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Meeting Agenda

Meeting 2 - Tuesday, July 6, 2010 and Wednesday, July 7, 2010

AGENDA FOR OPEN SESSION 

Tuesday, July 6, 2010 (Garden Room) OPEN SESSION
2:00 p.m. Introductory Remarks

Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Ph.D.,Chair, Committee on Breast Cancer and the Environment: The Scientific Evidence, Research Methodology, and Future Directions

Introductions by committee members and meeting attendees
 

Opportunity for Sponsor Comment

Amelie Ramirez, Dr.P.H., Member, Susan G. Komen for the Cure Scientific Advisory Board, Director, Institute for Health Promotion Research University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
 2:15 p.m. Role of Animal Models in studying Environmental Factors for Breast Cancer
  Helmut Zarbl, Ph.D., Professor, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
   
  Questions and discussion with the committee
   
 3:00 p.m. Role of Stem Cells in Environmental Factors for Breast Cancer     
  Zena Werb, Ph.D., Professor of Anatomy, University of California-San Francisco
   

 Questions and discussion with the committee
3:45 p.m. Linking Prenatal and Neonatal Exposures to Breast Cancer Risks
  Dimitrios Trichopoulos, M.D., Professor of Cancer Prevention and Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health
   
  Questions and discussion with the committee
   
4:30 p.m.
                        		General discussion as needed
   
4:45 p.m.         Comments from Breast Cancer Research and Advocacy Organizations
   • What are their concerns and priorities regarding environmental risk factors for breast cancer?
   • What do they want to make sure the committee is aware of?
   • What do they hope the study will contribute?
  Organizations Planning to Present

American Cancer Society: Michael Thun, M.D.

  Breast Cancer Action: Kim Irish, J.D.

 Breast Cancer Fund: Nancy Buermeyer
  Zero Breast Cancer: Janice Barlow
   
5:25 p.m. 
ADJOURN OPEN SESSION

     
Wednesday, July 7, 2010

     

8:30a.m.             Introductory Remarks 
  Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Ph.D.,Chair, Committee on Breast Cancer and the Environment: The Scientific Evidence, Research Methodology, and Future Directions 
   
  Introductions by committee members and meeting attendees 
   
8:45a.m. Reaching Conclusions about Carcinogenicity 
8:45a.m. Weighing Evidence from NTP Bioassays

 John Bucher, Ph.D. Associate Director, National Toxicology Program

 Questions and Discussion




9:30a.m. Evaluation of Human and Experimental Evidence to Identify Cancer Hazard and Estimate Risk

 Kathryn Z. Guyton, Ph.D., D.A.B.T.,Toxicologist, National Center for Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, U.S. EPA.

 Questions and Discussion




10:15a.m. Identifying Breast Carcinogens at IARC

 Vincent James Cogliano, Ph.D., Head, IARC Monographs Program

 Questions and discussion




11:00a.m. How Toxicology Can Advance Breast Cancer Prevention by Informing Chemicals Policies and Epidemiologic Study Design

 Ruthann Rudel, M.S., Director of Research, Silent Spring Institute

 Questions and discussion






11:45 a.m. General discussion as needed


12:00p.m. Lunch


1:00–2:00 p.m. Introduction to Issues in Studying Breast Cancer and the Environment, Committee Presentations Continued
 
1:00p.m. An Epidemiologic Perspective on Environmental Risk Factors

 Peggy Reynolds, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, California Prevention of California






1:30 p.m. Breast Cancer and Environment Research Centers: Experience and Plans


 Robert Hiatt, M.D., Deputy Director, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center




2:00-3:00p.m. Initiatives on Breast Cancer and the Environment: Research Gaps and Policy Proposals
2:00 p.m. The California Breast Cancer Research Program’s Special Research Initiatives on Environment and Disparities

 Marion (Mhel) Kavanaugh-Lynch, M.D., M.P.H., Director, California Breast Cancer Research Program 




2:30 p.m.

 Breast Cancer and Chemicals Policy Project

 Sarah Janssen, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council 

 Megan Schwarzman, M.D., M.P.H., Research Scientist, Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry, School of Public Health, University of California-Berkeley 




3:00 p.m. Opportunity for Individual Public Comment

Nancy Bellen, Santa Rosa, California

 Marika Holmgren, Breast Cancer Survivor

Susan Braun, Commonweal


3:30 p.m. Adjourn Open Session






 

Thursday, July 8, 2010: CLOSED SESSION
                           

                                                                                                                                                         

                 
       
      

 

      


 

                

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