NCI Events

ODS Webinar Series

Webinar sessions focus on data sharing and usage topics including data event outcomes, data sharing and management policies, data sharing guidance, and data sharing processes, tools and resources.

Throughout the year, ODS will host speakers from the cancer research community, which highlight data sharing and usage in the community. If you have topic ideas please contact us at NCIOfficeofDataSharing@mail.nih.gov.

Cancer AI Conversations

“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

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.

Science-Based Non-Academic Careers

As fellows and staff scientists at the National Cancer Institute, many of you will be exploring and choosing from various science-based career options in the future. The Office of Training and Education (OTE) in the Center for Cancer Training (CCT) is hosting weekly workshops to help participants learn about the various career opportunities that lie outside of independent academic research. Given these may include unfamiliar roles outside of traditional bench science, we have guest speakers from various science-based backgrounds to provide information and insight that will help inform decisions about potential future endeavors. For details about the course schedule, invited speakers, and program contacts, please visit the SNAC website.

NCI Workshop on Emerging Technologies in Cancer Epidemiology

The aim of this virtual workshop is to evaluate the current status of emerging molecular technologies/approaches/models and their feasibility for implementation in large-scale population studies. To enhance cancer risk assessment, early detection, and improving survival and quality of life, it is essential to adopt new technologies, models and approaches that are suitable for population studies.

Reversing Carcinogenesis for Cancer Prevention

A virtual workshop hosted by the National Cancer Institute’s Divisions of Cancer Prevention and Cancer Biology focused on advancing strategies to reverse carcinogenesis for cancer prevention. The event brings together experts to identify key challenges, explore research priorities, and develop strategic approaches, with discussions spanning biological mechanisms, the role of the microenvironment and microbiome, systems biology approaches, and emerging interventions and biomarkers.

Fibrosis at the Crossroads of Tissue Homeostasis and Cancer

The workshop will explore the underlying biology of cancer fibrosis, including mechanisms related to immunology, aging, metabolism, and ECM biology in health and disease. The cross-cutting sessions will discuss how fibrotic conditions can modulate cancer risk, alter tumor immunity and promote/block cancer progression, and how targeting fibrosis might be coupled to other approaches to enhance treatment responses.

NCI/NIBIB Synthetic Biology and Cancer Series: Progress and Promise

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) collaboratively launched the Synthetic Biology and Cancer Program in 2021. The goal of the program was to support synthetic biology approaches for cancer research that would expand technology development, promote transdisciplinary partnerships, spur new efforts to advance mechanistic understanding of cancer, and create new possibilities for cancer prevention and management. After five years of progress, the teams will share their discoveries with the broader research community. The Synthetic Biology and Cancer: Progress and Promise Webinar Series invites you to learn about the exciting technical advances in synthetic biology and how they have accelerated cancer research, and explore future directions. The series will occur monthly from June to November 2026.

NCCP DRIVE Results Webinar: Insights and lessons from the development of National Cancer Control Plans in low- and middle-income countries

The aim of this webinar is to share key findings from the National Cancer Control Plan Development Research Initiative (NCCP DRIVE) study and its associated publication, and to explore follow-up research questions relevant to cancer planners engaged in the development and implementation of National Cancer Control Plans (NCCPs). In 2023, International Cancer Control Partnership (ICCP) researchers sought to answer the fundamental question: What are all the components that cancer planners face in the NCCP development process? This inquiry led to the development of a qualitative study, NCCP DRIVE, which culminated in a peer-reviewed publication in the Journal of Cancer Policy in March 2026. During the webinar, cancer planners from four countries who participated in the study will reflect on the findings and share insights from their real-world cancer control planning experiences and expertise. Their perspectives will help contextualize the results and identify practical considerations for strengthening NCCP development and implementation.

Sleep and Cognition: Current State of Research and Future Directions

The workshop on Sleep and Cognition: Current State of Research and Future Directions is a two-day virtual event taking place June 25 - 26, 2026. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is convening a meeting to advance knowledge about the relationship between sleep and cognition. The meeting will provide a platform for knowledge dissemination and collaborative dialogue.

