National Cancer Reporting Fellowship 2022: Bethesda

Residence Inn
7335 Wisconsin Ave
Bethesda, Md. 20814
Montgomery Room 1

 

Monday, Nov. 14

8:30-9 a.m. ET  |  Introduction to fellowship and the director

  • Katherine Reed, director of education and content, AHCJ
  • James Alexander, chief, Media Relations Branch, Office of Communications and Public Liaison, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
  • Brief remarks via Zoom: Monica Bertagnolli, M.D., director, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

 

9-10 a.m. ET  |  Status of cancer research and care

  • Douglas R. Lowy, M.D., principal deputy director, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
    (Slides, 5 MB .pdf)

 

10-10:15 a.m. ET  |  Break

 

10:15-11:15 a.m. ET  |  Health communications: Misinformation and disinformation

  • Sylvia Chou, Ph.D., M.P.H., program director, Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, National Cancer Institute
    (Slides, 1 MB .pdf)

 

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. ET  |  Cancer screening

  • Lori Minasian, M.D., F.A.C.P., medical oncologist, deputy director, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute

 

Montgomery Room 2
12:15-1:30 p.m. ET  |  Lunch, provided by AHCJ

 

Montgomery Room 1
1:30-2:30 p.m. ET  |  Kids and cancer-Pediatric oncology

  • Jack F. Shern, M.D., head of tumor evolution and genomics section,Lasker clinical research scholar, physician, pediatric oncology branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute
    (Slides, 2 MB .pdf)

 

2:30-3:30 p.m. ET  |  Deep dive: Immunotherapy

  • Stephanie L. Goff, M.D., associate research physician, Surgery Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute
    (Slides, 2 MB .pdf)

 

3:30-3:45 p.m. ET  |  Break

 

3:45-4:45 p.m. ET  |  Diet and cancer

  • Erikka Loftfield, Ph.D., M.P.H., Earl Stadtman investigator, NIH Distinguished Scholar, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute
    (Slides, 2 MB .pdf)

 

4:45 p.m. ET  |  Survey

 

5:40 p.m. ET  |  Group dinner

  • Meet in the hotel lobby and walk in a group to the restaurant.
    True Food Kitchen, 7100 Wisconsin Ave

 

 

Tuesday, Nov. 15

8 a.m. ET  |  Meet in the hotel lobby and travel to NIH campus

  • Walking involved, bring outerwear.

 

FAES Classroom Building 10
9:30-10:30 a.m. ET  |  Group 1 – Tour of NIH Clinical Center and CCR lab spaces (Children’s Oncology Branch) Group 2 – Classroom Instruction by Children’s Oncology Branch / CCR

 

10:30-11:30 a.m. ET  |  Group 1 – Classroom Instruction by Children’s Oncology Branch / CCR Group 2 – Tour of NIH Clinical Center and CCR lab spaces (Children’s Oncology Branch)

 

11:30 a.m. ET  |  Return to the Residence Inn via the Metro

 

Montgomery Room 1
12:15-1:30 p.m. ET  |  Lunch, provided by AHCJ

 

1:30-2:30 p.m. ET  |  Cancer control, aging, and the reverse geroscience hypothesis

  • Paige A. Green, Ph.D., M.P.H., F.A.B.M.R., chief Basic Biobehavioral and Psychological Sciences Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute
    (Slides, 2 MB .pdf)

 

2:30-3:30 p.m. ET  |  Hands-on exercise, using SEER and GIS

  • Trish Murphy, M.S., program analyst, Office of the Associate Director, Surveillance Research Program, National Institutes of Health
    (Slides, 26 MB .pdf)

 

3:30-3:45 p.m. ET  |  Break

 

3:45-4:45 p.m. ET  |  An investigation of how inflammation and the immune response may underlie the excessive burden of prostate cancer in men of African ancestry

  • Stefan Ambs, Ph.D., M.P.H., Senior Investigator in Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, Head Molecular Epidemiology Section, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute
    (Slides, 2 MB .pdf)

 

4:45 p.m. ET  |  Survey 

 

 

Wednesday, Nov. 16

Check out of the hotel prior to the sessions.

 

8:30-9:45 a.m. ET  |  Telling the cancer story through patients and survivors

  • Carrie Feibel, senior health editor, NPR’s science desk, AHCJ board of directors
  • Michelle Tregear, Ph.D., chief programs officer, National Breast Cancer Coalition
    (Slides, 668 KB .pdf)

 

9:45-10:15 a.m. ET  |  Break

 

10-11 a.m. ET  |  Cancer data journalism

 

11 a.m. – noon ET  |  Evaluating cancer evidence

  • Tara Haelle, M.A., independent journalist, AHCJ Medical Studies core topic leader
    (Slides, 1 MB .pdf)

 

Noon-12:15 p.m. ET  |  Break

 

12:15-1:15 p.m. ET  |  Final remarks

  • Juli Klemm, Ph.D., program director, Center for Strategic Scientific Initiatives, National Cancer Institute
    (Slides, 1 MB .pdf)

 

1:15 p.m. ET  |  Survey, fellowship concludes