2023 Annual Meeting

The annual NCI Cohort Consortium meeting, sponsored by EGRP and the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG), was held virtually on October 11-13, 2023. Project/Working Group meetings were also held during this time.

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Agendas

Day 1: Wednesday October 11, 2023

Time	Event
1:30 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.	Watch this session Opening Remarks and Acknowledgements Dr. Kathy Helzlsouer, National Cancer Institute, NIH Dr. James V. Lacey, Jr., City of Hope
1:40 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.	Welcoming Remarks from the National Cancer Institute Recorded message from 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
1:50 p.m. – 3:05 p.m.	Session I: Data Sharing Watch this session Moderators: Drs. Kathy Helzlsouer and Katie O'Brien
1:50 p.m. – 2:25 p.m.	Data Sharing Policy Updates NIH Policy Updatess Ms. Charlisse Caga-Anan, National Cancer Institute, NIH Dr. Sonia Rosenfield, National Cancer Institute, NIH Population Science Data Commons Dr. Pothur Srinivas, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute
2:25 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.	Q & A Session
2:40 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.	Virtual Pooled Registry: Supporting Cancer Registry Linkages and Secondary Data Sharing Ms. Castine Clerkin, North American Association of Central Cancer Registries
3:00 p.m. – 3:05 p.m.	Q & A Session
3:05 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.	Break
3:20 p.m. – 3:40 p.m.	Session II: Cohort Consorium Steering Committee Updates Watch this session AMC Update Dr. Melissa Merritt, The Daffodil Centre, The University of Sydney Chair Updates Dr. James V. Lacey, Jr., City of Hope
3:40 p.m. – 4:10 p.m.	Session III: Research Updates Watch this session Moderators: Drs. Veronica Wendy Setiawan and Holly Harris
3:40 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.	Updates on the Connect for Cancer Prevention Cohort Study Dr. Mia Gaudet, Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute
3:50 p.m. – 3:55 p.m.	Q & A Session
3:55 p.m. – 4:05 p.m.	Measurement Issues in Sexual and Gender Minority Health Dr. Ashley Wilder Smith, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences & Genetics, National Cancer Institute
4:05 p.m. – 4:10 p.m.	Q & A Session
4:10 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Session IV: Cohort Consortium Lightning Talks - New Ideas for Collaboratice Projects Watch this session Moderators: Drs. Heather Eliassen and Jessica Gorzelitz A New Cohort Community Resource: The Viz of the Month Ms. Emma Spielfogel, City of Hope Cohort Affiliation: California Teachers Study Mental Health and Social Connection Among Older Lesbian and Bisexual Women Dr. Elena Martinez, University of California, San Diego Cohort Affiliation: California Teachers Study PROMISE: Proteins and Cancer Working Group Prof. Ruth Travis and Dr. Karl Smith-Byrne, Universit of Oxford Cohort Affiliation: EPIC

Day 2: Thursday October 12, 2023

Time	Event
10:00 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.	Call to Order
10:05 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.	Session V: Data Collection Methods Watch this session Moderators: Drs. Caroline Um and Pietro Ferrari
10:05 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.	Variable Management for Intra- and Inter-Operability Dr. Nicole Gerlanc, Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute Data Systems for Within Study Interoperability Dr. Alpa Patel, Population Science, American Cancer Society Data Systems for Between Study Interoperability Dr. Montse Garcia-Closas, Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
10:50 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.	Q & A Session
11:10 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.	In-person Poster Session (Box Lunch available for purchase)
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.	Session VI: Using Geospatial Data to Assess Environmental and Social Risk Factors for Cancer Across Cohorts: Opportunities and Pitfalls Watch this session Moderators: Drs. Dale Sandler and Jessica Petrick
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.	Opportunities for Evaluating Environmental Exposures: An Analysis of Air Pollution and Breast Cancer Risk Across Five Large US Cohorts as an Example Dr. Alexandra White, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH Place, Race, and Racism: Opportunities for Examining Social Risk Factors Across US Cohorts Dr. Lauren McCullough, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University and American Cancer Society Practical Issues in Combining and Harmonizing Geospatial Data and Future Opportunities for Novel Research Areas Dr. Rena Jones, Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute
2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.	Q & A Session
2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.	Session VII: Project Group Updates Watch this session Moderators: Drs. James V. Lacey and Celina Valencia NSAIDs/Aspirin and Incidence of Biliary Tract Cancers in the Biliary Tract Cancer Pooling Project (BITCaPP) Dr. Ilona Argirion, Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute & Georgetown University School of Health Diabetes and Cancer Initiative in the NCI Cohort Consortium: Update Dr. Marc Gunter, Imperial College London and International Agency for Research on Cancer
3:00 p.m. – 3:05 p.m.	Wrap Up Dr. James V. Lacey, Jr., City of Hope

