Cancer and the Environment Symposium

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Agenda

March 30
9:00 a.m.	Introductory Remarks H. Kim Lyerly, MD Director, Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center William Schlesinger, PhD Dean, Nicholas School for the Environment and Earth Sciences
9:15 a.m.	Keynote Address:  Lessons from Lower Vertebrates to Man: The Longstanding Trout Model and Cancer  George Bailey, PhD Distinguished Professor Emeritus  Oregon State University Linus Pauling Institute
10:15 a.m.	Break
Session I	Endocrine Disruptors and Nuclear Receptors Moderator: H. Kim Lyerly, MD George Barth Geller Professor in Cancer Research Director, Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
10:30 a.m.	Overview of Mechanism: Xenobiotics as Hormone Sensitizers--An Unexpected Link Between Cancer and the Environment Donald McDonnell, PhD  Glaxo-Wellcome Professor of Molecular Cancer Biology Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology Duke University Medical Center
11:00 a.m.	Environmental Toxicity: Evolutionary and Developmental Perspectives on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Cancer John MacLachlan, PhD Weatherhead Distinguished Professor Director of the Center for Bioenvironmental Research Tulane and Xavier Universities
11:30 a.m.	Clinical Disease:  Loss of Vitamin A Signaling as a Marker for Cancer Victoria Seewaldt, MD Associate Professor of Medicine--Oncology  Duke University
12:00 p.m.	Lunch/Poster Viewing
Session II	Oxidative Stress Moderator: Edward Levin, PhD Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Duke University Medical Center
1:00 p.m.	Overview of Mechanism: Mechanism of Oxygen Toxicity and Mutagenesis Irwin Fridovich, PhD J.B. Duke Professor of Biochemistry Emeritus Duke University Medical Center
1:30 p.m.	Environmental Toxicity: Oxidative Stress and Inorganic Carcinogenesis Jie Liu, PhD Staff Scientist, Environmental Toxixology Program National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
2:00 p.m.	Environmental Toxicity: Cadmium and Cancer Risk--Epidemiological Evidence Dora Il'yasova, PhD, MS, MSPH Assistant Professor Department of Community and Family Medicine Duke University Medical Center
2:30 p.m.	Clinical Disease: The Role of ROS in Regulating HIF-1 Expression After Radiation or Chemotherapy--Clinical Implications  Mark Dewhirst, DVM, PhD  Gustavo S. Montana Professor of Radiation Oncology Department of Radiation Oncology Duke University Medical Center
3:00 p.m.	Break
Session III	Developing Models for Gene Environment Interaction Moderator: David Hinton, PhD Nicholas Professor Nicholas School for the Environment and Earth Sciences
3:15 p.m.	Overview of Mechanism: Environment, Epigenetics and Cancer Susceptibility Randy Jirtle, PhD Professor of Radiation Oncology Duke University Medical Center
3:45 p.m.	Environmental Toxicity: Lessons from the Wild – Studies of Fish Coping with Polluted Environments Richard DiGiulio, PhD  Professor Nicholas School for the Environment and Health Sciences Duke University
4:15 p.m.	Clinical Disease: Gene Environment Interaction in Cancer Epidemiology Joellen Schildkraut, PhD Professor Department of Community and Family Medicine Duke University Medical Center
4:45 p.m.	Adjournment
March 31
Session IV
8:30 a.m.	Looking into the Future  Christopher J. Portier, PhD Associate Director for Risk Assessment Leader in Systems Biology National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
9:00 a.m.	Voices of the Future: Oral Presentations
10:15 a.m.	Break
10:30 a.m.	What Defines the Future?  Melvin Andersen, PhD Director, Division of Computational Biology Centers for Health Research Alan J. Balch, PhD Executive Director Friends of Cancer Research   R. Julian Preston, PhD Acting Associate Director for Health U.S. Environmental Protection Agency William G. Ross, Jr.  Secretary North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Richard Weisler, MD Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League  Adjunct Assistant Professor, Biological Psychiatry Duke University Medical Center
11:00 a.m.	Panel Discussion:  Policy Issues and the Environment Moderator:    Timothy Profeta, J.D, MEM  Director Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions Duke University
11:45 a.m.	Closing Remarks
12:00 p.m.	Adjournment