The Annual Meeting is an extraordinary venue that fosters scientific discussions and helps build bridges across various disciplines. We encourage all Annual Meeting attendees to capitalize on the opportunities below and others to learn about the latest information in molecular epidemiology in cancer, and network with other scientists and clinicians interested in the field, as well as to attend sessions outside your own areas of expertise.
The AACR Annual Meeting 2013 was held in Washington, D.C.
MEG Town Meeting and Reception
Shaping the Future of Cancer Epidemiology: Opportunities and Challenges
Monday, April 8, 2013
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Grand Hyatt Hotel, Latrobe/Bulfinch/Renwick Room
More than 240 individuals, comprised of Molecular Epidemiology (MEG) Working Group members and other Annual Meeting registrants, attended this Town Meeting and Reception. The program will featured Dr. Muin J. Khoury, Director, Office of Public Health Genomics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Cancer Institute, who spoke on the future of cancer epidemiology in light of present opportunities and its challenges. Attendees learned about this and other important MEG initiatives, met members of the working group and steering committee, and the newest MEG Scholar-in-Training Award recipients, in addition to learning more about joining the MEG Working Group.
Program:
- Outgoing Chairperson - James R. Cerhan
- Incoming Chairperson - Johanna W. Lampe
- Recognition of recipients of the MEG Award for Student Excellence in Molecular Epidemiology
- Review of the MEG Special Conference 2012 - Shelley Tworoger and Neli Ulrich, Co-chairs
- View from the National Cancer Institute -Muin J. Khoury
Shaping the Future of Cancer Epidemiology: Opportunities and Challenges
- Networking Reception
Other MEG-Related Content
Current Concepts in Diagnostics and Therapeutics
Metformin, Phenformin, Diabetes and Cancer
Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 8:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.; Room 150
Current Concepts in Epidemiology and Prevention
Clinical Trials with Functional Foods
Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 8:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.; Room 143
Human Papillomavirus: Beyond Cervical Cancer
Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.; Room 152
Epigenetic Mechanisms of Cancer Risk
Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.; Room 150
Current Concepts in Organ Site Research Session
Prostate Cancer Screening: Now and in the Future
Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.; Room 147
Educational Sessions and Methods Workshops
Computational Methods in Molecular Epidemiology
Saturday, April 6, 2013, 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.; Room 150
Whole Body Metabolism and Cancer
Saturday, April 6, 2013, 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.; Ballroom A-B
New Approaches in Molecular Epidemiology
Saturday, April 6, 2013, 10:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.; Room 152
GWAS: The Next Steps
Saturday, April 6, 2013, 3:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.; Room 204
Measuring Metabolism in Cancer
Saturday, April 6, 2013, 3:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.; Room 147
Major Symposium
Obesity, Energy Balance and Metabolism
Sunday, April 7, 2013, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.; Room 202
Metabolic Inputs into Cancer Epigenetics
Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 8:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.; Ballroom A-B
The Global Cancer Crisis: Needs and Opportunities for Prevention
Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 8:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.; Room 145
Minisymposium
Novel Insights from Epidemiology
Monday, April 8, 2013, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.; Room 103
Genetic Epidemiology in the Post-GWAS Era
Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.; Room 204
Cancer Prevention
Sunday, April 7, 2013, 3:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.; Salon C, East Hall
Poster Sessions
Biomarkers of Exposure, Dietary Factors, and Risk or Prognosis of Diseases
Sunday, April 7, 2013, 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.; Hall A-C, Poster Section 7
Epidemiology of Breast and Ovarian Cancers
Sunday, April 7, 2013, 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.; Hall A-C, Poster Section 8
Clinical Cancer Prevention / Health Disparities Research
Sunday, April 7, 2013, 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.; Hall A-C, Poster Section 10
Candidate Genetic Biomarkers of Risk or Survival
Monday, April 8, 2013, 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.; Hall A-C, Poster Section 10
Epidemiologic Methods, Resources and Hematologic Malignancies
Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon; Hall A-C, Poster Section 9
GWAS, Post-GWAS and Functional Studies
Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon; Hall A-C, Poster Section 10
Epidemiology / Molecular Targets
Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon; Hall A-C, Poster Section 11
Epidemiology of Genitourinary and Lung Cancers
Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.; Hall A-C, Poster Section 8
Epigenetic Biomarkers and Tumor Subtypes
Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.; Hall A-C, Poster Section 9
Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Cancers
Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon; Hall A-C, Poster Section 8
Gene-Environment and Gene-Gene Interactions and Other Genetic Biomarkers
Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon; Hall A-C, Poster Section 9