Project Group Meeting Schedule

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Date	Name of Working Group	Time	Meeting Format	Room Assignment
Monday, September 25	Physical Activity and Risk of Cancer in the Cohort Consortium	10:30 AM - 12:30 PM ET	Virtual	N/A
Thursday, September 28	Sexual and Gender Minority Interest Group	12:30 PM - 2:30 PM ET	Virtual	N/A
Monday, October 2	Survivorship and Second Cancers Group	10:30 AM - 12:30 PM ET	Virtual	N/A
Tuesday, October 3	Biliary Tract Cancers Pooling Project (LCPP sub-project)	12:30 PM - 2:30 PM ET	Virtual	N/A
Wednesday, October 11	Diet and Cancer Pooling Project Integrated Meeting*	8:00 AM - 10:00 AM ET	In-person/ hybrid	Room #110 (Lower Level)
Wednesday, October 11	Ovarian Cancer Cohort Consortium (OC3)	10:00 AM - 11:00 AM ET	In-person/ hybrid	Room #406/408/410 (Lower Level)
Wednesday, October 11	Breast Cancer Risk Prediction Modeling Working Group	11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET	In-person/ hybrid	Room #110 (Lower Level)
Wednesday, October 11	Prostate Cancer Cohort Consortium (PC3)	12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET	In-person/ hybrid	Room #3E032/034 (3^rd Floor)
Thursday, October 12	Diet and Cancer Pooling Project Integrated Meeting**	3:30 PM - 5:30 PM ET	In-person/ hybrid	Room #110 (Lower Level)
Friday, October 13	Lymphold Malignancies Working Group	8:00 AM - 10:00 AM ET	In-person/ hybrid	Room #3E032/034 (3^rd Floor)
Friday, October 13	Cancer in Hispanic Populations Working Group	10:00 AM - 11:00 AM ET	In-person/ hybrid	Room #4E032/034 (4^th Floor)
Friday, October 13	Premenopausal Breast Cancer Collaborative Group	11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET	In-person/ hybrid	Room #110 (Lower Level)
Friday, October 13	Coffee Drinking and Mortality	1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET	In-person/ hybrid	Room #4E032/034 (4^th Floor)

*Part of the DCPP larger project group meeting includes the following:

Environmental Factors, GxE Interactions and Bladder Cancer Risk Working Group: 8:10 AM - 8:55 AM
Family History and Cancer Risk and Mortality Working Group: 8:55 AM - 9:25 AM

**Part of the DCPP larger project group meeting includes the following:

Population Attributable Fractions of Pancreatic Cancer by Key Risk Factors in the United States: 3:40 PM - 4:00 PM
Population Attributable Fraction (PAF) Project: 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Alcohol, Diet, and Body Fatness as Risk Factors for Stomach Cancer and its Subtypes: 4:30 PM - 4:50 PM
Establishing Dietary and Body Size-Related Risk Factors for Oesophageal Cancer: 4:50 PM - 5:00 PM

Contact Us

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

Last Updated: 11 Jan, 2024