BREAST CANCER AND THE ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH CENTERS
Sixth Annual Early Environmental Exposures Meeting
November 19 – 20, 2009
Cavallo Point, Sausalito, CA
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Thursday, November 19, 2009 |
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| 7:00- | Continental Breakfast & Registration |
| 7:30-8:00 | Orientation for First Time Attendees (details)
Conference Orientation and Introduction for 1st-time Advocate Attendees This meeting is designed to provide an overview & orientation to the BCERC 6th Annual Conference for 1st-time advocate attendees. An overview of the BCERC will be provided. Attendees will have an opportunity to walk through the conference schedule and discuss various highlights of the two days. There will be Question & Answer time specifically related to BCERC structure and conference schedule. |
| 8:00-8:15 | Welcome, Opening Remarks, Introduction of Keynote Speaker Dr. Robert Hiatt, Program Chair, University of California San Francisco Dr. Gwen Collman, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH |
| 8:15-9:00 | Keynote Address –
Halogenated Flame Retardants: Does the Benefit Justify the Risk? [abstract] Linda Birnbaum, PhD, Director, NIEHS, NIH |
| 9:00-10:30 | Session I: BCERC Findings Pubertal Maturation in Humans and Animals Chairpersons: Dr. Susan Teitelbaum and Ms. Kathy Koblick |
| Interrelationships of Changes in BCERC Girls: What Do We Know About Puberty? [abstract] Frank Biro, MD, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital |
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| Pubertal Mammary Gland Development: an Animal Model [abstract] Sandra Haslam, PhD, Michigan State University, East Lansing |
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| Diet, Phytoestrogens and Pubertal Development in a Multiethnic Cohort of Young Girls [abstract] Lawrence Kushi, ScD, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA |
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| 10:30-10:50 | Break |
| 10:50-12:20 | SESSION II: BCERC Findings Environmental Exposures and Pubertal Maturation chairpersons: Drs. Susan Pinney and Sandi Smith |
| Detecting Effects on Pubertal Maturation by Weak Environmental Agents in the BCERC Cohort [abstract] Mary Wolff, PhD, Mt Sinai School of Medicine, New York |
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| Endocrine Disruptors and the Windows of Susceptibility in the Mammary Gland at Puberty [abstract] Jose Russo, MD, Fox Chase Cancer Center |
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| Timing of Exposure to Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Benchmarks of Pubertal Maturation [abstract] Susan Pinney, PhD, University of Cincinnati |
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| Killing the Good Guys – How Selective Elimination of Normal Human Breast Cells by Radiation Can Promote Growth of Pre-Malignant Cells [abstract] Paul Yaswen, PhD, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
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| 12:20-1:45 | Lunch with the Experts (topics/experts) |
| 1:45-3:10 | Session III: Relate BCERC Findings to Other Studies and the Literature chairpersons: Dr. Louise Greenspan and Ms. Donna Duncan |
| Components of Individual Breast Cancer Risk: A Genetics Perspective [abstract] Michael N. Gould, PhD, University of Wisconsin |
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| Early Exposure to Endocrine Disruptors and Its Effect on the Breast: Evidence from Two Longitudinal Studies [abstract] Brenda Eskenazi, PhD, University of California Berkeley |
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| Comments and Speculations about Endocrine Disruptors [abstract] Melvin Grumbach, MD, University of California San Francisco |
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| 3:10-3:30 | Break |
| 3:30-4:55 | SESSION IV: Pathways from the environment to breast cancer: the BCERC transdisciplinary model chairpersons: Dr. Robert Hiatt and Ms. Mary Justice |
| Pathway Models for Inter-Related BCERC Outcomes [abstract] Paul Succop, PhD, University of Cincinnati |
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| Hormones, Inflammation and Diet [abstract] Richard Schwartz, PhD, Michigan State University |
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| Pathways from the Social Environment through Psychological Factors and Biology [abstract] Robert Hiatt, MD, PhD, University of California San Francisco |
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| 5:00-6:00 | Mentoring Session (facilitator: Dr. Sandi Smith; mentors: Drs. Frank Biro, Sandra Haslam, Susan Teitelbaum) |
| 6:00-7:00 | Dinner |
| 7:00-9:00 | Poster Session with Dessert [poster abstracts] |
Friday, November 20 |
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| 7:00- | Continental Breakfast and Registration |
| 8:00-9:50 | Session V: Translation and Dissemination chairpersons: Drs. Robert Croyle and Mary Helen Barcellos-Hoff |
| The Role of High Credibility Message Sources and Personal Language in Communicating Breast Cancer Risk to Advocates and Mothers [abstract] Charles Atkin, PhD, Michigan State University |
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| Pediatricians as Key Targets for Knowledge Dissemination and Integration [abstract] Julie Harris, PhD, University of California San Francisco |
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| Communicating Individual Level Biomarker Data to Participant Families: Findings from the CYGNET Study [abstract] Gayle C. Windham, PhD, California Department of Public Health |
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| Increasing the Social Impact of Cancer Information [abstract] Matthew W. Kreuter, PhD, MPH, Washington University St. Louis |
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| Framing Science: Communicating Biomedical Results to Nonscientific Audiences [abstract] Bradford W. Hesse, PhD, NCI |
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| 9:50-10:10 | Break |
| 10:10-11:30 | Session VI: Public Health and Policy Implications Chairpersons: Ms. Janice Barlow and Dr. Sandra Haslam |
| California’s Green Chemistry Initiative [abstract] Assemblymember Jared Huffman, California’s 6th State Assembly District |
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| Science for Effective Public Policy: Through the Lens of the Breast Cancer and Chemicals Policy Project [abstract] Megan R. Schwarzman, MD, MPH, University of California Berkeley |
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| The Health Care Delivery System in the United States: Failure in Translation [abstract] Kenneth Olden, PhD, ScD, LHD, City University New York |
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| 11:30-11:45 | Poster Awards and Closing Remarks Dr. Robert Hiatt |