40 AM | Break |
| 9:40 – 10:40 AM | Expanding the Ascertainment of Outcomes
Moderator: James Cerhan, M.D., Ph.D. Medicare Link to IWHS Second Cancers Non-Cancer Outcomes (e.g. cognitive diseases) |
| 10:40 – 10:50 AM | Break |
| 10:50 – 11:35 AM | Statistical Views of Time and Privacy
Moderator: Sholom Wacholder, Ph.D. |
| 10:50 – 11:05 AM | Selection Bias in Cohort Studies: New and Old Insights Enrique Schisterman, Ph.D. Senior Investigator, Epidemiology Branch Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development |
| 11:05 – 11:20 AM | Accounting for Lead Time in Cohort Studies Stephen Cole, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Epidemiology UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health |
| 11:20 – 11:35 AM | Discussion of Schisterman and Cole Presentations |
| 11:35 – 11:50 AM | Testing for Membership of Individuals in Genome-Wide Association Scans Using Frequency Information Kevin Jacobs Operations and Analysis Lead, Core Genotyping Facility Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics National Cancer Institute |
| 11:50 – 12:00 PM | Discussion of Jacobs Presentation |
| 12:00 PM | Adjourn |
| Day | Time | Meeting Room | Project Meeting | Point(s) of Contact |
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| Nov. 4 | 8:00 – 5:00PM | Linden Oak | BPC3 (project members only) | Dr. David Hunter |
| Nov. 5 | 8:00 – 12:00PM | Glen Echo | Vitamin D Pooling Project (project members only) | Dr. Kathy Helzlsouer |
| Nov. 5 | 10:00 – 12:00PM | Forest Glen | BMI and All Cause Mortality Pooling Project (project members only) | Dr. Michael Thun |
| Nov. 5 | 11:30 – 1:00PM | Linden Oak | NHL Working Group | Dr. Paolo Boffeta, Dr. Nat Rothman |
| Nov. 5 | 12:00 – 1:00PM | Salon C | African American Breast Cancer GWAS Information Session | Dr. Julie Palmer, Dr. Chris Haiman |
| Nov. 5 | 12:00 – 1:00PM | Forest Glen | Liver Cancer Working Group | Dr. Katherine McGlynn |
| Nov. 5 | 12:00 – 1:00PM | Timberlawn | GI Working Group | Dr. Phil Taylor, Dr. Wong-Ho Chow |
| Nov. 5 | 6:00 – 8:00PM | Forest Glen | PanScan (project members only) | Dr. Patricia Hartge |
| Nov. 6 | 12:00 – 1:00PM | Salon C | Biobehavioral Influences on Cancer Incidence Using GWAS Information Session |
Dr. Paige McDonald Dr. Steven W. Cole |
| Nov. 6 | 1:00 – 2:00PM | Salon C | Brain Cancer GWAS Working Group |
Dr. Preetha Rajaraman, Dr. Roberta McKean-Cowdin, Dr. Sophia Wang, Dr. Beatrice Malmer |
| Nov. 6 | 2:00 – 3:00PM | Salon C | Male Breast Cancer Working Group | Dr. Louise Brinton |
| Nov. 6 | 3:00 – 4:00PM | Salon C | Endometrial Working Group | Dr. Anne Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Dr. Immaculata Devivo, Dr. Xiao-ou Shu |
