First NCI Epidemiology Leadership Workshop:
Tobacco, Diet, and Genes
Agenda
| Sunday, September 19, 2004 |
| 5:00-8:00 p.m. |
Registration - McCormick Place
S101 Prefunction Area |
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| 5:00-7:00 p.m. |
Welcome Reception/Viewing of Poster
Session - McCormick Place S100BC |
| 7:00-7:30 p.m. |
Introductions and Overview of EGRP
- McCormick Place S101 |
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Edward Trapido, Sc.D.
Associate Director, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program,
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer
Institute
Robert Croyle, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National
Cancer Institute |
| 7:30-8:30 p.m. |
Keynote Address - McCormick
Place S101 |
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Susan Curry, Ph.D.
Director, Institute for Health Research and Policy, School of Public
Health,University of Illinois at Chicago |
| 8:30 p.m. |
Dinner (on your own) |
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| Monday, September 20, 2004 |
| 7:30-8:00 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast/Continued Viewing
of Poster Session - McCormick Place S100BC |
| 8:00-8:30 a.m. |
Workshop Overview and Objectives
- McCormick Place S101 |
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Edward Trapido, Sc.D.
Associate Director, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program, Division
of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute |
| 8:30-10:00 a.m. |
Plenary Session: The State of the
Science - McCormick Place S101 |
| Moderator: |
Margaret Spitz, M.D., M.P.H.
Chair, Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson
Cancer Center |
| Moderator: |
Graham Colditz, M.D., Dr.P.H.
Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University |
| Panelists: |
| Perspectives on Diet, Genes,
and Cancer |
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Laurence Kolonel, M.D., Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Cancer Research Center, University of Hawaii |
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| Perspectives on Tobacco, Genes,
and Cancer |
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Neil Caporaso, M.D.
Senior Investigator and Chief, Pharmacogenetics Section, Genetic
Epidemiology Branch, Human Genetics Program, Division of Cancer
Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute |
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| Perspectives on Genetics in
Epidemiology |
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Stephen Chanock, M.D.
Head, Section on Genomic Variation, Pediatric Oncology Branch,
Center for Cancer Research, and Director, Core Genotyping Facility,
Advanced Technology Center, Division of Cancer Epidemiology
and Genetics, National Cancer Institute |
|
| 10:00-10:30 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:30-11:30 a.m. |
Issues and Opportunities - McCormick
Place S101
(Fifteen minutes will be allotted to each topic.) |
| Moderator: |
Sandra Melnick, Dr.P.H.
Chief, Analytic Epidemiology Research Branch, Epidemiology and Genetics
Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences,
National Cancer Institute |
| Moderator: |
Deborah Winn, Ph.D.
Chief, Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch, Epidemiology
and Genetics Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population
Sciences, National Cancer Institute |
| Panelists: |
| Opportunities in Diet and Energy
Balance |
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Virginia Hartmuller, Ph.D., R.D., F.A.D.A.
Program Director, Diet and Nutrition Epidemiology Program, Analytic
Epidemiology Research Branch, Epidemiology and Genetics Research
Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences,
National Cancer Institute |
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| Cancer Epidemiology and Cancer
Control Bioinformatics Working Group |
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Deborah Winn, Ph.D.
Chief, Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch, Epidemiology
and Genetics Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and
Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute |
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| Opportunities in Epigenetics |
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Mukesh Verma, Ph.D.
Program Director, Analytic Epidemiology Research Branch, Epidemiology
and Genetics Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and
Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute |
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Epidemiology, Consortia, and "Large-Scale
Science": Challenges and Opportunities |
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Daniela Seminara, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Program Director, Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology Research
Branch, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program, Division
of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute |
|
| 11:30 a.m.-noon |
Issues and Opportunities: Panel
Discussion - McCormick Place S101 |
| Moderator:
|
Sandra Melnick, Dr.P.H.
Chief, Analytic Epidemiology Research Branch, Epidemiology and Genetics
Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences,
National Cancer Institute |
| 12:00-12:15 p.m. |
Team Science and Tenure: Is There
a Conflict? - McCormick Place S101 |
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Graham Colditz, M.D., Dr.P.H.
Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University |
| 12:15-12:30 p.m. |
EGRP Extramural Portfolio in Tobacco,
Diet, and Genes: Charge to the Working Groups - McCormick Place
S101 |
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Sandra Melnick, Dr.P.H.
Chief, Analytic Epidemiology Research Branch, Epidemiology and Genetics
Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences,
National Cancer Institute |
| 12:30-1:45 p.m. |
Luncheon - Hyatt Conference
Center CC 11 |
| 12:30-1:45 p.m. |
Knowledge Transfer of Epidemiology
- Hyatt Conference Center CC 22BC
(first 50 people who sign up at Registration may participate.) |
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Jon Kerner, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Research Dissemination and Diffusion, Division of
Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute |
| 1:45-4:00 p.m. |
Working Groups
(Each working group will work to address the following questions:
What are the gaps in the science? What are the methodological issues
and barriers? Where is the science going?) |
| Challenges to Diet/Energy Balance
Epidemiology Research - Hyatt Conference Center CC 12A |
| Chair: |
Lawrence Kushi, Sc.D.
