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Program: Tuesday, October 20

Please note that this meeting will take place as an in-person event in Atlanta and will not live-stream content for virtual participation. The meeting content will be recorded and made available as an on-demand program after the conference. Please see the registration page for details.

All presentations are scheduled to be live, in-person presentations at the date and time specified below unless noted otherwise. Program in progress.

*-Short talk from proffered abstract

Sunday, Oct. 18 Monday, Oct. 19 Wednesday, Oct. 21

Tuesday, October 20

Tuesday, October 20

BREAKFAST/Networking roundtables

8-9 a.m.

Plenary Session 3: Genetic Ancestry (Similarity), Admixture, and Cancer Disparities

9-10:30 a.m.

Session Chairs: Luis G Carvajal-Carmona, University of California Davis, Davis, California and Christopher Flowers, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

break

10:30-11 a.m.

Frontiers and Opportunities Presentation: Spotlight on Hematologic Malignancies and Cancer Disparities

11 a.m.–11:45 a.m.

lunch on own

11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m.

Plenary Session 4: Environment and Cancer in the Era of Big E and Big Data

1:15-2:45 p.m.

Session Chair: Melissa B. Davis, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

BREAK

2:45-3 p.m.

Concurrent sessions 3 and 4 

3-4 p.m.

Concurrent Session 3: Addressing Pediatric Cancer Health Disparities from a Multifocal Lens

3-4 p.m.

Session Chairs: Philip J. Lupo, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia and Michael E. Scheurer, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

Concurrent Session 4: From Barriers to Breakthroughs: Strengthening Cancer Care Delivery in Rural and Underserved Populations

3-4 p.m.

Session Chairs: Rachel Ceballos, University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah and Amy Kennedy, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland

Break

4-4:15 p.m.

Educational Sessions 1 and 2

4:15-5:15 p.m.

Educational Session 1: From Description to Intervention: Advancing Methods to Identify Actionable Drivers of Cancer Disparities

4:15-5:15 p.m.

Session Chair: Lauren E. McCullough, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia

Educational Session 2: Models for Cancer Health Disparities Research

4:15-5:15 p.m.

Session Chair: Jose Trevino, VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center, Richmond, Virginia

Break

5:15–5:30 p.m.

Poster Spotlight Presentations 1 and 2

5:30-6 p.m.

Poster Spotlight Presentations 1

5:30-6 p.m.

Poster Spotlight Presentations 2

5–5:30 p.m.

Poster Session c and Reception

6-7:30 p.m.