The 2009 Research Conference

Below are the list of presentations who were at the conference. Links go to pdf files of the presentation slides.

November 5, 2009

Opening Plenary Session

Intervention Trials to Establish Diet and Cancer Relationships: What We Have Learned and Future Opportunities

Chair and Speaker: Steven K. Clinton, MD, PhD
The Ohio State University

• Colon cancer prevention intervention studies: Trials, tribulations and triumphs
  David S. Alberts, MD
  Arizona Cancer Center
• Prostate cancer intervention studies
  Steven K. Clinton, MD, PhD
• WHI and other breast cancer intervention trials
  Ross Prentice, PhD
• NCI perspectives regarding current and future prospective dietary intervention studies
  Peter Greenwald, MD, DrPH
  Division of Cancer Prevention, NCI
• Critical considerations in designing and interpreting intervention trials
  Susan Mayne, PhD
  Yale University

Afternoon Split Sessions

A: Phytochemicals in Herbs, Spices and Fruits: Role in Cancer Prevention and Treatment (no pdf)
Chair: Judith K. Christman, PhD
University of Nebraska

• Identifying bioactivity in herbs and spices
  John M. Pezzuto, PhD
  University of Hawaii
• Targeting inflammatory pathways for prevention and treatment of cancer
  Bharat B. Aggarwal, PhD
  MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Ginseng and colorectal cancer
  Chun-Su Yuan, MD, PhD
  University of Chicago
• Apples, apple juice and cancer prevention
  Clarissa Gerhäuser, PhD
  German Cancer Research Center
• Phytochemicals and cancer prevention: Bringing it all together
  Part 1
  Part 2
  Young-Joon Surh, PhD
  Seoul National University

B: Nutrition, Health Behaviors, and Cancer Survivorship: Evidence Base (no pdf)
Chair: Johanna T. Dwyer, DSc, RD
Office of Dietary Supplements, NIH

• Survivorship 101: Personal perspectives (no pdf)
  Diana Dyer, MS, RD
• What are survivors doing about their health?
  Melinda L. Irwin, PhD
  Yale University
• Lifestyle behaviors after cancer: what role in survivors’ health
  Julia H. Rowland, PhD
  Office of Cancer Survivorship, NCI
• Physical activity interventions for cancer patients and survivors (no pdf)
  Bernadine M. Pinto, PhD

November 6, 2009

Morning Split Sessions

C: Bioenergetics: Regulatory Sites and Implications (no pdf)
Co-Chairs: John A. Milner, PhD
Division of Cancer Prevention, NCI
Remarks
Linda Nebeling, PhD, RD
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, NCI

• Nrf2 mediates cancer protection
  Rafael de Cabo, PhD
  National Institute on Aging, NIH
• Dietary habits, AMPK and mTOR and cancer prevention (no pdf)
  Stephen D. Hursting, PhD
  University of Texas at Austin
• Autophagy, diet and cancer
  Keith W. Singletary, PhD
  University of Illinois
• Mitochondrial energetics as a promising target for cancer: dietary implications
  Peter L. Pedersen, PhD
  Johns Hopkins University
• Fatless mice and cancer risk
  Charles R. Vinson, PhD
  Center for Cancer Research, NCI

D: From Policy to Action in Cancer Prevention (no pdf)
Chair: June Stevens, PhD
University of North Carolina

• How do we rethink nutrition policy to prevent cancer?
  Shiriki K. Kumanyika, PhD, RD
  University of Pennsylvania
• Targeting upstream: cancer prevention innovations for health professionals and policy makers
  James W. Dearing, PhD
  Kaiser Permanente Colorado
• Tailoring and targeting messages to better reach the public
  Marci Kramish Campbell, PhD, RD
  University of North Carolina
• Role of new technologies in the collection of data for tailored messaging
  Kevin Patrick, MD, MS
  University of California, San Diego
• Modifying the food environment: What is it we want to change? (no pdf)
  Barbara J. Rolls, PhD
  Pennsylvania State University

Closing Plenary Session

Physical Activity in Cancer Prevention and Control (no pdf)
Chair and Speaker: Henry J. Thompson, PhD
Colorado State University

• Overview of the epidemiological evidence on physical activity and cancer
  Tim Byers, MD, MPH
  University of Colorado at Denver
• Insights from investigations using preclinical models
  Henry J. Thompson, PhD
• Lessons learned from physical activity (exercise) interventions
  Anne McTiernan, MD, PhD
• Strategies that can be used to promote physical activity
  Kathryn H. Schmitz, PhD
  University of Pennsylvania
• Tackling the physical inactivity problem via community programs and beyond?
  James O. Hill, PhD
  University of Colorado at Denver,
  Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Email: researchconference@aicr.org