2009 Cohort Consortium Annual Meeting - Agenda

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"Responding to New Challenges"

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 Main Cohort Consortium Meeting Marriott Bethesda, Pooks Hill, Grand Ballroom (Salons C-E)
8:00 – 9:00 AM	Registration
9:00 – 10:00 AM	OPENING SESSION Moderator: Patricia Hartge, Sc.D. Chair, NCI Cohort Consortium Welcoming Remarks Robert Croyle, Ph.D. Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences National Cancer Institute Joseph Fraumeni Jr., M.D. Director, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics National Cancer Institute Introduction of Secretariat Review of Progress and Potential Initiatives Patricia Hartge, Sc.D. Senior Investigator, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics National Cancer Institute
10:00 – 10:30 AM	*BREAK*
10:30 – 12:00 PM	WHERE SHOULD WE GO NEXT IN GENOMIC APPROACHES IN COHORTS? Moderator: Stephen Chanock, M.D. Chief, Laboratory of Translational Genomics Director, Core Genotyping Facility Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics National Cancer Institute High Volume Genotyping and Sequencing Andrew Singleton, Ph.D. Senior Investigator Chief, Laboratory of Neurogenetics Chief, Molecular Genetics Section National Institute on Aging Directed Sequencing Les Biesecker, M.D. Chief and Senior Investigator Genetic Disease Research Branch National Human Genome Research Institute Where is the Dark Matter? David Hunter, Sc.D. Vincent L. Gregory Professor of Cancer Prevention Department of Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology Harvard School of Public Health
12:00 – 1:00 PM	*LUNCH*
1:00 – 2:30 PM	BIOBANKING, PROTEOMICS AND BIOMARKERS IN COHORTS Moderator: Daniela Seminara, Ph.D., M.P.H Scientific Consortia Coordinator Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences National Cancer Institute Biobanking for the Cohorts of the Future Pierre Hainaut, Ph.D., M.S. Head, Molecular Carcinogenesis and Biomarkers Group International Agency for Research on Cancer World Health Organization Cohort Opportunities in Proteomics Samir Hanash, M.D., Ph.D. Program Head Molecular Diagnostics Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Biomarkers and Cancer in the Cohort Consortium Susan Hankinson, Sc.D. Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women’s Hospital
2:30 – 3:00 PM	*BREAK*
3:00 – 5:00 PM	STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP (Closed session for cohort leadership only) Moderator: Julie Palmer, Sc.D., M.P.H Professor of Epidemiology Slone Epidemiology Center Boston University
5:00 – 6:00 PM	WORKSHOP SUMMARY Moderator: Patricia Hartge, Sc.D. Chair, NCI Cohort Consortium Deborah Winn, Ph.D. Acting Associate Director Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences National Cancer Institute Robert Hoover, M.D., Sc.D. Director, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics National Cancer Institute
6:30 PM	*ADJOURN*

**Cohort Consortium Ancillary Meetings**
Day	Time	Meeting Room	Project Meeting	Point(s) of Contact
Nov. 3	2:00 – 7:00PM	Grand Ballroom (Salons C-E)	BPC3 (project members only)	Dr. David Hunter Michael Thun
Nov. 4	8:00 – 6:00 PM	Grand Ballroom (Salons C-E)	BPC3 (project members only)	Dr. David Hunter Michael Thun
Nov. 4	1:00 – 3:00 PM	Potomac / Bethesda / Chevy Chase	Vitamin D Pooling Project (project members only)	Kathy Helzlsouer Nonye Harvey
Nov. 4	3:30 – 5:30 PM	Potomac / Bethesda / Chevy Chase	PanScan (project members only)	Patricia Hartge Rachael Stolzenberg-Solomon
Nov. 6	10:00 – 12:00 PM	Grand Ballroom (Salons C-E)	BMI and All Cause Mortality Pooling Project (project members only)	Michael Thun Patricia Hartge
Nov. 6	10:00 – 12:00 PM	Grand Ballroom (Salons A-B)	Brain Cancer GWAS Working Group	Preetha Rajaraman Beatrice Melin
Nov. 6	1:00 – 2:30 PM	Grand Ballroom (Salons C-E)	NHL Working Group	Paolo Boffetta Nat Rothman
Nov. 6	2:30 – 4:00PM	Grand Ballroom (Salons C-E)	Kidney Cancer Working Group	Ghislaine Scélo Mark Purdue
Nov. 6	4:00 – 5:30PM	Grand Ballroom (Salons C-E)	Small Intestinal Cancer Working Group	Paolo Boffetta Amanda Cross