About the Conference
The 2022 AICR Research Conference will be held as a hybrid event on October 31-November 2, 2022, with both a fully virtual option and an in-person program held at the Lansdowne Resort and Spa in Leesburg, VA.
Please note, all in-person attendees must be fully vaccinated according to CDC recommendations, as of October 2022. Further details on COVID safety procedures will be available closer to the conference date.
We are hosting our annual conference in a hybrid format, featuring both virtual and in-person components. In-person attendance will be very limited to facilitate adequate physical distancing of attendees- register today to reserve your spot!
This activity has been approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration for a total of 17.5 CPEU hours (14.5 CPEU lecture hours and 3 poster hours)
Poster abstract submission is now closed.
This three-day event will feature dynamic topics including:
- Trusted sources – Combating misinformation through effective evidence-based communication
- Enhancing cancer therapy through converging innovations in lifestyle and oncology research
- The role of lifestyle in the context of elevated genetic risk
- The research evidence to policy impact continuum – Developing and implementing cancer prevention, treatment and survivorship guidelines
…and much more!
A Look Back
2021 Conference Highlights
The rising tide of COVID-19 infections necessitated the cancellation of the in-person component of the 2021 AICR Research Conference but the meeting was seamlessly transitioned to a fully virtual experience. The same incredible speakers and program were delivered and with the added advantage that the content was recorded and can be revisited!
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Monday, October 31 | |
| 3:00 pm – 3:10 pm | Conference Opening and Welcome Lansdowne AB Deirdre McGinley-Gieser, Executive Director, American Institute for Cancer Research |
| 3:10 pm – 3:15 pm | Co-Chairs’ Welcome Neil Iyengar, MD and Karen Basen-Engquist, PhD, MPH |
| 3:15 pm – 5:30 pm | Opening Plenary Session Trusted Sources: Combatting Misinformation through Effective Evident-Based Communication |
| 3:15 pm – 4:00 pm | Keynote Address: Stemming a Rising Tide of Cancer Misinformation David Robert Grimes, PhD |
| 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm | Combatting Cancer Misinformation in a Complex Communication Ecosystem Sylvia Chou, PhD, MPH |
| 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm | One-to-One and One-to-Many: An Oncologist’s Role in Confronting Cancer Misinformation Dr. Robert Miller, MD, FACP, FASCO, FAMIA |
| 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm | Panel Discussion Joined by Elizabeth Platz, ScD, MPH (Virtual) |
| 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm | Poster Session and Reception Ballroom Foyer |
Tuesday, November 1 | |
| 7:00 am – 9:00 am | Breakfast Riverside Hearth |
| 7:30 am – 8:45 am | Breakfast Session 1 Beyond the Clinic—Cancer Control in the Community Lansdowne AB Chair: Karen Basen-Engquist, PhD, MPH |
| 7:30 am – 7:55 am | Active Living After Cancer, A Physical Activity Program for Cancer Survivors Partnering with Community OrganizationsKaren Basen-Engquist, PhD, MPH |
| 7:55 am – 8:10 am | Feasibility of Home-Based, Virtually Delivered, Group Exercise for Older Patients with Primary Liver Cancer (TELEX-Liver Cancer): Interim Analysis Samuel Orange, PhD |
| 8:10 am – 8:30 am | Designing a Multicomponent Physical Activity Intervention to Meet the Unique Needs of Rural Cancer Survivors Undergoing Radiation Therapy Scherezade Mama, DrPH |
| 8:30 am – 8:45 am | Discussion |
| 8:45 am – 9:00 am | Break: Riverside Hearth |
