Visiting Scholars Seminar Series - 2009-2010 *

Breast Cancer Research in Kaiser Permanente Northern California
Lawrence Kushi, Sc.D.
Associate Director for Etiology and Prevention Research, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California

Breast Cancer in Hispanic and African-American Women
Esther John, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.
Senior Research Scientist, Northern California Cancer Center

Glioma Genome-Wide Association Studies
Margaret Wrensch, Ph.D.,  M.P.H.
Professor in Residence of Neurological Surgery and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco

Early Development, the Environment and Breast Cancer: Adventures in Transdisciplinary Research
Robert Hiatt, M.D., Ph.D.
Director of Population Sciences and Deputy Director, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; and
Co-Chair and Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine

March 15, 2010
Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Executive Plaza North
6130 Executive Blvd.
Conference Room H

Dietary Chemopreventive Agents – Findings from the Shanghai and Singapore Cohort Studies
Jian-Min Yuan, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota

April 5, 2010
Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Executive Plaza North
6130 Executive Blvd.
Conference Room G

Sue Hankinson, Sc.D.
Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health

May 10, 2010
Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Executive Plaza North
6130 Executive Blvd.
Conference Room J

Transmission of the Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Human Herpes Virus in Sub-Saharan Africa
Charles Wood, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Biological Sciences and Director, Nebraska Center for Virology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

June 14, 2010
Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Executive Plaza North
6130 Executive Blvd.
Conference Room J

Jean-Pierre Issa, M.D.
Professor, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center