Associate Director, Etiology and Prevention, Division of Research,
Kaiser Permanente |
| Co-Chair: |
Rachel Ballard-Barbash, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Director, Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control
and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute |
| Co-Chair: |
Virginia Hartmuller, Ph.D., R.D., F.A.D.A.
Program Director, Diet and Nutrition Epidemiology Program, Analytic
Epidemiology Research Branch, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program,
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer
Institute |
| Haplotypes Versus Genotypes -
Hyatt Conference Center CC 12B |
| Chair: |
Stephen Gruber, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Cancer Genetics Clinic, and Assistant Professor, Internal
Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Michigan Medical School |
| Co-Chair: |
Thomas Sellers, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Associate Director, Department of Cancer Control, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer
Center and Research Institute |
| Co-Chair: |
Daniela Seminara, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Program Director, Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch,
Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program, Division of Cancer Control
and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute |
| Design Issues and Strategies in the
Study of Rare Cancers - Hyatt Conference Center CC 12C |
| Chair: |
Nathaniel Rothman, M.D., M.P.H., M.H.S.
Senior Investigator, Occupational Epidemiology Branch, Epidemiology
and Biostatistics Program, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics,
National Cancer Institute |
| Co-Chair: |
Sholom Wacholder, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator, Biostatistics Branch, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Program, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer
Institute |
| Co-Chair: |
Isis Mikhail, M.D., Dr.P.H., M.P.H.
Program Director, Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch,
Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program, Division of Cancer Control
and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute |
| Susceptibility to Tobacco Carcinogenesis:
Genotypes Versus Phenotypes - Hyatt Conference Center CC 12D |
| Chair: |
Peter Shields, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Oncology, Georgetown University Medical
School; Director, Cancer Genetics and Epidemiology, and Associate
Director, Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Lombardi Cancer
Center |
| Co-Chair: |
Xifeng Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M.D.
Anderson Cancer Center |
| Co-Chair: |
Stephen Marcus, Ph.D.
Epidemiologist, Tobacco Control Research Branch, and Series Editor,
Tobacco Control Monographs, Behavioral Research Program, Division
of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute |
| 4:00-6:00 p.m. |
Poster Session Open for Viewing and
Discussion - McCormick Place S100BC |
| 6:15 p.m. |
Working Group Co-Chairs Meeting
- Hyatt Conference Center Boardroom II (Second Floor)
(Co-Chairs will meet to prepare working group reports and identify
overarching issues and summations.) |
| 6:30 p.m. |
Epidemiology and Genetics Research
Program Planning Group Dinner Meeting - Hyatt Conference Center
Meeting Suite IV (Third Floor)
(Invitees only) |
| 6:30 p.m. |
Dinner (on your own) |
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| Tuesday, September 21, 2004 |
| 7:00-8:00 a.m. |
Epidemiology and Genetics Research
Program Planning Group Meeting - McCormick Place S102D
(Invitees only) |
| 7:30-8:00 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast/Continued Viewing
of Poster Sessions II and III - McCormick Place S100BC |
| 8:00-10:00 a.m. |
Working Group Reports - McCormick
Place S101 |
| Moderator: |
Robert Croyle, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National
Cancer Institute |
| Chairs: |
| Challenges to Diet/Energy Balance
Epidemiology Research |
|
Lawrence Kushi, Sc.D.
Associate Director, Etiology and Prevention, Division of Research,
Kaiser Permanente |
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| Haplotypes Versus Genotypes |
| |
Stephen Gruber, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Cancer Genetics Clinic, and Assistant Professor, Department
of Internal Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Michigan
Medical School |
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| Design Issues and Strategies
in the Study of Rare Cancers |
| |
Nathaniel Rothman, M.D., M.P.H., M.H.S.
Senior Investigator, Occupational Epidemiology Branch, Epidemiology
and Biostatistics Program, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and
Genetics, National Cancer Institute |
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| Susceptibility to Tobacco Carcinogenesis:
Genotypes Versus Phenotypes |
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Peter Shields, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Oncology, Georgetown University Medical
School; Director, Cancer Genetics and Epidemiology, and Associate
Director, Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Lombardi Cancer
Center |
|
| 10:00-10:15 a.m. |
Break - (Posters must be
taken down during this period.) |
| 10:15-11:00 a.m. |
Making a Difference With Epidemiology
Research - McCormick Place S101 |
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|
Catherine DeAngelis, M.D., M.P.H.
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the American Medical Association |
| 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
|
The Future of Consortia - McCormick
Place S101 |
| Moderator: |
Robert Hiatt, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Population Sciences, and Deputy Director, University of
California at San Francisco Comprehensive Cancer Center |
| Panelists: |
| Cohort Consortia |
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Michael Thun, M.D., M.S.
Vice President, Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American
Cancer Society |
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| Case-Control Consortia |
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Patricia Hartge, Sc.D.
Deputy Director, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program, Division
of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics,
National Cancer Institute |
|
| 12:30 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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