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Agenda

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
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-3:30 Built Environment
Maida Galvez, Ph.D., MSSM & Irene Yen, Ph.D., UCSF
3:30-4:00 Why Practice the Precautionary Principle in Everyday Life
Julia Brody, Ph.D., (WG/Silent Spring)
4:00-4:30 Q & A
4:30-5:00 Mentoring Session
6:00-7:30 Dinner
7:30-9:00 Poster Session with Dessert

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DAY 2 - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2007
SESSION III: Diet & Obesity
8:00-8:15 Moderator: TBD
8:15-8:40 Nutrient Signaling Cascades Enhance Carcinogenesis
Debbie Clegg, Ph.D. , University of Cincinnati
8:40-9:05 Rodent Models of Adolescent Obesity & Breast Cancer
Karl Olson (MSU)
9:05-9:30 Phytoestrogens
Ken Setchell (UC/CCHMC)
9:30-9:55 Interfering with the Absorption, Storage and Excretion of PCBs, PFOA and Hexachlorobenzene
Ron Jandasek (UC)
9:55-10:20 Q & A
10:20-10:35 Break
SESSION IV: Environmental Exposures: From Toxicology and Tumorigenesis in Animal Models to Telling Study Families about Biomarkers of Exposures
10:35-10:50 Moderator: M. Kathryn Brown, Ph.D.
10:50-11:15 The Mammary Gland as a Sensitive Tissue for Detecting Effects of Environmental Compounds
Suzanne Fenton (WG/US EPA)
11:15-11:40 Genomics of Bisphenol A Exposure in Animal Studies
Jose Russo, M.D., Fox Chase Cancer Center
11:40-12:05 Bisphenol A: Tumorigenesis, Proteomics & Biomarkers of Exposure
Coral Lamartiniere, Ph.D., (FC/UA)
12:05-12:30 Reporting Biomarker Results to Study Families
Ann Hernick & Bob Bornschein, University of Cincinnati
12:30-12:55 Q & A
12:55-1:00 Closing Remarks
1:00 Box Lunches
1:00-1:30 Mentoring Session

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