Research Strategies in Radiation and Cancer: A Symposium Honoring Elaine Ron, PhD (1943-2010)

Agenda

9:00 am - 9:40 am		Welcome and Introduction Opening remarks by Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr, MD, Director, DCEG Life and Legacy of Elaine Ron by Martha S. Linet, MD, MPH, Chief, REB, DCEG
9:40 am - 10:00 am		Coffee break and slide show
10:00 am - 12:00 pm		Successful Research Strategies in Radiation: A Panel Discussion Moderator: Kiyohiko Mabuchi, MD, DrPh, Deputy Branch Chief, REB, DCEG Panel members: David Brenner, PhD, Higgins Professor of Radiation Biophysics and Director of the Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University Silvia Franceschi, MD, Head, Section of Infections, International Agency for Research on Cancer Shirley Fry, PhD, Epidemiology Consultant Charles Land, PhD, Senior Investigator, REB, DCEG, (retired) Dale Preston, PhD, Consultant, Hirosoft, Inc. Arthur Schneider, MD, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm		Lunch on your own
1:15 pm - 2:00 pm		Mentoring and Training for Successful Strategies in Radiation Research Moderator: Shelia Hoar Zahm, ScD, Deputy Director, DCEG Panel members: Gabriel Chodick, PhD, Maccabi Healthcare Services, Tel Aviv University School of Public Health Evengia Ostroumova, PhD, Research Fellow, REB, DCEG Cecile Ronckers, MSc, PhD, Epidemiologist, Dutch Childhood Oncology Group Sara Schonfeld, PhD, MPH, Post-Doctoral Fellow, REB, DCEG Lene H.S. Veiga, PhD, Epidemiologist, Institute of Radiation Protection and Dosimetry, Brazilian Nuclear Energy Commission
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm		Evolving Research Strategies in Radiation: A Panel Discussion Moderator: Patricia Hartge, ScD, Deputy Director, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program, DCEG Panel members: Amy Berrington de Gonzalez, DPhil, Investigator, REB, DCEG Alina Brenner, MD, PhD, Staff Scientist, REB, DCEG Choonsik Lee, PhD, Investigator, REB, DCEG Lindsay Morton, PhD, Investigator, REB, DCEG Preetha Rajaraman, PhD, Investigator, REB, DCEG
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm		Coffee break
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm		Two-Way Translational Research: from Basic Science to Both the Clinic and the Population Chris Wild, PhD, Director, International Agency for Research on Cancer
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm		Closing Remarks Margaret Tucker, MD, Director Human Genetics Program, DCEG and Chief, Genetic Epidemiology Branch, DCEG