Minorities in Cancer Research (MICR) presented the following programs during the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, April 2-6, 2011 in Orlando, FL. All Annual Meeting registrants were invited to participate in these events (unless otherwise noted). Click on event titles to learn more about the programs.
MICR Networking and Resource Center
MICR Council Meet and Greet
Sixth Annual AACR-MICR-Jane Cooke Wright Lectureship
MICR Forum: The Long Haul: Building a Sustainable Research Career
Meet the 2011 Jane Cooke Wright Lecturer
MICR Town Meeting
MICR Professional Advancement Reception and Roundtable: Navigating the Road to a Successful Career in Cancer Research
MICR Scientific Symposium: Can Advancing our Understanding of the Human Genome Reduce Breast Cancer Health Disparities?
Meet the Members of the NCI-CRCHD Immediate Office of the Director
AACR Minority-Serving Institution Faculty Scholar Awards in Cancer Research
AACR Minority Scholar Awards in Cancer Research
MICR Networking and Resource Center
AACRcentral, Exhibit Floor, Orange County Convention Center
1:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. (Sunday, April 3)
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Monday, April 4)
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Tuesday, April 5)
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (Wednesday, April 6)
All Minorities in Cancer Research members and Annual Meeting registrants interested in MICR membership and activities are encouraged to visit the MICR Networking and Resource Center. The center will provide meeting attendees with a comfortable environment to network one-on-one and in small groups while learning about AACR and MICR programs as well MICR membership and committee service opportunities.
MICR members are invited to provide relevant information/brochures/flyers for distribution in the Networking and Resource Center. Please contact us in advance of the Annual Meeting.
MICR Council Meet and Greet
Sunday, April 3, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
MICR Networking and Resource Center, AACRcentral
The MICR Council Meet and Greet is an opportunity for the MICR Council to meet and answer questions from MICR members, as well as the general Annual Meeting attendance, on issues related to award opportunities, programs sponsored by the MICR Council, as well as other topics of interest to attendees.
Members are invited to submit any questions and concerns they have to the Council.
Sixth Annual AACR-MICR-Jane Cooke Wright Lectureship
Sunday, April 3, 4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
West Hall F5, Orange County Convention Center
The AACR is extremely pleased to announce that Guillermina Lozano, Ph.D., MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, will present the 6th AACR-MICR Jane Cooke Wright Lectureship, “The p53/Mdm2 axis in tumor development and response to therapy.”
The AACR-Minorities in Cancer Research-Jane Cooke Wright Lectureship was first presented in 2006. The lectureship is intended to give recognition to an outstanding scientist who has made meritorious contributions to the field of cancer research and who has, through leadership or by example, furthered the advancement of minority investigators in cancer research.
MICR Forum:
The Long Haul: Building a Sustainable Research Career
Monday, April 4 - 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Room W314, Orange County Convention Center
Chairs: Dr. Levi A. Garraway and Dr. Rena J. Pasick
Panelists:
John D. Carpten, Ph.D., Director and Senior Investigator, Integrated Cancer Genomics Division, TGen, Phoenix, AZ;
Electra D. Paskett, Ph.D., M.P.H., Assoc. Director for Population Sci., Ohio State Univ. Comp. Cancer Ctr., Columbus, OH; and
Eddie Reed, M.D., Abraham Mitchell Disting. Investigator, Univ. of South Alabama Mitchell Cancer Inst., Mobile, AL
While considerable attention is often given to issues surrounding career transitions (e.g., from postdoctoral fellowship to junior faculty), cancer researchers face a constantly shifting set of challenges as they attempt to build a sustainable scientific program. Examples include: 1) achieving a durable track record of impactful scientific publications; 2) building a diverse portfolio of grant support; 3) recognizing and seizing new scientific opportunities in a rapidly evolving field; 4) leveraging new technologies; 5) balancing involvement in large, team-science efforts versus more traditional single PI avenues; 6) becoming tenured; and 7) weighing evolving career options inside and outside academia. This forum will draw from the experiences of cancer scientists representing diverse careers to provide insights relevant to these issues, how they change over the course of a long career, and the many routes to long-term success. In addition, we will discuss similarities and differences between various research disciplines (e.g., basic research versus clinical, behavioral, epidemiological, and outcomes research), as well as specific challenges pertinent to minorities in cancer research. All are welcome to attend.
