Expert Panel Workshop on Early-Life Events and Cancer
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
National Cancer Institute
6130 Executive Boulevard
Executive Plaza North (EPN), Room CDEF
Rockville, Maryland
| 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. | Registration |
| 8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. |
Welcome and Introductory Remarks Robert Croyle, Ph.D. Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, NCI |
| 8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. |
Workshop Overview and Objectives Somdat Mahabir, Ph.D., M.P.H. Program Director, Modifiable Risk Factors Branch Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, NCI |
| 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. |
Early-Life Events and Cancer: Provocative Opportunities and Formidable Challenges Robert N. Hoover, M.D., Sc.D. Director, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, NCI |
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. |
Animal Models and Hypothesis Development for Perinatal Carcinogenesis Lucy Anderson, Ph.D., D.A.B.T. Chief, Cellular Pathogenesis Section (Retired) Laboratory of Comparative Carcinogenesis National Cancer Institute |
| 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
Early-Life Events and Breast Cancer Development Daniel Medina, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology Baylor College of Medicine |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. |
In Utero Exposures to Tobacco and Obesity: Programming the Fetal Epigenome Kjersti Aagaard-Tillery, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor Obstetrics and Gynecology Baylor College of Medicine |
11:00 a.m. - 11:15 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 11:15 a.m. - 11:45 p.m. |
Early-Life Exposures and Onset of Puberty as a Window on Breast Cancer Etiology Robert Hiatt, M.D., Ph.D. Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Director of Population Sciences and Deputy Director University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Comprehensive Cancer Center |
| 11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. |
The Pathophysiology of Early-Life Roots of Breast Cancer Dimitrios Trichopoulos, M.D., Ph.D. Vincent L. Gregory Professor of Cancer Prevention Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health |
| 12:15 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. |
Epidemiological Indications of the Importance of Early-Life Events in Cancer Steinar Tretli, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Etiological Cancer Research The Cancer Registry of Norway |
| 12:45 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
Impact of Early-Life Exposure Cancer Risk: New Developments and Opportunities at IARC Zdenko Herceg, D.V.M., Ph.D. International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) |
| 1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. | Break |
| 1:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Working Group Members Only Dr. Robert Hoover, NCI Dr. Somdat Mahabir, NCI Dr. Martha Linet, NCI Dr. Nancy Potischman, NCI Dr. Rebecca Troisi, NCI Dr. Zdenko Herceg, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Dr. Daniel Medina, Baylor College of Medicine Dr. Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Harvard School of Public Health Dr. Lucy Anderson, NCI (retired) Dr. Robert Hiatt, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Dr. Steinar Tretli, The Cancer Registry of Norway Dr. Kjersti Aagaard-Tillery, Baylor College of Medicine |