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Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program

2022 Annual Meeting

The annual NCI Cohort Consortium meeting, sponsored by EGRP and the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG), was held virtually on November 1-2, 2022. Project/Working Group meetings were also held during this time.

Agendas

Day 1: Tuesday November 1, 2022

Time Event
8:00 a.m. – 8:40 a.m.

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Opening Remarks and Acknowledgements
Dr. Kathy Helzlsouer, National Cancer Institute, NIH
Dr. Heather Eliassen, Harvard Medical Schoof and Harvard Schoof of Public Health

Welcoming Remarks from the National Cancer Institute
Dr. Katrina Goddard, Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, NIH
Dr. Stephen Chanock, Director, Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH
Dr. Emily Tonorezos, Director, Office of Cancer Survivorship, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, NIH

8:40 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

Session I: Data Sharing

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Moderators:
Dr. Kathy Helzlsouer, National Cancer Institute, NIH
Dr. Jessica Petrick, Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University

8:40 a.m. – 9:05 a.m.

NIH Data Sharing Policy Update
Dr. Julia Slutsman, Genomic Data Sharing Policy Implementation, Office of Extramural Research, NIH
Dr. Nonye Harvey, Genomic Data Sharing Policy Implementation, Office of Extramural Research, NIH

Q & A Session

9:05 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.

Advances in Data Science from the NIH perspective
Dr. Susan Gregurick, Office of Data Science Strategy, NIH

Q & A Session

9:25 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

Virtual Pooled Registry Cancer Linkage System: Current and Future Initiatives
Ms. Castine Clerkin, North American Association of Central Cancer Registries

Q & A Session

9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Break

10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Session II: Challenges and Opportunities for Cohorts of Cancer Survivors

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Moderators:
Dr. Joanne Elena, National Cancer Institute, NIH
Dr. Traci Bethea, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Cohort Overview

Lymphoma Epidemiology of Outcomes (LEO) Cohort
Dr. James Cerhan, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

England & Wales Hodgkin Lymphoma Cohort
Dr. Aislinn Macklin-Doherty, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

ColoCare Consortium (ColoCare)
Dr. Neli Ulrich, Comprehensive Cancer Center at Huntsman Cancer Institute

Pathways Study
Dr. Larry Kushi, Kaiser Permanente Northern California

Susan G. Komen Tissue Bank Updates from the Director
Dr. Michele Cote, Indiana University Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center

11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Panel Discussion
11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Associate Member Council Update
Dr. Lauren E. McCullough, Emory University

11:45 a.m. Adjourn
12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. Networking Session Hosted by Early Career Scientists (optional)

Day 2: Wednesday November 2, 2022

Time Event
12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. General Networking Session (optional)
1:00 p.m. – 1:05 p.m.

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Opening Remarks
Dr. Kathy Helzlsouer, National Cancer Institute, NIH

1:050 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

Plenary Session - State of the Science in Survivorship Research
Dr. Patricia A. Ganz, UCLA School of Medicine and Public Health and UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Q & A Session
2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Session III: Data Collection, Access, and Linkages

Moderators:
Dr. Erika Rees-Punia, American Cancer Society
Dr. Mia Gaudet, National Cancer Institute, NIH

2:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.

Perspectives on CMS linkage for Cancer Research in Cohort Studies
Dr. Lynne R. Wilkens, University of Hawaii Cancer Center
Dr. Janet Olson, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

2:20 p.m. – 2:35 p.m.

Q & A Session

2:35 p.m. – 3:05 p.m.

The All of Us Research Program- Data Types, Data Access, Data Analysis
Dr. Sheri Schully, All of Us Research Program, NIH

3:05 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Q & A Session

3:15 p.m. – 3:35 p.m.

Research Facilitation Report
Dr. Roger Milne, Cancer Council Victoria

3:35 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.

Break

3:50 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.

Session IV: Cohort Consortium Project Group Report Backs

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Moderators:
Dr. Jeannette Schenk, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Dr. Melissa Merritt, The University of Sydney

Sexual and Gender Minority Interest Group
Dr. Sarah S. Jackson, National Cancer Institute, NIH

The Breast Cancer Risk Prediction Project
Dr. Peter Kraft, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Prostate Cancer Cohort Consortium (PC3): A collaborative approach to an enigmatic cancer
Dr. Konrad Stopsack, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Dr. Eboneé Butler, University of North Carolina

Lung Cancer Cohort Consortium (LC3)
Dr. Mattias Johansson, International Agency for Research Cancer

Linkage of NCI Cohort Consortium Projects
Dr. Jessica Petrick, Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University

Investigating the role of immune markers in driving sex-specific differences in Glioblastoma (GBM) development
Dr. Kristin Waite, National Cancer Institute, NIH

4:50 p.m.

Closing Remarks and Adjourn
Dr. Heather Eliassen, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health

Project Group Meeting Schedule

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Date Name of Working Group Time
Wednesday, September 14 Physical Activity and Risk of Cancer in the Cohort Consortium 2:30 PM-4:30 PM ET
Thursday, September 22 Prostate Cancer Cohort Consortium (PC3)

10:30 AM-12:30 PM ET

Tuesday, September 27 Ovarian Cancer Cohort Consortium (OC3)

10:30 AM-12:30 PM ET

Thursday, October 6 Impact of Alcohol Use on Cancer Incidence and Mortality

12:30 PM - 2:30 PM ET

Tuesday, October 11 AMC-Developing your personal board of directors: mentoring in the National Cancer Institute-Cohort Consortium

10:30 AM-12:30 PM ET

Wednesday, October 12

Premenopausal Breast Cancer Collaborative Group

10:30 AM-12:30 PM ET
Thursday, October 13 Survivorship/Second Cancers Working Group 10:30 AM-12:30 PM ET
Thursday, October 13 Appendiceal Cancer Consortium (APPECC)

12:30 PM - 2:30 PM ET

Monday, October 17 Sexual and Gender Minority Interest Group 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM ET
Tuesday, October 18 PanScan 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM ET
Wednesday, October 19 Alcohol, Diet and Body Fatness as Risk Factors for Stomach Cancer and its Subtypes 2:30 PM-4:30 PM ET
Thursday, October 20 Breast Cancer Risk Prediction Modeling Working Group 10:30 AM-12:30 PM ET
Thursday, October 20 Pooling Project of Prospective Studies of Diet and Cancer (DCCP) (indudes the Family History and Cancer Risk and Mortality Project Group) 2:30 PM-4:30 PM ET
Monday, October 24 Design and validation of an oral cancer risk prediction model 10:30 AM-12:30 PM ET
Tuesday, October 25 Cancer in Hispanic Populations Working Group 10:30 AM-12:30 PM ET
Wednesday, October 26 Lung Cancer Cohort Consortium (LC3) *The meeting has been rescheduled to a later date, more information will be coming soon.* 10:30 AM-12:30 PM ET
Thursday, October 27 Diabetes and Cancer Initiative in the Cohort Consortium *The meeting has been rescheduled to a later date, more information will be coming soon.* 10:30 AM-12:30 PM ET
Monday, October 31 Coffee Drinking and Mortality *The meeting has been rescheduled to a later date, more information will be coming soon.* 10:30 AM-12:30 PM ET

Contact Us

If you have questions about the meeting, contact NCICohortConsortium@mail.nih.gov at the National Cancer Institute.