Visiting Scholars Seminar Series - 2008-2009

Spotlighting the Research of EGRP-funded grantees

The speakers during academic year 2008-2009 include:

Seminar Series Contact: Leah Sansbury, Ph.D., M.S.P.H. phone: 301-435-4910
September 8, 2008 Noon – 1:00 p.m. Executive Plaza North 6130 Executive Blvd. Conference Room H		Sun Exposure and Melanoma: A Two-Edged Sword (summary) Marianne Berwick, Ph.D., M.P.H. Professor and Chief, Division of Epidemiology Associate Director, CRTC Co-Leader, Population Health Sciences, Cancer Health Disparities, and Cancer Control Program, University of New Mexico
October 6, 2008 Noon – 1:00 p.m. Executive Plaza North 6130 Executive Blvd. Conference Room H		Pharmacogenetics and Molecular Epidemiology in a Cooperative Group Setting (summary) Christine B. Ambrosone, Ph.D. Chair, Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Cancer Institute
November 3, 2008 Noon – 1:00 p.m. Executive Plaza North 6130 Executive Blvd. Conference Room H		Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Endometrial Cancer (summary) Immaculata DeVivo, Ph.D., M.P.H. Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
December 8, 2008 Noon – 1:00 p.m. Executive Plaza North 6130 Executive Blvd. Conference Room H		Genetic Consequences of Cancer Treatments: An International Study of the Children of Cancer Survivors (summary) John Boice, Jr., Sc.D. Professor, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Scientific Director, International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD
January 12, 2009 Noon – 1:00 p.m. Executive Plaza North 6130 Executive Blvd. Conference Room H		Modulation of Breast Cancer Risk: Impact of Human Genotype and Gut Bacterial Phenotype (summary) Johanna W. Lampe, Ph.D., R.D. Full Member and Associate Division Director, Cancer Prevention Program, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
February 9, 2009 Noon – 1:00 p.m. Executive Plaza North 6130 Executive Blvd. Conference Room H		Epidemiology in Changing Times: Unraveling the Gordian Knot of Lung Cancer Predisposition (summary) Christopher I. Amos, Ph.D. Professor and Deputy Chair, Ad Interim, Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
March 9, 2009 Canceled		This seminar was canceled, but has been rescheduled for June 29
April 6, 2009 Noon – 1:00 p.m. Executive Plaza North 6130 Executive Blvd. Conference Room H		The NIH Peer Review Process Denise Wiesch, M.P.H., Ph.D. Division of Clinical and Population-Based Studies Scientific Review Administrator, Epidemiology of Cancer (EPIC) Division of AIDS, Behavioral and Population Science, National Institutes of Health
May 4, 2009 Noon – 1:00 p.m. Executive Plaza North 6130 Executive Blvd. Conference Room H		Germline Pharmacogenomics in the Treatment of Breast Cancer David Flockhart, M.D., Ph.D. Chief, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Indiana University School of Medicine
June 29, 2009 Noon – 1:00 p.m. Executive Plaza North 6130 Executive Blvd. Conference Room H		HPV in Males: The Future of Vaccination to Prevent Cancer Anna R. Giuliano, Ph.D. Chair, Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics Program Leader, Risk Assessment, Detection, and Intervention Program, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute