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Cancer Moonshot Seminar Series

Cancer Moonshot Seminar Series

Event Date: April 25, 2024

The upcoming presentations will showcase research from different Cancer Moonshot initiatives that support the 10 recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Panel report. They will inform the community about the progress of Cancer Moonshot-funded projects, provide outreach related to Cancer Moonshot projects, enhance discussions and collaborations related to Cancer Moonshot research, and promote the sharing of data from Cancer Moonshot initiatives.

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Upcoming Events

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May 2024

12th Annual Symposium on Global Cancer Research

12th Annual Symposium on Global Cancer Research

Event Date: May 6, 2024       Virtual Event

The 12th Annual Symposium on Global Cancer Research (ASGCR) will be held virtually as a satellite meeting to the 14th Annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Global Health Conference. The Symposium is organized through a collaboration with the US National Cancer Institute Center for Global Health; CUGH; the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO); the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR); the African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC); the American Society of Preventive Oncology (ASPO); and Red de Institutos e Instituciones Nacionales de Cáncer – Sociedad Latino Americana y del Caribe De Oncología Médica (RINC-SLACOM).

Rare Cancers Prevention and Interception Workshop

Rare Cancers Prevention and Interception Workshop

Event Date: May 7, 2024       Virtual

The main goals of the workshop are to: 1) Identify challenges and knowledge gaps and explore research opportunities in rare cancers research. 2) Identify research gaps and develop strategic planning with emphasis on understudied research areas in rare cancers. 3) Explore important research questions that will lead to developing better ways of prevention and interception against rare cancers. 4) Finding ways to facilitate networking (researchers, clinicians, patient advocates) among the stakeholders and engage them for the benefit of the patient community.

Implementation Science Centers in Cancer Control

Implementation Science Centers in Cancer Control

Event Date: May 8, 2024       Virtual Event

The ISC3 Annual Grantee Meeting will focus on sustainability, community partnerships, and building implementation science structure in low- and middle-income countries. The meeting will feature presentations, interactive breakouts, and discussion sessions to encourage more engagement and discussion on Building and Sustaining Implementation Science Structure. 

NCI Patient Advocate Steering Committee Meeting: Training New Advocate “Stars”

NCI Patient Advocate Steering Committee Meeting: Training New Advocate “Stars”

Event Date: May 10, 2024       Hybrid - NCI Shady Grove Campus, Rockville, MD and Virtual

The PASC is dedicated to ensuring the effective integration of advocates within the NCI Scientific Steering Committees and Task Forces, specifically in the development, implementation, and monitoring of clinical trials. The conference will bring together all advocate representatives to the NCI Scientific Steering Committees and Task Forces to conduct strategic discussions around how to ensure comprehensive consideration of the patient community during clinical trial development and evaluation.

AANHPI-HSIG Annual Conference

AANHPI-HSIG Annual Conference

Event Date: May 13, 2024       Virtual Event

Commemorating AANHPI May heritage month, “NIH Annual AA and NHPI Health Research Conferences” is to celebrate heritage, highlight achievements both in research and of AANHPI scientists, and discuss AANHPI health research needs with some of the world’s leading experts. The main theme of 2024 event is "Strengthening AA and NHPI Health Research and Wellbeing" to championing the White House first-ever National Strategy to Advance Equity, Justice and Opportunity for AA and NHPI populations with an inaugural NIH honorary talk, “U.S. Representative Judy Chu AA and NHPI Mental Health Lecture.”

Immuno-Oncology Translational Network (IOTN) Capstone Meeting

Immuno-Oncology Translational Network (IOTN) Capstone Meeting

Event Date: May 14, 2024       Hybrid Event

The Immuno-Oncology Translational Network (IOTN) Capstone meeting will highlight scientific accomplishments across the IOTN. This will be a hybrid meeting held May 14-15, 2024 with both virtual and in person (Masur Auditorium, Building 10, NIH Bethesda main campus).

COMETS Analytics Workshop

COMETS Analytics Workshop

Event Date: May 15, 2024       Virtual Event

This virtual workshop entitled “Metabolomic epidemiology on a global scale: accelerating discovery and enhancing rigor and reproducibility of single cohort and meta-analyses” will discuss exciting new developments within COMETS Analytics and review the capabilities and utility of the platform when applied to single cohort and meta-analysis investigations.

Think Tank on Advancing Gastric Cancer Prevention

Think Tank on Advancing Gastric Cancer Prevention

Event Date: May 17, 2024       NCI at Shady Grove

The aim of the Think Tank is to provide a forum for a multidisciplinary group of gastric cancer experts to review the state of the science and collaboratively identify critical knowledge gaps.

Co-clinical Imaging Research Resource Program (CIRP) Annual Meeting

Co-clinical Imaging Research Resource Program (CIRP) Annual Meeting

Event Date: May 20, 2024       Hybrid Event

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) will host the Co-Clinical Imaging Research Resource Program (CIRP) Annual Hybrid Meeting 2024. Join us on May 20 - 21, 2024 in-person at NCI Shady Grove Campus or virtually via WebEx to learn about how quantitative imaging methods are optimized to improve the quality of imaging results for co-clinical trials of adult and pediatric cancers and applications of co-clinical imaging to oncology precision medicine.

NCI Emerging Technologies Seminar Series

NCI Emerging Technologies Seminar Series

Event Date: May 21, 2024       Virtual Event

This seminar series will highlight novel technologies that could transform cancer research and clinical care. These virtual monthly seminars will each showcase an innovative technology from an NCI-supported investigator, including the challenges and opportunities of technology development and how the tools can be used to advance cancer research. The seminar occurs at the end of every month on a Tuesday at 2:00pm ET and is held through Zoom.

CCDI Webinar Series

CCDI Webinar Series

Event Date: May 21, 2024       Virtual

Throughout the year, CCDI will host open Community Forums, which highlight CCDI progress and what’s on the horizon for the initiative. These forums cover CCDI programs, such as the Rare Pediatric Cancer Initiative and the CCDI Participant Index.

Sex and Gender Differences in Cancer Workshop Series

Sex and Gender Differences in Cancer Workshop Series

Event Date: May 23, 2024       Virtual Event

This series of virtual workshops brings together those that are interested in sex and gender differences in cancer in the areas of basic biology, genomics, epigenetics, immunology, clinical/translational science, as well as population science. Goals of the series are to not only learn about the latest research findings but to also identify gaps in our knowledge, identify potential collaborative opportunities, and learn best practices for methodology and reporting.

NCI events

NCI Cancer Prevention Clinic Steering Committee Retreat

Event Date: May 24, 2024       In-person

The purpose of this retreat is to review the progress to date and discuss strategic goals, operations and funding opportunities.

Cancer AI Conversations

Cancer AI Conversations

Event Date: May 28, 2024       Virtual Event

“Cancer AI Conversations” are bimonthly, 1-hour virtual events featuring timely topics related to the application of artificial intelligence in cancer research. Each event features short talks from 2-4 subject matter experts offering diverse perspectives on the session topic. These talks will be followed by a moderated panel discussion.

DCP Early Career Scientist Spotlight Research Seminar Series

DCP Early Career Scientist Spotlight Research Seminar Series

Event Date: May 29, 2024       Virtual Event

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Division of Cancer Prevention (DCP) has created the DCP Early Career Scientist Spotlight Research Seminar Series to highlight nominated early career scientists who are advancing research within the areas supported by DCP. The overall goal of this ongoing seminar series is to increase visibility and provide recognition to these DCP Early Career Scientists.

June 2024

Annual Lung SPORE Workshop

Annual Lung SPORE Workshop

Event Date: June 12, 2024       In-person (New Haven, CT) and Virtual

The NCI Translational Research Program is delighted to announce the Annual Lung Cancer SPORE Workshop which will take place June 12-13, 2024 in New Haven, CT.  The Workshop will be hosted by the Yale SPORE in Lung Cancer led by Katerina Politi, PhD, and Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD. The workshop will recognize and celebrate the 20th anniversary of the discovery of EGFR mutations in lung cancer and how this has transformed the diagnosis and treatment of the disease. This hybrid meet encourages collaborations between clinical and scientific investigators and will continue the tradition of reporting on the latest developments in lung cancer translational research.

Delivery Interest Group Webinar Series

Targeted Delivery Interest Group Webinar Series

Event Date: June 21, 2024       Virtual Event

The Targeted Delivery Interest Group (TDIG) is a NIH multi-institutional team that champions targeted delivery of therapeutics to different organs for selective and effective treatments with reduced harmful effects.

Division of Cancer Biology R15 Investigators Workshop

Division of Cancer Biology R15 Investigators Workshop

Event Date: June 26, 2024       Virtual

The goal of the workshop is to provide a focused, unique, and interactive platform for DCB R15 investigators.

July 2024

DCCPS Fellows Symposium

DCCPS Fellows Symposium

Event Date: July 24, 2024       Hybrid Event

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) is hosting the 2024 DCCPS Fellows Symposium on July 24 and 25, from approximately noon until 5:00 p.m. each day at NCI Shady Grove with opportunities to attend virtually.

September 2024

Fall 2024 NCI Early Drug Development

Fall 2024 NCI Early Drug Development

Event Date: September 26, 2024       Hybrid - NCI Shady Grove Campus, Rockville, MD and Virtual

The NCI CTEP Early Drug Development Meeting is held annually to enhance communication between NCI and the network of ETCTN investigators that conduct CTEP-sponsored early phase clinical trials. The meeting is open to academic, government, and pharmaceutical clinical investigators and related health care personnel involved in CTEP funded oncology early drug development (e.g. nurses, statisticians, translational scientist, etc.) The focus of the meeting is on prioritizing investigational agent selection and targeting, novel trial designs, and development and implementation of translational studies, as well as on new therapeutic and imaging modalities. The data presented at the meeting is considered a private communication, and the information should not be disseminated for public use.

October 2024

Translational Advances in Cancer Prevention Agent Development Virtual Workshop on Immunomodulatory Agents

Translational Advances in Cancer Prevention Agent Development (TACPAD) – 3rd Biennial Virtual Meeting

Event Date: October 28, 2024       Virtual Event

The main goals of the meeting are to: 1) Foster the exchange of ideas and potentially new collaborative interactions among leading cancer prevention researchers from basic and clinical research, 2) Highlight new and emerging trends in immunoprevention and chemoprevention as well as new information from clinical trials, and 3) Inform the research community of the significant resources available from the NCI to promote prevention agent development and rapid translation to clinical trials and to engage cancer researchers with novel prevention concepts.