Breast Cancer and Environment Research Centers (BCERC) Meeting
Fourth Annual Early Environmental Exposures Meeting
November 8-9, 2007
Westin Hotel, Cincinnati, OH
DAY 1 - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2007
8:00-9:00
Welcome & Introductions
SESSION I : Puberty and Normal Mammary Gland Development: Understanding Windows of Exposure Susceptibility and Opportunities for Intervention
9:00-9:15
Moderator: Paul Yaswen, Ph.D.
9:15-9:45
The Normal Mammary Gland: Strategies for Regulation of Proliferation and Development Sandra Haslam, Ph.D., Michigan State University
9:45-10:15
Stem cells: normal development and exposure susceptibility Mary Helen Barcellos-Hoff, Ph.D., Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
10:15-10:30
Break
10:30-11:00
Puberty as a Window of Susceptibility to Environmental Toxins Frank Biro, M.D., Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and Mary Wolff, Ph.D., Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
11:00-11:30
Opening Laboratory Research to Advocates F Ball/Clegg (UC), Barlow/Barcellos-Hoff (UCSF) & Fonfa/Russo (FC)
11:30-12:00
Q & A
12:00-1:30
Lunch
SESSION II : Impacts of Everyday Stressors on the Development of Young Girls
1:30-1:45
Moderator: Robert Hiatt, MD, Ph.D.
1:45-2:15
Psychosocial Environment Kim Dietrich, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati and Julie Deardorff, Ph.D., University of California San Francisco
2:15-2:45
Stress, Family Composition and Pubertal Timing Bruce Ellis, Ph.D., University of Arizona