2023 Annual Meeting of the NCI Cohort Consortium

Wed, 10/11/2023 - 12:00 - Thu, 10/12/2023 - 12:00

October 11-12, 2023

NCI Campus and Virutally

The 2023 Annual Meeting of the NCI Cohort Consortium was held in-person at the NCI Shady Grove Campus and virtually on October 11 and 12, 2023. The meeting was 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.

The main meeting was organized into two half-days on October 11, 1:30 - 5:00 AM (ET) and October 12, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM (ET). See the meeting Agenda for more details. There will also be Project group meetings held in September and October before the main meeting.

Agenda

Download the Agenda here

Meeting location:
NCI Shady Grove Campus in Seminar Room 406/408/410 (in-person)
ZoomGov Meeting (virtually)

The following times are all listed in the Eastern Time Zone.

Day 1 - Wednesday, October 11th 1:30 pm – 5:00 pm

1:30 pm - 1:40 pm	Opening Remarks and Acknowledgements Watch this Session Dr. Kathy Helzlsouer, National Cancer Institute, NIH Dr. James V. Lacey, Jr., City of Hope
1:40 pm - 1:50 pm	Welcoming Remarks from NCI Recorded message from Dr. Katrina Goddard, Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute Dr. Stephen Chanock, Director, Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute
1:50 pm - 3:05 pm	Session I: Data Sharing
1:50 pm - 2:25 pm	Watch this Session Moderators: Drs. Kathy Helzlsouer and Katie O’Brien Data Sharing Policy Updates NIH Policy Updates Ms. Charlisse Caga-Anan, National Cancer Institute, NIH Dr. Sonia Rosenfield, National Cancer Institute, NIH Population Science Data Commons Dr. Pothur Srinivas, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute
2:25 pm - 2:40 pm	Q&A
2:40 pm - 3:00 pm	Virtual Pooled Registry: Supporting Cancer Registry Linkages and Secondary Data Sharing Ms. Castine Clerkin, North American Association of Central Cancer Registries
3:00 pm - 3:05 pm	Q&A
3:05 pm - 3:20 pm	Break
3:20 pm - 3:40 pm	Session II: Cohort Consortium Steering Committee updates
	Watch this Session AMC Update Dr. Melissa Merritt, The Daffodil Centre, The University of Sydney Chair Updates Dr. James V. Lacey, Jr., City of Hope
3:40 pm- 4:10 pm	Session III: Research Updates
3:40 pm - 3:50 pm	Watch this Session Moderators: Drs. Veronica Wendy Setiawan and Holly Harris Updates on the Connect for Cancer Prevention Cohort Study Dr. Mia Gaudet, Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute
3:50 pm - 3:55 pm	Q&A
3:55 pm - 4:05 pm	Measurement Issues in Sexual and Gender Minority Health Dr. Ashley Wilder Smith, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute
4:05 pm - 4:10 pm	Q&A
4:10 pm - 5:00 pm	Session IV: Cohort Consortium Lightning Talks – New Ideas for Collaborative Projects
	Watch this Session Moderator: Drs. Heather Eliassen and Jessica Gorzelitz A New Cohort Community Resource: The Viz of the Month Ms. Emma Spielfogel, City of Hope Cohort Affiliation: California Teachers Study Mental Health and Social Connection Among Older Lesbian and Bisexual Women Dr. Elena Martinez, University of California, San Diego Cohort Affiliation: California Teachers Study PROMISE: Proteins and Cancer Working Group Prof. Ruth Travis and Dr. Karl Smith-Byrne, University of Oxford Cohort Affiliation: EPIC

Day 2 - Thursday, October 12th 10:00am – 3:00pm

10:05 am - 11:10 am	Session V: Data Collection Methods
10:00 am - 10:05 am	Call to Order
10:05 am - 10: 50 am	Watch this Session Moderators: Drs. Caroline Um and Pietro Ferrari Variable Management for Intra- and Inter-Operability Dr. Nicole Gerlanc, Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute Data Systems for Within Study Interoperability Dr. Alpa Patel, Population Science, American Cancer Society Data Systems for Between Study Interoperability Dr. Montse Garcia-Closas, Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
10:50 am - 11:10 am	Q&A
11:10 am - 1:00 pm	In-person Poster Session (Box Lunch available for purchase)
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm	Session VI: Using Geospatial Data to Assess Environmental and Social Risk Factors for Cancer Across Cohorts: Opportunities and Pitfalls
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm	Watch this Session Moderators: Drs. Dale Sandler and Jessica Petrick Opportunities for Evaluating Environmental Exposures: An Analysis of Air Pollution and Breast Cancer Risk Across Five Large US Cohorts as an Example Dr. Alexandra White, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH Place, Race, and Racism: Opportunities for Examining Social Risk Factors Across US Cohorts Dr. Lauren McCullough, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University and American Cancer Society Practical Issues in Combining and Harmonizing Geospatial Data and Future Opportunities for Novel Research Areas Dr. Rena Jones, Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm	Q&A
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm	Session VII: Project Group Updates
	Watch this Session Moderator: Drs. James V. Lacey and Celina Valencia NSAIDs/Aspirin and Incidence of Biliary Tract Cancers in the Biliary Tract Cancer Pooling Project (BiTCaPP) Dr. Ilona Argirion, Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute & Georgetown University School of Health Diabetes and Cancer Initiative in the NCI Cohort Consortium: Update Dr. Marc Gunter, Imperial College London and International Agency for Research on Cancer
3:00 pm - 3:05 pm	Wrap Up Dr. James V. Lacey, Jr., City of Hope

Scientific Abstracts

Scientific abstracts related to scientific work done as part of consortium activities

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