Thursday | Friday | Saturday
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| 4:00 pm |
Meeting Registration |
| 7:00 pm |
Educational Meeting for Cancer Advocates with working dinner – Gratella Library
Chairpersons: Kathy Ball, Janice Barlow, Dale Eastman, Kathy Koblick, Karen Miller, Eve Silver
Mentors: Mary Helen Barcellos-Hoff, PhD, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Robert Bornschein, PhD, University of Cincinnati; Claudia S. Miller, MD, MS, University of Texas; Suzanne M. Snedeker, PhD, RD, Cornell University |
| 7:00 pm |
Dinner – Gratella Restaurant |
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| 7:00 am |
Breakfast – Homestate Cafe |
| 8:00 am |
Opening Ceremony – Alexander Conference Room |
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Welcoming Remarks: Jose Russo, MD, Fox Chase Cancer Center; Leslie Reinlib, PhD, NIEHS; Robert Croyle, PhD, NCI |
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Advocacy Speakers: Dale Eastman, Advocate, BCERC; Representative from Avon Foundation; Diane L. Balma, Susan G. Komen Foundation. |
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Risk Communication
Alexander Conference Room
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Chairpersons: Charles Atkins and Janice Barlow |
| 8:30 am |
Plenary Lecture
Applying Risk Communication Concepts to Breast Cancer and the Environment Prevention Campaigns with Women and Girls
Gary L. Kreps, PhD, National Cancer Institute |
| 9:30 am |
Mini-Symposium
Breast Cancer and Environment Risk Information Available to the Public in the News Media
Charles Atkin, PhD, Michigan State University |
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Media Coverage of Breast Cancer and the Environment from the Advocate and Consumer Perspective: the Marin County Experience
Janice Barlow, RN, Marin Breast Cancer Watch |
| 10:00 am |
Break |
| 10:30 am |
The Role of Health Literacy and Numeracy in Cancer Communications
Kami Silk, PhD, Michigan State University |
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How to Communicate with the Underserved Population
Luz Claudio, PhD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine |
| 11:30 am |
Talk with the Experts – Room Dod
Moderators: Rebecca Garcia and Diana Chingos
Panelists: Gary Kreps, Charles Atkin, Janice Barlow, and Luz Claudio |
| 12:30 pm |
Lunch – Gratella Restaurant
Chairperson: Kathy Ball
Speaker: Musa Mayer, Breast Cancer Advocate |
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Breast Cancer and the Environment –
An Epidemiological Perspective
Alexander Conference Room
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Chairpersons: Frank Biro, Lawrence H. Kushi, Kathy Ball |
| 2:00 pm |
Plenary Lecture
Puberty and Breast Cancer: the Role of Gene/Environment Interactions
Christine B. Ambrosone, PhD, Roswell Park Cancer Instititute |
| 3:00 pm |
Mini-Symposium
Early Life Environment and Breast Cancer
Mary Wolff, PhD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine |
| 3:30 pm |
Break |
| 4:00 pm |
Pathways through Puberty: Body Habitus as an Environmental Determinant of Health
Frank Biro, MD, University of Cincinnati |
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Does What We Eat Make a Difference in Long-Term Risk of Breast Cancer?
Lawrence H. Kushi, ScD, Kaiser Permanente |
| 5:00 pm |
Talk with the Experts – Room Dod
Moderators: Kathy Ball and Sandra L. Melnick
Panelists: Christine B. Ambrosone, Mary Wolff, Frank Biro, and Lawrence H. Kushi |
| 6:00 pm |
Break |
| 6:30 pm |
Poster Session
Treehouse Lounge & University
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Chairpersons: Sue Heffelfinger, Janet R. Osuch, and Kathy Koblick |
| 8:00 pm |
Dinner – Princeton Ballroom
Speaker Introduction: Karen Miller
Keynote Speaker: Kenneth Olden, PhD |
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| 7:00 am |
Breakfast – Homestate Cafe |
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Environmental Carcinogenesis
Alexander Conference Room |
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Chairpersons: Dale Eastman, Sue Heffelfinger, and Coral Lamartiniere |
| 8:00 am |
Plenary Lecture
Environment and Gene Interaction
Daniel Medina, PhD, Baylor University |
| 9:00 am |
Mini-Symposium
How Carcinogens Are Evaluated and Defined at an Agency Level
Glenn Talaska, PhD, University of Cincinnati |
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Timing of Exposure and How Environmental Chemicals Can Alter Susceptibility to Breast Cancer
Coral Lamartiniere, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| 10:00 am |
Break |
| 10:30 am |
Environmental Carcinogens That May Be Involved in Human Breast Cancer Etiology
Karam El-Bayoumy, PhD, American Health Foundation |
| 11:00 am |
Talk with the Experts – Room Dod
Moderators: Dale Eastman and Elizabeth Maull
Panelists: Daniel Medina, Glenn Talaska, Coral Lamartiniere, and Karam El-Bayoumy |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch – Gratella Restaurant
Chairperson: Kathy Ball
Speaker: Fran Visco, Breast Cancer Coalition |
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Biology of the Mammary Gland
Alexander Conference Room |
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Chairpersons: Sandra Z. Haslam, Eve Silver, and Zena Werb |
| 1:30 pm |
Stem Cells in the Normal Human Breast and Breast Cancer
Max S. Wicha, MD, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center |
| 2:30 pm |
Mini-Symposium
Hormonal Regulation of Mammary Gland Development
Sandra Z. Haslam, PhD, Michigan State University |
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Epithelial-Stromal Interaction
Zena Werb, PhD, University of California, San Francisco |
| 3:30 pm |
Break |
| 4:00 pm |
Barriers to Research on the Human Breast
Susan Love, MD, Susan Love MD Breast Cancer Research Foundation |
| 4:30 pm |
Talk with the Experts – Room Dod
Moderators: Leslie Reinlib and Eve Silver
Panelists: Max. S. Wicha, Sandra Z. Haslam, Zena Werb, and Susan Love |
| 5:30 pm |
Adjourn |
