Table 1 Meeting schedule at a glance
SATURDAY, JULY 21, 2012 | |
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Opening Scientific & Training Conference | |
“Continuing to Build Capacity to Address Cancer Health Disparities in Populations of African Descent” | |
8:00 – 8:30 | Continental Breakfast |
8:30 – 9:00 | Opening Statements, Welcome |
Keynote Address | Targeting Women’s Health Disparities: Best-practice Models in Research and Outreach |
9:00 – 9:45 | |
Scientific Session I | Women’s Cancers in Minority Populations |
9:45 – 10:45 | |
Scientific Session II | HPV Associated Cancers |
11:00 – 11:45 | |
Cancer Prevention and Research Information | |
“An ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure!” | |
(Community Sessions) | |
Lunch N Learn* | Black Women and Cancer: Epidemiology, Research and Progress Made |
11:45 – 1:00 | |
Cancer Prevention Workshop I* | Healthy Lifestyles: Reducing Cancer Risk |
1:15 – 1:45 | |
Panel Discussion I* | HPV Vaccination Against Cervical Cancer |
1:45 – 2:30 | |
Town Hall Meeting | Prostate Cancer and Screening, Dispelling the Myths |
(Males only)* | |
1:45 – 2:30 | |
Research Skills Workshop I | Research Methods: Meta and Pooled Analysis |
2:30 – 3:30 | |
Cancer Prevention Workshop II* | When Do I Screen? |
2:30 – 3:30 | |
Cancer Prevention Workshop III* | How is HIV Related to Cancer? |
3:45 – 4:45 | |
Cancer Research Information Session I* | What you Always Wanted to Know About Cancer Research and Clinical Trials |
5:00 – 6:15 | |
Cancer Session I* | I Have Cancer, Now What? |
6:15 – 7:15 | |
SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2012 | |
Scientific Training Program (Continued) | |
7:30 – 8:30 | Continental Breakfast |
Keynote Address | Cancer Genetics, Genomics and Personalized Medicine |
8:30 – 9:20 | |
Scientific Session III | Holistic Medicine and Cancer Therapeutics |
9:20 – 10:15 | |
Scientific Session IV | Cancer in Developing Countries |
10:30 – 11:15 | |
Collaborative Workshop I | Lunch N Learn & Panel Discussion II: How to Establish Successful Collaborations |
11:15 – 12:15 | |
Scientific Session V | Building Successful Consortiums |
12:15 – 1:15 | |
Research Skills Workshop II | Best Practices in Research |
1:15 – 2:15 | |
Scientific Session VI | NIH Funding Opportunities, National and International |
2:30 – 3:30 | |
Research Skills Workshop III | Grant Writing: Features of a Successful Grant Application; the Grant Review Process; Mock Study-section Review |
3:30 – 5:00 | |
Scientific Session VII | Project Development Workshop |
5:15 – 6:15 | |
Closing Remarks and Conference Wrap-Up | |