Schedule at a Glance
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
Tuesday events take place at:
Georgia State University, Centennial Hall, 100 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30303
8:00
REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST
9:00
9:30
10:00
SESSION 4 : Breast Cancer-Related Disparities
Session Chair – Jamboor K. Vishwanatha, PhD
Keynote Talk: Otis Brawley, MD – Chief Medical & Scientific Officer, Executive VP of the American Cancer Society, Pertinent Questions Concerning the Disparities in Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Distinguished Talk: Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD – Morehouse School of Medicine, USA, Addressing Health Disparities in the 21st Century: The Challenge to Achieving Health Equity
Julie Palmer, ScD – Boston University, USA, Contribution of Modifiable Risk Factors to Racial Disparities in TNBC
10:30
COFFEE
11:00
11:30
12:00
SESSION 5 : Precision Medicine, Treatment Strategies & Immunotherapy
Session Chair – Mylin A. Torres, MD
Rita Nanda, MD – University of Chicago, USA, Immunotherapy for Triple Negative Breast Cancer: Rationale, Results, and Ongoing Trials
Periasamy Selvaraj, PhD – Emory University, USA, Designing Vaccine Immunotherapy for Heterogeneous Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Hannah Wen MD, PhD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA, TNBC: Histologic Subtypes and Genetic Alterations
12:30
LUNCH
1:45
2:15
2:45
SESSION 6 : Epidemiology, Community- & Practice-Based Studies
Session Chair – Timothy L. Lash, DSc, MPH
Christine Ambrosone, PhD – Roswell Park Cancer Institute, USA, Following Molecular Pathways to Understand Risk Factors for ER- and Triple Negative Breast Cancer in African-American Women
Ann M. Geiger, PhD, MPH – National Cancer Institute, USA, Healthcare Access and Delivery Issues as Contributors to TNBC Disparities
Theresa Gillespie, PhD, MA, BSN – Emory University, USA, Myths and Misperceptions in Breast Cancer Disparities
3:15
CONCLUDING REMARKS & ANNOUNCEMENT OF POSTER WINNERS
4:00
4:10
ICART Vision and Mission*
Emad Rakha, MD, PhD, FRCPath and Ritu Aneja, PhD
ICART Brainstorming Session on Current Provocative Questions Related to TNBC*
Moderated by Emad Rakha, MD, PhD, FRCPath, Emiel A. Janssen, PhD, and Ritu Aneja, PhD
6:00
DINNER FOR ICART MEMBERS*
*Attendance by invitation only
Wednesday, September 20
Wednesday will include a half-day of collaboration, networking, and events open to active ICART member researchers who have contributed resources, samples, and/or datasets. Additional details are forthcoming.