Annual Meeting of the NCI Cohort Consortium (Agenda)

Agenda 

The 2025 Annual Meeting of the NCI Cohort Consortium has been canceled.

Please continue to check the NCI Cohort Consortium events page for the latest information and announcements. Thank you for your understanding and patience.

 

The Annual Meeting is organized into two days on November 6 (full day) and November 7 (half day). Please note: This is a draft agenda. Times and session details are not finalized and subject to change. 

NCI Shady Grove Campus
9609 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850
Seminar Room: 406/408/410 (Lower TE Level, East Wing)

All times are listed in Eastern Time (ET)

Day 1 | THURSday, NOVEMBER 6, 2025
 
8:30 amArrival to NCI - Security and Registration check-in
9:00 - 9:20 am
 

Opening Remarks, Introduction, and Acknowledgements

  • Pothur Srinivas, MPH, PhD, National Cancer Institute
  • Yu Chen, MPH, PhD, NYU Langone

Welcoming Remarks from NCI 

  • Katrina Goddard, PhD, National Cancer Institute
    Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
  • Peter Kraft, PhD, National Cancer Institute
    Director, Trans-Divisional Research Program (TDRP)
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics
9:20 - 10:20 am
 

Session I: Population Science Data Resources

Moderator: Yu Chen, MPH, PhD, NYU Langone

Speakers:

  • Heather Creasy, MS, Cancer Research Data Commons, National Cancer Institute
  • Nicole Gerlanc, PhD, Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute
  • Vaclav Papez, PhD, University College London
  • Montserrat García-Closas, MPH, MD, DrPH, Institute of Cancer Research
10:20 - 10:40 am
 

Session II: Cohort Consortium Steering Committee Updates

Moderator: Mia Gaudet, PhD, National Cancer Institute

Speakers:

  • Caroline Um, RD, PhD, American Cancer Society
  • Wei Zheng, MPH, MD, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Yu Chen, MPH, PhD, NYU Langone
10:40 - 10:50 am
 
Break
10:50 - 11:50 am
 

Session III: New Cohort Introductions: Goals, Progress, and Challenges

Moderators: 

  • Jessica Petrick, MPH, PhD, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Alpa Patel, PhD, American Cancer Society

Speakers:

  • Ping-Ching Hsu, PhD, Arkansas Rural Community Health
  • Mia Gaudet, PhD, National Cancer Institute
  • Jiyoung Ahn, PhD, NYU Langone
  • Somdat Mahabir, MPH, PhD, National Cancer Institute
11:50 am - 12:40 pm
 

Session IV: Lightning Talks

12:40 - 2:10 pm
 

Poster Session / Open Networking Session 

Lunch (on your own)

2:10 - 3:40 pm
 

Session V: Special Session on Novel Exposure Assessment

Moderators: 

  • Kimberly Bertrand, ScD, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Mandy Goldberg, PhD, Rutgers School of Public Health

Speakers:

  • Douglas Walker, PhD, Emory University
  • Melissa Friesen, PhD, National Cancer Institute
  • Peter James, MHS, ScD, University of California Davis School of Medicine
3:40 - 3:50 pmBreak
3:50 - 4:30 pm
 

Session VI: Project Group Updates

Moderator: Wei Zheng, MPH, PhD, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Speakers:

  • Jill Koshiol, PhD, National Cancer Institute
  • Rachael Stolzenberg-Solomon, MPH, RD, PhD, National Cancer Institute
  • Stephanie Smith Warner, PhD, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
4:30 - 5:45 pm

Session VII: Roundtable Discussion

Facilitators:

  • Jiyoung Ahn, PhD, NYU Langone
  • Kimberly Bertrand, ScD, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Yu Chen, MPH, PhD, NYU Langone
  • Mia Gaudet, PhD, National Cancer Institute
  • Cathrine Hoyo, PhD, North Carolina State University
  • Ping-Ching Hsu, PhD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  • Heather Nelson, PhD, University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center
  • Jessica Petrick, MPH, PhD, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Jen Poynter, MPH, PhD, University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center
  • Joellen Schildkraut, MPH, PhD, Emory Winship Cancer Institute
  • Wei Zheng, MPH, PhD, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
5:45 - 5:50 pm

Wrap Up and Logistics for Day 2

  • Sonia Rosenfield, PhD, National Cancer Institute
6:30 - 8:00 pm

Evening Social Mixer (optional to attend)

Reception for all Members and Attendees of the Cohort Consortium

Day 2 | FRIday, NOVEMBER 7, 2025
 
8:30 amArrival to NCI - Security and Registration check-in
9:00 - 9:15 am
 

Welcome Remarks

  • Sonia Rosenfield, PhD, National Cancer Institute
9:15 - 10:50 am
 

Session VIII: Special Sessions on Medical Records Data Use in Cohort Research 

Moderators:

  • Mia Gaudet, PhD, National Cancer Institute
  • Pietro Ferrari, PhD, International Agency for Research on Cancer 

Speakers:

  • John Giannini, PhD, All of Us Research Program, National Institutes of Health
  • Matthew Spotnitz, MPH, MD, National Institutes of Health
  • Martin Lajous, MD, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  • Garnet Anderson, PhD, Women's Health Initiative
10:50 - 11:00 am
 
Break
11:00 - 11:55 am
 

Session IX: Special Session on Artificial Intelligence Tools and New Technologies 

Moderators: 

  • Jessica Madrigal, PhD, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
  • Janet Olson, MPH, PhD, National Cancer Institute

Speakers:

  • Elena Myasoedova, MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
  • Shant Ayanian, MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
  • Chris Sander, PhD, Harvard Medical School
  • Daniel Adams, MsC, MD, Institute of Cancer Research
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
 

Closing Remarks and Wrap Up

  • Yu Chen, MPH, PhD, NYU Langone