| 9:00 am – 12:00 pm | Plenary Session 2 Enhancing Cancer Therapy through Converging Innovations in Lifestyle and Oncology Research Lansdowne AB Co-Chairs: Neil Iyengar, MD and Richard Simpson, PhD, FACSM |
| 9:00 am – 9:40 am | Adaptive Randomization of Aerobic Exercise During Chemotherapy for Colon CancerJustin Brown, PhD |
| 9:40 am – 10:15 am | Heart Disease and Cancer: A Two-Way Relationship Graeme Koelwyn, PhD, MS |
| 10:15 am – 10:30 am | Break: Ballroom Foyer |
| 10:30 am – 11:05 am | Dietary Intervention to Improve Cancer Therapy Lewis Cantley, MD, PhD |
| 11:05 am – 11:40 am | Targeting the Microbiota-Immune Axis through Diet to Improve Cancer Immunotherapy Jessica Fessler, PhD |
| 11:40 am – 12:00 pm | Panel Discussion |
| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Lunch Riverside Hearth |
| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Lunch Presentation (optional) Replay of CUP Global Launch Webinar Lansdowne AB |
| 1:00 pm – 2:20 pm | Spotlight Session 1 Current Advances in Laboratory-Based Lifestyle-Related Cancer Research Lansdowne CD Chair: Gerardo Mackenzie, PhD |
| 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm | Liver Safety Profile of a Ketogenic Diet in Combination with Gemcitabine in Pancreatic Tumor-Bearing MiceGerardo Mackenzie, PhD |
| 1:30 pm – 1:50 pm | Fried Cured Bacon and Histaminergic Signaling: Novel Insights into the Impact of Diet on the Dormant Breast Cancer Microenvironment Adam Nelczyk, MS |
| 1:50 pm – 2:10 pm | Endocrine-Targeting Therapy Shifts the Breast Microbiome to Reduce Estrogen-Receptor-Α Breast Cancer Risk Alana Arnone, MS |
| 2:10 pm – 2:20 pm | Discussion |
| 1:00 pm – 2:20 pm | Spotlight Session 2 Current Advances in Lifestyle-Related Clinical and Epidemiological Cancer Research Lansdowne AB Chair: Cornelia Ulrich, PhD |
| 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm | Precision Exercise Intervention in Primary and Secondary Lung Cancer Patients Undergoing Surgery: Results from a Phase III PEP Study Trial Cornelia Ulrich, PhD |
| 1:30 pm – 1:50 pm | Biomarkers of Cellular Senescence and Inflammation Associated with Exercise Capacity Among Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer Chelsea Goodenough, PhD |
| 1:50 pm – 2:10 pm | Racial Disparity in Diet Related Perceptions and Behaviors Among Cancer Survivors Hemangi Mavadiya, RD |
| 2:10 pm – 2:20 pm | Discussion |
| 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm | Plenary Session 3 The Role of Lifestyle in Elevated Genetic Risk Lansdowne ABCo-Chairs: Kristy Brown, PhD and Carrie Daniel-MacDougall, PhD, MPH |
| 2:30 pm – 3:10 pm | Can the Inherited Susceptibility of Prostate Cancer Be Modified? (Virtual) Lorelei Mucci, ScD |
| 3:10 pm – 3:45 pm | Obesity in BRCA Mutation Carriers—Penetrating Insights from Mechanistic Studies Kristy A. Brown, PhD |
| 3:45 pm – 4:00 pm | Break: Ballroom Foyer |
| 4:00 pm – 4:35 pm | Exercise for Cancer Prevention in Lynch Syndrome Patients (Virtual) Eduardo Vilar-Sanchez, MD, PhD |
| 4:35 pm – 5:10 pm | Coffee Intake, Caffeine Metabolism Genotype, and Survival Among Men with Prostate Cancer Justin Gregg, MD |
| 5:10 pm – 5:30 pm | Panel Discussion |
| 5:30 pm – 6:00 pm | Break |
| 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm | Poster Session and Reception Ballroom Foyer |
Wednesday, November 2 | |
| 7:00 am – 9:00 am | Breakfast Riverside Hearth |
| 7:30 am – 8:45 am | Breakfast Session 2 The Role for Patient Advocates in Every Phase of Lifestyle-Related Cancer Research Lansdowne AB Chair: Gabe Canales |
| 7:50 am –8:10 am | The Evolving Role for Patient Advocates in Every Phase of Lifestyle-Related Cancer Research Dawn Mussallem, DO |
