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Program: Friday, September 19

Thursday, Sept. 18 Saturday, Sept. 20 Sunday, Sept. 21

Friday, September 19

Friday, September 19

Breakfast and Networking Roundtables

8 – 9 a.m.

Plenary Session 1: Sustaining Cancer Research Advances: Navigating the Evolving Landscape

9 – 10:30 a.m. | CME-eligible

Session Chair: Robert A. Winn, VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center, Richmond, Virginia

Break

10:30 – 11 a.m.

Plenary Session 2: Obesity and Cancer

11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | CME-eligible

Session Chairs: Elizabeth Marjorie Cespedes Feliciano, Kaiser Permanente – Northern California, Oakland, California & Lauren E. McCullough, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia

Lunch on own

12:30-2:30 p.m.

Professional Advancement for Cancer Disparities Researchers 1

12:30-2:30 p.m.

Presented by Minorities in Cancer Research (Lunch will be provided)

CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1 AND 2

2:30-3:30 p.m. | CME-eligible

CONCURRENT SESSION 1: Biobanking Resources to Improve Cancer Research Outcomes for All

2:30 – 3:30 p.m. | CME-eligible

Session Chair: Jennifer B. Permuth, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida

Concurrent Session 2: Patient Engagement from Design to Dissemination

2:30 – 3:30 p.m. | CME-eligible

Session Chair: Lisa Goldman Rosas, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California

Break

3:30 – 3:45 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions 3 and 4

3:45 – 4:45 p.m. | CME-eligible

Concurrent Session 3: Breaking the Hispanic Monolith: Research Differences in Cancer Health Disparities by Community

3:45 – 4:45 p.m. | CME-eligible

Session Chair: Alejandro Recio-Boiles, University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, Arizona

Concurrent Session 4: Hematologic Malignancies

3:45 – 4:45 p.m. | CME-eligible

Session Chair: Michelle A. T. Hildebrandt, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

Break

4:45 – 5 p.m.

Lightning Lectures 1

5 – 5:30 p.m.

Poster Session B and Reception

5:30 – 7 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 18 Saturday, Sept. 20 Sunday, Sept. 21