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2019 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting

Several DCEG scientists will present their research at the AACR Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, between March 29 - April 03, 2019. A full list of abstracts can be found on the AACR website.

Jackie Lavigne, Ph.D., M.P.H., Chief of the Office of Education, will be available to answer questions about DCEG fellowship opportunities at the NCI exhibit booth (#2111) on Monday, April 1 from 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM.

Unless otherwise noted, all events will take place in the Georgia World Conference Center.

Oral Presentations

Friday, March 29
PresenterPresentation TitleTimeLocation
Ruth PfeifferEducational Session: Population risk stratification: Integrating biomarkers in cancer risk assessment6:45 PM - 7:10 PMRoom A313
Saturday, March 30
PresenterPresentation TitleTimeLocation
Rashmi SinhaMethods Workshop: Moving microbiome research into population studies: Need for standardization1:00 PM - 1:25 PMRoom B304 
Sunday, March 31Special Symposium: Li-Fraumeni Syndrome and p53: Celebrating Gold and Ruby Anniversaries of Paradigm Models of Cancer Predisposition and Tumor Suppression1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Room A313 
PresenterPresentation TitleTimeLocation
Parichoy Pal ChoudhuryValidation of breast cancer risk model incorporating classical risk factors and polygenic risk scores in 14 prospective cohort studies in 6 countries3:35 PM - 3:50 PMRoom B401
Stella KoutrosIntegrative, targeted deep sequencing of bladder tumors reveals novel associations between cancer gene mutations and mutational signatures with major risk factors 3:50 PM - 4:05 PMRoom A402
Monday, April 1
PresenterPresentation TitleTimeLocation
Maria Teresa LandiSherlock-Lung:  Tracing lung cancer mutational processes in never smokers11:05 AM - 11:30 AMRoom B302
Sharon SavageNew NCI Collaborative Initiatives on Rare Tumors and RASopathies: Clinical, genetic, and epidemiologic approaches to cancer etiology1:45 PM - 2:45 PMRoom A406

Molecular Epidemiology Working Group (MEG) Town Hall Meeting and Network Reception, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM, Room A315

Tuesday, April 2
PresenterPresentation TitleTimeLocation
Britton TrabertMeet the Expert Session: Endogenous Hormones and Their Role in the Etiology of Gynecologic Cancers10:30 AM - 11:00 AMNCI Exhibit Booth - #2111
Stephen ChanockIdentification of enhancer elements at kidney cancer susceptibility loci using genome-wide approaches in which post-GWAS functional studies implicate the SWI/SNF DPF3 gene for the 14q24 risk locus 10:35 AM - 11:00 AMGeorgia Ballroom 1- Building C

Poster Presentations

Sunday, March 31
Session TitleTimePoster Hall
Biomarkers in Risk and Outcomes1:00 PM - 5:00 PMSection 26
Gene Expression and the Tumor Microenvironment1:00 PM - 5:00 PMSection 6
Lifestyle Factors and Cancer Risk1:00 PM - 5:00 PMSection 27
Monday, April 1
Session TitleTimePoster Hall
Convergence Science for Biomarkers, Early Detection, and Diagnosis8:00 AM - 12:00 PMSection 30
Genetics and Genomics 1: Outcomes8:00 AM - 12:00 PMSection 26
Genetics and Genomics 2: Risk8:00 AM - 12:00 PMSection 27
Behavioral Science and Cancer Control1:00 PM - 5:00 PMSection 27
Cancer and Inflammation1:00 PM - 5:00 PMSection 23
Tuesday, April 2
Session TitleTimePoster Hall
Clinical Prevention, Early Detection, and Interception 18:00 AM - 12:00 PMSection 28
Late-Breaking Research: Epidemiology8:00 AM - 12:00 PMSection 40
New Discoveries in Childhood Cancer8:00 AM - 12:00 PMSection 19
Science and Health Policy 2 / Regulatory Science and Policy8:00 AM - 12:00 PMSection 30
Tumor Evolution and Heterogeneity 18:00 AM - 12:00 PMSection 7
Cancer Predisposition1:00 PM - 5:00 PMSection 26
Wednesday, April 3
Session TitleTimePoster Hall
Influences on Cancer Risk and Outcomes8:00 AM - 12:00 PMSection 26
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