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Tuesday, September 23, 2025

08:25 am - 08:30 am EST

Opening Remarks: Stefan Ambs, CCR, NCI

08:30 am - 08:45 am EST

Keynote: Monica Webb Hooper, NIMHD

Session 1: Health Disparities Research: From Design to Translation

Moderators: Anil Wali, CRCHD, NCI, and Sheila Rajagopal, CCR, NCI
 

08:45 am - 09:00 am EST

Yukiko Asada, Clinical Center, NIH

09:00 am - 09:15 am EST

Francesca Gany, MSKCC

09:15 am - 09:30 am EST

Kathy Tossas, Virginia Commonwealth University

09:30 am - 09:45 am EST

Taofeek K. Owonikoko, UM Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center Director

09:45 am - 10:05 am EST

Discussion

Session 2: Community Engagement: Strategies for Success

Moderator: Jacqueline B. Vo, DCEG, NCI


 

10:05 am - 10:20 am EST

Linda Burhansstipanov, Native American Cancer Research Corporation

10:20 am - 10:35 am EST

Mapuana Antonio, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

10:35 am - 10:50 am EST

Arnethea Sutton, Virginia Commonwealth University

10:50 am - 11:05 am EST

Break

Community Engagement: Pathways to Success in the NIH Intramural Research Program

Moderator: Brenda Adjei, CCR, NCI

 

11:05 am - 11:20 am EST

Minnkyong Lee, All of Us Research Program

11:20 am - 11:35 am EST

Tiffany Powell-Wiley, NHLBI, NIH

11:35 am - 11:50 am EST

Jacqueline B. Vo, DCEG, NCI

11:50 am - 12:15 pm EST

Discussion with Panel (Overall for Community Engagement in the Intramural and Extramural communities)

12:15 pm - 01:15 pm EST

Lunch

Session 3: Methods & Approaches into Causes, Prevention & Intervention of Health Disparities

Moderator: Jessica Madrigal, DCEG, NCI


 

01:15 pm - 01:30 pm EST

Indra Turney, NIA, NIH

01:30 pm - 01:45 pm EST

Hormuzd A. Katki, DCEG, NCI

01:45 pm - 02:00 pm EST

Jinani Jayasekera, NIMHD, NIH

02:00 pm - 02:15 pm EST

Alex Keil, DCEG, NCI

02:15 pm - 02:35 pm EST

Discussion

Session 4: Society to Cell to Outcome Framework for Health Disparity Research

Moderator: Stefan Ambs, CCR, NCI


 

02:35 pm - 02:50 pm EST

Stefan Ambs, CCR, NCI

02:50 pm - 03:05 pm EST

Lauren McCullough, Emory University, ACS

03:05 pm - 03:20 pm EST

Clayton Yates, Johns Hopkins University

03:20 pm - 03:35 pm EST

Chandra Jackson, NIEHS

03:35 pm - 03:55 pm EST

Discussion

03:55 pm - 04:10 pm EST

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

04:10 pm - 04:30 pm EST

Brief introductions from the speakers

04:30 pm - 05:20 pm EST

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

08:30 am - 08:50 am EST

Brief Introductions from the Speakers

08:50 am - 09:40 am EST

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
 

09:40 am - 10:05 am EST

Brief introductions from the participants

10:05 am - 10:55 am EST

Discussion

10:55 am - 11:15 am EST

Break

Session 8: How Scientists Can Promote Research Findings 

Moderators: Kelvin Choi, NIMHD, NIH, and Jennifer McGee-Avila, DCEG, NCI

 

11:15 am - 11:20 am EST

Kelvin Choi, NIMHD, NIH

11:20 am - 11:35 am EST

Brian Rivers, Morehouse School of Medicine 

11:35 am - 11:50 am EST

Katie (Catherine) McMahon, American Cancer Society-Cancer Alliance Network 
Christy Cushing, American Cancer Society-Cancer Alliance Network 

11:50 am - 12:05 pm EST

Loren Saulsberry, University of Chicago

12:05 pm - 12:25 pm EST

Discussion

12:25 pm - 02:20 pm EST

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

02:20 pm - 02:35 pm EST

Satish Gopal, CGH, NCI

02:35 pm - 02:50 pm EST

Melissa Davis, Morehouse School of Medicine

02:50 pm - 03:05 pm EST

Patrick Loehrer, Indiana University School of Medicine

03:05 pm - 03:25 pm EST

Discussion

Session 10: Early Investigator Presentations

Moderators: Maya Spaur, DCEG, NCI and Jiyeon Choi, Center for Prostate Disease Research, DCEG, NCI

 

 

03:25 pm - 03:40 pm EST

Alexandra Harris, DCEG and CCR, NCI

03:40 pm - 03:55 pm EST

Brittany Jenkins-Lord, Johns Hopkins University, DCEG and CCR, NCI

03:55 pm - 04:10 pm EST

Wayne Lawrence, DCEG, NCI

04:10 pm - 04:25 pm EST

Jessica Madrigal, DCEG, NCI

04:25 pm - 04:40 pm EST

Jongeun Rhee, DCEG, NCI

04:40 pm - 04:55 pm EST

Jose Mercado-Matos, CCR, NCI

04:55 pm - 05:15 pm EST

Discussion

05:15 pm EST

Closing Remarks