NCI Staff Scientist and Staff Clinicians Professional Development Day (Agenda)

9:30 am

Registration and Set Up

Welcome Address
Bala Kuppusamy, PhD

9:45 am

Opening Remarks

Glenn Merlino, PhD
Scientific Director (Basic Research), Center for Cancer Research, NCI
Moderator: Sukhbir Kaur, PhD

9:50 am-10:10 am

Murali Palangat, PhD
SSSC Career Enrichment Program (SCEP) Presentation, Q&A
Moderator: Acong Yang, PhD

10:10 am-10:30 am

Alex Emmons, PhD
Bioinformatics Training & Education Program (BTEP) Presentation, Q&A
Moderator: Nicolas Cuburu, PhD

10:30 am-11:30 am

Scott Morgan, PhD
"Mentoring: Known & Unknown”
Moderator; Sabina Kaczanowska, PhD

11:30 am-11:45 am

Mariam  Malik, PhD
SSSC Technical Enrichment Program (STEP) Presentation, Q&A
Moderator: Sudheer Gara, PhD

11:45 am-12:00 pm

David Davis, PhD
SSSC Handbook introduction

12:00 noon-1:00 pm

Lunch & Networking

1:00 pm-1:30 pm

2:00 pm-3:00 pm

Elevator Pitch
(One-minute presentation by SSSCs)
Moderator: David

3:00 pm

Closing Remarks
Stephen Chanock, MD
Director, Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, NCI
Moderator: Bala Kuppusamy, PhD