Tentative Meeting program in EDT (USA Eastern Daylight Savings Time)
Regular lecture 20 min (+ 5 min QA) each; Keynote lecture 30 min (+ 5 min QA)
QA will be held at the end of each session/block.
June 11 (Thursday)
8:15 AM. Introduction (Christine Ambrosone, Shuji Ogino)
8:20 AM. Microbiome-metabolome-immune (90 min)
Susan Bullman (keynote) (30 min) - Intratumoral Microbes: From Niche Adaptation to Single-Cell Dynamics Within the Tumor Microenvironment
Shuji Ogino - Integrating microbiology, immunology, and genomics into MPE, especially for studying early-onset cancer
Spencer Rosario
QA (20 min)
9:50 AM. Break (20 min)
10:10 AM AI / digital / spatial / immune pathology (100 min)
Kun-Hsing Yu - Advancing Real-Time Cancer Pathology Evaluation through Artificial Intelligence
Mustapha Abubakar
Angela Omilian - HLA class I and II genotypic diversity and survival in a cohort of Black women with invasive breast cancer
Stephanie Schmit - Exploring differences in T cell receptor repertoires in colorectal cancer by age of onset and genetic ancestry
QA (20 min)
11:50 AM. Group Photo
11:55 AM. Lunch + Poster Session
2 PM. Genetics and mutational signatures (75 min)
Song Yao - A novel triple-negative subtyping defined by mutational signatures in Black women
Maria Teresa Landi - The mutagenic forces shaping the development and evolution of lung cancer
Christine Ambrosone - African ancestral variants in the Dufffy Antigen Receptor (DARC) gene, tumor infiltrating lymphocytes and breast cancer risk in Black women
QA (15 min)
3:15 PM. Break
3:45 PM. Genetics/global health, etc. (Stephanie Schmit, moderator) (75 min)
Timothy Rebbeck - Genetics and Genomics in Cancer Health Disparities
Jonine Figueroa - Insights on the role of socioeconomic status and molecular epidemiology of breast cancer: Findings from the UK, USA and Africa
Kenan Onel
Sheheryar Kabraji - High-plex tissue imaging for translational cancer research: examples and opportunities
QA (20 min)
5:20 PM. Dinner
June 12 (Friday)
8 AM. Hot topics (75 min)
Jill Koshiol (biliary cancer) - The Chile Biliary Longitudinal Study (BiLS): a rich resource for molecular pathological epidemiology
Naoko Sasamoto (GYN) - Pre-diagnostic reproductive exposures and ovarian tumor immune profiles
Ting-Yuan David Cheng - Obesity, Adiposity, and Immune Response to Tumors - What Is on the Horizon?
QA (15 min)
9:15 AM. Break
9:25 AM. Early-onset cancer, aging, etc. (Gretchen Gierach, moderator) (75 min)
Joyce Ohm (accelerated aging)
Li Tang - Exploring tumor microenvironment underlying sex difference in bladder cancer survival
Tomotaka Ugai - Evidence triangulation in early-onset cancer research
QA (15 min)
10:40 AM. Break
10:50 AM. Breaking news talks (from selected abstracts)
(3-4 talks)
12:15 PM. Lunch followed by Business Meeting