NIEHS/NCI Workshop on Advancing PFAS and Cancer

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and National Cancer Institute are hosting a hybrid in-person and virtual workshop to explore new research opportunities and approaches to address current gaps in knowledge around how PFAS impacts cancer risk and control. The workshop will focus on developing strategies for conducting studies of special populations, addressing measurement and exposure assessment issues, and enabling pooling of biomarker data.

Precision in Practice: A Functional Medicine Workshop

Be part of the conversation shaping the future of cancer care at Precision in Practice: A Functional Medicine Workshop on July 1 and 2, 2026! This hybrid event—offered both in person at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Shady Grove Campus in Rockville, MD, and online—will bring together leaders from academia, industry, government, and patient advocacy to explore the evolving landscape of functional precision medicine. This workshop is designed to spark collaboration and help move functional precision oncology more quickly from the lab into clinical practice. Attendees will learn about the current landscape of the field and define critical scientific questions that will shape progress over the next decade.

Trans-NIH Workshop on Micro[nano]plastic Measurement for Population Studies

The 2026 Trans‑NIH Workshop on Micro[nano]plastic Measurement for Population Studies is a two‑day, hybrid meeting taking place July 9- 10, 2026, that will bring together researchers and stakeholders to examine the current state of the science related to micro[nano]plastic (MNP) measurement techniques applicable to population science research, including epidemiologic studies. The workshop will provide a forum for scientific exchange focused on challenges, gaps, and future directions in measuring MNPs in human and environmental samples.

Summer Omics Nursing Institute

The Summer Omics Nursing Institute will equip nurses with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to develop robust programs of research in symptom science that incorporate molecular omics. Participants will expand their understanding of molecular omic concepts and methods for application in research, teaching, and clinical practice, and will gain the ability to apply these approaches in biobehavioral research. The program will also examine strategies and emerging trends in omic-based therapies and molecular therapeutics, while building critical skills to evaluate the strengths, limitations, and appropriate applications of omic testing, including potential sources of inaccuracy when used in symptom science.

CPTAC Scientific Symposium Public

The National Cancer Institute’s Office of Cancer Clinical Proteomics Research (OCCPR) and Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC) are pleased to announce the 2026 CPTAC Scientific Symposium. Join us on September 21, 2026 to learn about the most current advances in the field of cancer proteogenomics and cancer research by our CPTAC investigators. While this meeting is in-person for CPTAC consortium and NIH participants, only virtual option is available for public attendees.

Workshop on Understanding Plasticity and its Role Across the Cancer Continuum

The Workshop on Understanding Plasticity and its Role Across the Cancer Continuum” will be held in a hybrid format, with speakers participating in person and the public attending virtually.

2026 NCI Cohort Consortium Annual Meeting

The 2026 Annual Meeting of the NCI Cohort Consortium will be a hybrid event held on September 24 – 25, 2026. The meeting is sponsored by the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program) and the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), with a goal to bring together consortium researchers to discuss emerging science, scientific progress of consortium projects and groups, gaps, and opportunities for collaboration across studies, and ideas for new scientific projects in the consortium.

NCI Data Jamboree

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) invites you to participate in the 2026 NCI Data Jamboree: Enhancing Data Sharing and Utility to Advance Cancer Research on November 16-18 at the NIH Neuroscience Building in Rockville, Maryland. The overarching goal is to promote data sharing and use, facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations, and engage and expand the size and scientific diversity of the cancer research community.

DCEG/REB Radiation Epidemiology & Dosimetry Course

The Radiation Epidemiology and Dosimetry Course is conducted periodically by the Radiation Epidemiology Branch of the NCI Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG). This course is intended for people who are interested in learning about the health effects of radiation exposure (environmental, occupational, and medical)—particularly the relationship between ionizing radiation and cancer