The Science of Cancer Health Disparities
in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved
October 27–30, 2012
Manchester Grand Hyatt
San Diego, CA
Abstract submission deadline: Monday, July 30
Advance registration deadline: Tuesday, August 28
CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRPERSONS:
William G. Nelson, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD
Christopher I. Li, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Malcolm V. Brock, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
James R. Cerhan, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN
Carlos Cordon-Cardo, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Marcia R. Cruz-Correa, University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Juan, PR
Ethan Dmitrovsky, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH
Chanita Hughes-Halbert, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Electra D. Paskett, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Francis Ali-Osman, Duke University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Durham, NC
John D. Carpten, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ
Stephen J. Chanock, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
Nathan A. Ellis, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
Rena J. Pasick, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA
Susan Matsuko Shinagawa, Intercultural Cancer Council, Spring Valley, CA
Sanya A. Springfield, National Cancer Institute, Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities, Rockville, MD
Richard Warnecke, University of Illinois, Chicago , IL
The AACR is pleased to announce the fifth in this series of conferences addressing new research in cancer health disparities. The program will feature all levels of basic, population, clinical and transdisciplinary research related to cancer. The goals of this conference are to bring together physicians, scientists, health professionals and health care leaders working in a variety of disciplines to discuss the latest findings in their fields, to foster collaborative interdisciplinary interactions and partnerships and to stimulate the development of new research in cancer health disparities.
Details on registration, abstract submission and accommodations will be available in May.
Continuing Medical Education Activity - AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM available