33rd Annual meeting
Abundant sunshine and warm temperatures made for a very enjoyable ASPO meeting held in Tampa, Florida, March 8-10, 2009. In addition to the previously publicized symposia, there were special presentations and a wonderful social mixer complete with steel drummers!
The Presidential Address was given by outgoing ASPO President James Marshall, PhD, of the Roswell Park Cancer Institute. His talk was titled, “Epidemiology: Keeping an Eye on the Ball”.
The Distinguished Achievement Award was presented to Mitchell H. Gail, MD, PhD, of the National Cancer Institute. His presentation was titled: “Risk Models and Breast Cancer Prevention”.
The Joseph W. Cullen Award was presented posthumously to Ronald Davis, MD, Director, Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and Immediate Past President of the American Medical Association.
Best Poster Award: Kara Leventhal, PhD, et al., Georgetown University, was the winner of the Best Poster Award for her poster titled “Predictors of Cancer Risk Assessment Accuracy in Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients”. Honorable Mention went to: Pascal Jean-Pierre, PhD, and Oxana Palesh, PhD, both of the University of Rochester. Titles of their Posters respectively were: Effect of Paxil on Memory Problems in 781 Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy: A URCC CCOP Study; and Depression, Fatigue and Diurnal Cortisol Rhythm among Cancer Patients, Caregivers and Older Adults .
Best student Poster Awards: 1) Hui Zhao, PhD, et al., UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, “Genetic polymorphisms of ADPRT, XRCC1, and APE1 and levels of in vitro BPDE–induced DNA adducts in healthy controls“; and 2) Michelle Janelsins, PhD, et al. , University of Rochester, "Tai Chi Chuan Alters Insulin and Related Molecules in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Pilot Study “.
Brian Sprague, PhD, University of Wisconsin – Madison, is the recipient of the Prevent Cancer Foundation Fellowship sponsored by ASPO and the Prevent Cancer Foundation and and funded by the Prevent Cancer Foundation. The title of his research is "“Modifiable risk factors for second breast cancer events after a diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCISl".
Educational Workshops were again offered at ASPO this year. They included:
1) Research Methodology for Cancer Prevention Intervention Studies, Instructor: Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH, and 2) Using Bioinformatics Tools to Interpret and design Molecular Epidemiology Studies , Instructor: David Fenstermarcher, PhD.
Heidi Sahel
ASPO National Office
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