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Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Opening Remarks: Stefan Ambs, CCR, NCI
Keynote: Monica Webb Hooper, Deputy Director, NIMHD
Session 1: Health Disparities Research: From Design to Translation
Moderators: Anil Wali, CRCHD, NCI, and Sheila Rajagopal, CCR, NCI
Yukiko Asada, Clinical Center, NIH
Francesca Gany, MSKCC
Kathy Tossas, Virginia Commonwealth University
Taofeek K. Owonikoko, UM Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center Director
Discussion
Session 2: Community Engagement: Strategies for Success
Moderator: Jacqueline B. Vo, DCEG, NCI
Linda Burhansstipanov, Native American Cancer Research Corporation
Mapuana Antonio, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Arnethea Sutton, Virginia Commonwealth University
Break
Community Engagement: Pathways to Success in the NIH Intramural Research Program
Moderator: Brenda Adjei, CCR, NCI
Minnkyong Lee, All of Us Research Program
Tiffany Powell-Wiley, NHLBI, NIH
Jacqueline B. Vo, DCEG, NCI
Discussion with Panel (Overall for Community Engagement in the Intramural and Extramural communities)
Lunch
Session 3: Methods & Approaches into Causes, Prevention & Intervention of Health Disparities
Moderator: Jennifer Ish, NIEHS, Jessica Madrigal, DCEG, NCI
Indra Turney, NIA, NIH
Hormuzd A. Katki, DCEG, NCI
Jinani Jayasekera, NIMHD, NIH
Alex Keil, DCEG, NCI
Discussion
Session 4: Society to Cell to Outcome Framework for Health Disparity Research
Moderator: Stefan Ambs, CCR, NCI
Stefan Ambs, CCR, NCI
Lauren McCullough, Emory University, ACS
Clayton Yates, Johns Hopkins University
Chandra Jackson, NIEHS
Discussion
Break
Session 5: Panel Discussion: Health Disparity Research at the NIH
Moderator: Jonine Figueroa, DCEG, NCI
Panelists: Tiffany Powell-Wiley, NHLBI; Kelvin Choi, NIMHD; Rebecca Gottesman, NINDS; Chandra Jackson, NIEHS; Constanza Camargo, DCEG, NCI; Stefan Ambs, CCR, NCI; Sheila Rajagopal, CCR, NCI
Brief introductions from the speakers
Discussion
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Session 6: Panel Discussion: Successful Public/Patient/Research Partnerships
Moderator: Tiffany Powell-Wiley, NHLBI, NCI
Panelists: Cecilia Lee NCOR, NCI; Laura Crandon, Touch4Life; Lauren McCullough, Emory University and ACS, Scarlett Gomez, UCSF, Dede Teteh-Brooks, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Brief Introductions from the Speakers
Discussion
Session 7: Panel Discussion: Opportunities and challenges to advancing health disparity research
Moderators: Clayton Yates, Johns Hopkins University, and Jongeun Rhee, Center for Prostate Disease Research
Panelists: Clayton Yates Johns Hopkins University; Brittany Jenkins-Lord, Johns Hopkins University; Salma Shariff-Marco, UCSF; Lauren McCullough, Emory University and ACS; Tiffany Wallace, CRCHD, NCI
Brief introductions from the participants
Discussion
Break
Session 8: How Scientists Can Promote Research Findings
Moderators: Kelvin Choi, NIMHD, NIH, and Jennifer McGee-Avila, DCEG, NCI
Kelvin Choi, NIMHD, NIH
Brian Rivers, Morehouse School of Medicine
Katie (Catherine) McMahon, American Cancer Society-Cancer Alliance Network
Loren Saulsberry, University of Chicago
Discussion
Poster Session and 5-minute presentations (abstract-based) and Lunch
Session 9: Global Cancer Health Disparities – How can we study them and make a difference?
Moderator: Randiak (James) Alaro, CGH, NCI
Satish Gopal, CGH, NCI
Melissa Davis, Morehouse School of Medicine
Patrick Loehrer, Indiana University School of Medicine
Douglas Lowy, Deputy Director, NCI
Discussion
Session 10: Early Investigator Presentations
Moderators: Maya Spaur, DCEG, NCI and Jiyeon Choi, Center for Prostate Disease Research, DCEG, NCI
Alexandra Harris, DCEG and CCR, NCI
Brittany Jenkins-Lord, Johns Hopkins University, DCEG and CCR, NCI
Wayne Lawrence, DCEG, NCI
Jessica Madrigal, DCEG, NCI
Jongeun Rhee, DCEG, NCI
Jose Mercado-Matos, CCR, NCI
Discussion
Closing Remarks