2024 AACR Annual Meeting: A Summary of DCEG's Participation
, by Jennifer K. Loukissas, M.P.P.
Earlier this month, DCEG scientists presented their research at the 2024 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in San Diego, California. In addition to dozens of posters, there were several invited talks and workshops.
Excitingly, the Connect for Cancer Prevention Study debuted to the scientific community at a presentation by Nicolas Wentzensen, M.D., Ph.D., M.S., Deputy Director and senior investigator in the Clinical Genetics Branch, and principal investigator of Connect, to the Population Sciences Working Group, and two informational sessions held at the NCI booth in the exhibit hall given by Connect Senior Scientist Mia M. Gaudet, Ph.D., in the Trans-divisional Research Program.
See the full listing of DCEG presenters.
Among the posters were two that received awards:
- Batel Blechter, Ph.D., M.A., postdoctoral fellow in the Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch (OEEB), received the AACR-Gilead and Kite Scholar-in-Training Award for her poster entitled, "Polygenic risk score and lung adenocarcinoma risk among never-smokers by EGFR mutation status."
- Shahriar A. Zamani, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow in the Radiation Epidemiology Branch, received an AACR Scholar-in-Training Award presented by AACR-Doreen J. Putrah Cancer Research Foundation, for his poster entitled, "Germline variants in cancer susceptibility genes and subsequent neoplasm risks after childhood cancer: A pooled analysis of two large-scale cohorts."
The annual meeting is also a time to reconnect with colleagues, mentors, and alumni. Browse the image carousel to see photographs of DCEG staff at the meeting, with several cameos from alumni.
Isabel Rodriguez, Oscar Florez-Vargas, and Michelle Ho from LTG at Isabel's poster.
Somayina Ezennia with his poster
Sonam Tulsyan poses with NCI Director Kim Rathmell at the NCI booth
Jazmyn Bess, Lisa Mirabello, and Aimee Koestler from the Clinical Genetics Branch
Lydia He and her graduate advisor, DCEG alumna Kathryn Barry
DCEG investigators and alumni from OEEB
Mia Gaudet presenting the Connect study at the NCI Booth
Dr. Mia Gaudet, Ms. Jazmyn Bess, and Dr. Nicolas Wentzensen with Connect Study collaborator Dr. David Wong from UCLA
Mitchell Machiela and DCEG alums reconnect at the meeting
Jazmyn Bess at her poster
Vicky Chang at her poster
DCEG alumna Kathryn Barry with Patricia Erickson
Tongwu Zhang with his poster
Jongeun Rhee at her poster
Deborah Tadesse at her poster
DCEG alumna Tracy Layne and Jennifer Loukissas reconnected at the meeting
DCEG Training Director Jackie Lavigne reconnected with alumna Kathryn Barry
Nicolas Wentzensen presents on the Connect for Cancer Prevention Study to the AACR Population Sciences Working Group
DCEG staff at the AACR annual meeting, joined by NCI Director Kimryn Rathmell