Meet the 2011 Jane Cooke Wright Lecturer
Monday, April 4 - 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
MICR Networking and Resource Center, AACRcentral
Please join us for discussion with AACR-Minorities in Cancer Research Jane Cooke Wright Lectureship Sixth Annual Recipient Guillermina Lozano, Ph.D., Chair, Genetics, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
MICR Town Meeting
Monday, April 4 - 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Orlando L&M, The Peabody Orlando Hotel
Chair: Dr. M. Elena Martinez
This session is a can’t-miss for MICR Members and Annual Meeting attendees. We are delighted to announce that AACR President-Elect, Dr. Judy Garber, and AACR Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Margaret Foti, will both be present to engage MICR members in discussion on topics intended to guide the AACR and MICR leadership in facilitating the MICR mission. MICR Council Chair, Dr. M. Elena Martinez, will moderate this discussion and provide highlights of MICR accomplishments over the past year.
The MICR Town Meeting provides an opportunity for the MICR Council to present its members, agenda and programs to AACR members and annual meeting participants. This meeting plans to give participants a chance to share ideas, voice concerns and express views on a variety of related topics. The MICR Council is soliciting discussion topics for MICR members to address in open floor discussion. Please contact us to submit topics or questions.
MICR Professional Advancement Reception and Roundtable
"Navigating the Road to a Successful Career in Cancer Research"
Monday, April 4 - 6:30 p.m. - 8:45 p.m.
Peabody R, The Peabody Orlando Hotel
Chairs: Dr. Marcia Cruz-Correa and Dr. Cheryl Willman
This exciting session is a must for all individuals pursuing careers in cancer research or other biomedical sciences. It provides a forum in which students, postdoctoral candidates and junior faculty can discuss important career development issues and survival skills with senior established scientists. This event includes a keynote talk followed by mentored roundtable discussions facilitated by senior researchers from a variety of sectors in the cancer community, including academia, government and industry.
This Professional Advancement Series session requires pre-registration. If space allows, registration will be accepted onsite. AACR members may attend at no charge; non-members are required to pay a fee of $50. All Annual Meeting attendees are welcome to attend.
MICR Scientific Symposium:
Can Advancing our Understanding of the Human Genome Reduce Breast Cancer Health Disparities?
Tuesday, April 5 - 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Room W209, Orange County Convention Center
Chairs: Dr. Christopher I. Li and Dr. Miguel Villalona-Calero
"Potential for GWAS studies to identify variants that could impact our understanding of breast cancer health disparities"
Stephen J. Chanock, M.D., Sect. Head & Director, CGF/ATC, NCI, Bethesda, MD
"Understanding genomic ancestry and relevance to breast cancer disparities"
Elad Ziv, M.D., Women's Health Clinical Research Ctr., UCSF, San Francisco, CA
"Genome sequencing in breast cancer: implications for tumor biology across human populations"
Philip Stephens, Ph.D., Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
"Pharmacogenomics in minority populations with relevance to breast cancer treatment"
David A. Flockhart, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Clinical PharmacologyIndiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Breast cancer disparities by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status have persisted for decades with underserved populations of women experiencing disproportionately high breast cancer mortality rates. Barriers to screening and treatment are important contributors to these disparities, but it is also well known that African American, Hispanic, and low income women in particular are more likely to be diagnosed with more aggressive forms of breast cancer. Clinically these include more advanced stage disease, and molecularly these women have higher rates of the poor prognosis triple-negative and HER2-overexpressing breast cancers. What remains controversial is the extent to which advancing our understanding of the human genome can help reduce these long standing disparities.
Meet the Members of the NCI-CRCHD Immediate Office of the Director
Tuesday, April 5, 2011, 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
MICR Networking and Resource Center, AACRcentral
Please join the members of the National Cancer Institute Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities Immediate Office of the Director, including Deputy Director Dr. Deborah Duran; and from the Disparities Research Branch, Dr. Rina Das; Diversity Training Branch, Dr. Nelson Aguila; Integrated Networks Program, Dr. Mary Ann Van Duyn; and Performance and Evaluation, Dr. Emmanuel Taylor for discussion in the Minorities in Cancer Research Networking and Resource Center.
AACR Minority-Serving Institution Faculty Scholar Awards in Cancer Research
The AACR is proud to administer the Minority-Serving Institution Faculty Scholar Awards in Cancer Research program. These awards are offered to full-time faculty members of Minority-Serving Institutions (Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities, and other post-secondary institutions as defined by the US Department of Education). The purposes of this award program are to increase the scientific knowledge base of faculty members at Minority-Serving Institutions, and to encourage them and their students to pursue careers in cancer research.
AACR Minority Scholar Awards in Cancer Research
The AACR Minority Scholar Awards in Cancer Research program first began in 1985. Each year since then, these awards have been offered to eligible minority scientists wishing to participate in the Annual Meetings of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). The awards are intended to enhance the education and training of minority researchers and to increase the visibility and recognition of minorities involved in cancer research.
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