| 7:30 am – 7:50 am | Patient Advocates—Agents for Change in Cancer Care and Research Gabe Canales |
| 7:50 am –8:10 am | The Evolving Role for Patient Advocates in Every Phase of Lifestyle-Related Cancer Research Dawn Mussallem, DO |
| 8:10 am – 8:30 am | Implementation of Patient Involvement in Clinical Cancer Research: A Philanthropic Funders Approach Wendy K.D. Selig, MS |
| 8:30 am – 8:45 am | Discussion |
| 7:30 am – 8:45 am | Breakfast Session 3 Beyond the Western and Mediterranean Diets—Current Research Evidence and Priorities in Dietary Pattern Research Lansdowne CD Chair: Karen Collins, MS, RDN, CDN, FAND |
| 7:30 am – 7:45 am | Dietary Pattern Research and Recommendations—Evidence, Gap, and Communication Karen Collins, MS, RDN, CDN, FAND |
| 7:45 am – 8:10 am | Insulin-lowering Diets: Keto and Low-Carbohydrate Dietary Patterns (Virtual) Sherry Shen, MD |
| 8:10 am – 8:30 am | Plant-Based Dietary Patterns in Cancer Incidence and Mortality—Impact and Challenges Esther Farley, RN |
| 8:30 am – 8:45 am | Discussion |
| 8:45 am – 9:00 am | Break: Riverside Hearth |
| 9:00 am – 9:15 am | AICR Awards Lansdowne AB Deirdre McGinley-Gieser, Executive Director, American Institute for Cancer Research |
| 9:15 am – 11:45 am | Closing Plenary Session Developing and Implementing Cancer Prevention, Treatment and Survivorship Guidelines Lansdowne AB Co-Chairs: Justin Brown, PhD and Gabe Canales |
| 9:15 am – 9:50 am | The Role of Professional Societies in Reducing Cancer Risk Cliff Hudis, MD |
| 9:50 am – 10:25 am | Optimizing Cancer Survivorship Care Delivery: How Can We Do Better? Maryam Lustberg, MD, MPH |
| 10:25 am – 11:10 am | Harnessing Technology in Patient Centered Cancer Care Ann Partridge, MD, MPH |
| 11:10 am – 11:45 am | Panel Discussion |
| 11:45 am – 12:00 | Closing Remarks/Conference Closes |
The rising tide of COVID-19 infections necessitated the cancellation of the in-person component of the 2021 AICR Research Conference but the meeting was seamlessly transitioned to a fully virtual experience. The same incredible speakers and program were delivered and with the added advantage that the content was recorded and can be revisited!
Plenary sessions:
- Strength of Evidence—How do we assess it and when is it strong enough?
- Lifestyle Impact on Immunotherapy‚—Emerging roles of obesity, physical activity and diet on immunotherapy
- Cancers on the Rise—The impact of diet, nutrition and physical activity on the incidence of young onset colorectal cancer, liver cancer and childhood cancers
- What Can We Tell Our Patients?—Current knowledge, limitations and opportunities for reducing risk and improving outcomes through diet, nutrition and physical activity in cancer risk and survival
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2022 AICR Research Conference
Lansdowne Resort and Spa, Leesburg, Virginia
Sponsor the Event
The American Institute for Cancer Research supports the future of medicine with the help of passionate supporters, generous donors, and a remarkable community of civic minded business leaders. Join our work by serving as an event sponsor, and help us forge ahead in the fight for cancer prevention.
Please contact research@aicr.org if interested in learning more.
THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS OF THE AICR 2021 RESEARCH CONFERENCE
A Look Back
2019 Conference Highlights
The 2019 research conference took place from May 15–17 at The Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill, NC. The meeting consisted of ten scientific sessions, three pre-conference workshops and two poster receptions, all exploring the link between diet, obesity, physical activity and cancer.
