Cohort Consortium Annual Meeting - Agenda
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2007 |
7:00 – 8:00 AM |
Registration |
8:00 – 8:55 AM |
WORKSHOP OVERVIEW
Moderator: Patricia Hartge, Sc.D.,
M.A. Chair, NCI Cohort Consortium
Welcome
John E. Niederhuber,
M.D.
Director, National Cancer Institute
Introductions, Accomplishments
and Opportunities
Patricia Hartge, Sc.D., M.A.
Deputy Director,
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program
Division of Cancer
Epidemiology & Genetics
National Cancer Institute
Consortial Power and GWAS in 2007
Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr., M.D.
Director, Division of Cancer
Epidemiology and Genetics
National Cancer Institute
Current Consortium
Membership
Nonye Harvey, M.P.H.
Coordinator, NCI Cohort Consortium
Program Analyst, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program
Division
of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
National Cancer Institute
NCI
Update and Perspectives
Robert T. Croyle, Ph.D.
Director,
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
National Cancer Institute
Discussion |
8:55 – 9:50 AM |
ADVANCES IN PROSTATE CANCER FROM BPC3 & CGEMS
Moderator: Michael Thun, M.D.
Highlights of the 8q24 Story
and Contributions from CGEMS
Stephen Chanock, M.D.
Director,
Core Genotyping Facility Advanced Technology Center
National
Cancer Institute
BPC3 Contributions
Fredrick Schumacher,
Ph.D.
Research Fellow, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Harvard School of Public Health
Genotyping Issues & Potential
Relevance of 8q24 to Other Cancers
Christopher Haiman, Sc.D.
Assistant Professor, Zikha Neurogenetic Institute
Southern
California Environmental Health Sciences Center
University
of Southern California
New Directions
Richard B. Hayes, D.D.S.,
Ph.D.
Senior Investigator, Occupational and Environmental
Epidemiology Branch
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics
National Cancer Institute
Discussion
|
9:50 – 10:10 AM |
Break |
10:10 – 11:05 AM |
ADVANCES IN BREAST CANCER FROM BPC3 & CGEMS
Moderator: Robert Hoover, M.D., Sc.D.
Breast Cancer and GWAS: Findings and Directions
in CGEMS
Peter Kraft, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Harvard School of Public Health
BPC3 Results and Lessons to Date
David Cox, M.S., Ph.D.
Instructor, Program in Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology
Harvard School of Public Health
Future Directions in BPC3
Heather Feigelson, Ph.D.
Director, Genetic Epidemiology, Epidemiology & Surveillance Research
American Cancer Society
Multiethnic Studies
Brian Henderson, M.D.
Dean, Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Discussion
|
11:05 – 12:00 PM |
LESS COMMON CANCERS IN COHORT CONSORTIUM STUDIES
Moderator: Kathy Helzlsouer, M.D., M.H.S.
PanScan – Genome-wide Scan in Pancreatic Cancer
Rachael Stolzenberg-Solomon, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Investigator, Nutritional Epidemiology Branch
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics
National Cancer Institute
Charles Fuchs, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Medical Oncology-GCC
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Multiple Myeloma
Graham Colditz, MBBS, Dr.P.H., M.D.
Associate Director, Prevention and Control
Siteman Cancer Center
Washington University School of
Medicine
Update on Vitamin D
Virginia Hartmuller, Ph.D., R.D.
Acting Branch Chief, Epidemiology and Genetics Research
Program
Division of Cancer Control & Population Sciences
National Cancer Institute
Coming Together over Vitamin D – Study Design
and Other Issues
Lisa Gallicchio, Ph.D.
Prevention and Research Center
The Weinberg Center for Women's Health and Medicine
Mercy Medical Center
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12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m. |
Working Lunch |
1:00 – 2:25 PM |
CONSORTIUM PRACTICES AND CHALLENGES
Moderators:
Anne Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, M.D
Debbie
Winn, Ph.D., Acting
Associate Director
Epidemiology & Genetics Research Program
Division of Cancer Control & Population Sciences
National Cancer Institute
Proposal Review Process
Anne Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, M.D.
Associate Professor, Environmental Medicine
New York University School of Medicine
Role in Genome-wide Association Studies
Michael Thun, M.D.
Vice President, Epidemiology and Surveillance Research
American Cancer Society
Robert Hoover, M.D., Sc.D.
Director, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics
National Cancer Institute
Working Group Report and Funding Options
Scott Rogers, M.P.H.
Program Analyst, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program
Division of Cancer Control & Population Sciences
National Cancer Institute
James Cerhan, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Epidemiology, Health Sciences Research
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
IRB Lessons
Robert Hoover, M.D., Sc.D.
Director, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics
National Cancer Institute
Discussion
|
2:25 – 2:45 PM |
Break |
2:45 – 3:40
PM |
MEETING METHODOLOGIC CHALLENGES
Moderator: Julie Palmer,
Sc.D.,
Professor
of Epidemiology, Slone Epidemiology Center,
Boston
University
Case-Cohort versus Nested Case-Control Approaches
within Cohort Studies
Clarice Weinberg, Ph.D.
Chief, Biostatistics Branch
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
National Institutes of Health
A New Method of Assessing Dietary Intake in Epidemiologic
Studies
Arthur Schatzkin, M.D., Dr.P.H.
Chief, Nutrition Epidemiology Branch
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics
National Cancer Institute
Amy Subar, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D.
Research Nutritionist, Risk Factor Monitoring and Methods
Branch
Applied Research Program
National Cancer Institute
Whole Genome Amplification of Buccal Cell DNA – Recent
Findings
Montserrat Garcia-Closas, M.D., Dr.P.H.
Investigator, Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics
National Cancer Institute
Use
of Medicaid/Medicare Databases for Ascertainment of Non-Cancer Outcomes
James Cerhan, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Epidemiology, Health Sciences Research
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Discussion
|
3:40 – 4:40
PM |
IDEAS FOR NEW PROJECTS
Moderator: James Cerhan, M.D.,
Ph.D.
Stomach
Cancer and Alcohol
Neal Freedman, D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Nutrition Epidemiology Branch
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics
National Cancer Institute
NHL & Cytokines, Telomere Length, Genes
Presented by James Cerhan, M.D., Ph.D.
For Nat Rothman, M.D., Division of Cancer Epidemiology
and Genetics, National Cancer Institute
Possible Collaboration with Interlymph
Paolo Boffetta
Cluster Coordinator, Lifestyle, Environment, and Cancer Department
International Agency for Research on Cancer
Viruses, Immune Response, Genomic Variation and
Brain Tumor Risk
Beatrice Malmer, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Sciences
Umea University
Upper
Gastrointestinal Cancers
Kathy Helzlsouer, M.D., M.H.S.
Medical Director, Prevention and Research Center
Weinberg Center for Women’s Health & Medicine,
Mercy Medical Center
Biomarkers
of Systemic Inflammation & Risk of Endometrial Cancer
Xiao Ou Shu, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Internal Medicine and Public Health
Vanderbilt University
Circulating Vitamin D and Breast and Colorectal
Cancer
Stephanie Smith-Warner, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Nutritional Epidemiology
Harvard School of Public Health
Other Ideas from Floor
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4:40 – 5:00
PM |
WORKSHOP RECOMMENDATIONS
Moderator: Patricia Hartge, Sc.D.,
M.A.
Summary
of Recommendations
Cohort
Consortium Secretariat (new and outgoing)
Workshop Evaluation, Plans for 2008
Nonye Harvey, M.P.H.
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5:00 PM |
Adjourn |
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