When: December 16, 2008, 1:00–2:00 p.m. EST
Where: Nationwide
Institute: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Don’t miss the Office of Advocacy Relations’ next Understanding NCI: Toll-Free Teleconference on “Transforming Translation: Implementation of the Translational Research Working Group Report.”

The Translational Research Working Group (TRWG) was established in 2005 to conduct a discussion with the broader cancer research community and develop recommendations about how NCI can best organize its investment to further translational research. In 2007, the National Cancer Advisory Board accepted the TRWG Report, and NCI is now beginning efforts to put the TRWG recommendations into practice.

The featured speakers are Lynn Matrisian, TRWG co-chair and special assistant to the NCI director, and Gwen Darien, editor-in-chief of CR magazine and director of the Survivor and Patient Advocacy Program at the American Association for Cancer Research. A question-and-answer session for participants will follow the presentations.

Next Steps
No registration is required for participation. To join, dial (800) 857-6584; the passcode is TRWG. Toll-free playback will be available through January 16, 2009, at (866) 431-2907.

For more information about the TRWG, visit www.cancer.gov/trwg.

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