MCD Workshop: Opportunities and Challenges for the Development and Adoption of Multicancer Detection Tests
Monday, October 28-Tuesday, October 29
Washington, DC
Advance registration required (for both in-person and virtual attendance options)
This free National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) National Cancer Policy Forum workshop will examine the state of the science for clinical use of multi-cancer detection (MCD) tests. NCI presenters and panelists include W. Kimryn Rathmell, M.D., director of NCI; Christos Patriotis, Ph.D., program officer, Division of Cancer Prevention (DCP); Hormuzd Katki, Ph.D., senior investigator, Division of Epidemiology and Genetics; Philip Castle, Ph.D., M.P.H., director, DCP; and Wendy Rubinstein, M.D., Ph.D., senior scientific officer, DCP.
Learn more about this NASEM workshop and view the agenda.
The 3rd Biennial Translational Advances in Cancer Prevention Agent Development (TACPAD) Virtual Meeting
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Monday, October 28-Wednesday, October 30
Advance registration required
The TACPAD meeting aims to foster the exchange of ideas and create collaborative interactions among leading cancer prevention researchers, highlight new and emerging trends in immunoprevention and chemoprevention, and inform the research community of the significant prevention resources available from NCI.
Learn more about TACPAD.
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Building Bridges in Cancer Symptom Science: Symptom Science in the Context of Cancer Caregiving
Monday, October 28
3:00-4:00 p.m. ET
Advance registration required
This webinar will focus on the role of cancer caregivers in promoting symptom management and optimal cancer outcomes. The speakers, Kathrin Milbury, Ph.D. (left), from University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and Karla T. Washington, Ph.D., LCSW (right), from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, will discuss the importance of addressing caregivers’ wellbeing during cancer. Interventions designed to optimize health and quality of life for the patient-caregiver unit also will be discussed.
Learn more about the webinar.
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 DCP Participation at Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting
Thursday, October 24
Baltimore, Maryland
Advance registration required
The 2024 BMES Annual Meeting will include presentations from NCI’s Division of Cancer Prevention (DCP). DCP leadership presenters include Erin Lavik, Sc.D., chief technology officer and deputy director, Vignesh Gunasekharan, Ph.D., program officer and deputy director of PREVENT operations, and Eva Szabo, M.D., chief, program officer.
Learn more about the meeting and view the complete list of DCP presenters.
2024 NCI Cohort Consortium Annual Meeting
Thursday, November 14-Friday, November 15
Advance registration required
The 2024 Annual Meeting of NCI Cohort Consortium will bring together consortium researchers to discuss emerging science, opportunities for collaboration, and ideas for new scientific projects. The main meeting is organized into two days: November 14, 2:00-5:00 p.m. ET and November 15, 10:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. ET. Additional hybrid Project Group meetings will be held in November before the annual meeting.
In-person registration deadline: October 22
Virtual registration deadline: November 15
For more information about the meeting program, email NCICohortConsortium@mail.nih.gov.
View the meeting agenda.
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