2007 Howard Hopkins Joint Scientific Symposium

INNOVATIONS IN PROSTATE CANCER RESEARCH: 
GENETICS, EPIGENETICS, AND CANCER HEALTH DISPARITIES

OCTOBER 15, 2007

Location:
GRAND HYATT WASHINGTON HOTEL AT WASHINGTON CENTER, 1000 H STREET, N.W., WASHINGTON, DC

TENTATIVE PROGRAM

8:30 – 9:00 A.M. CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

9:00 – 9:10  OPENING REMARKS      
Lucile Adams-Campbell, Ph.D., SKCCC
William Nelson, M.D., Ph.D., SKCCC

9:10  OVERVIEW OF CURRENT ONGOING RESEARCH
(MODERATORS:  NELSON/ADAMS-CAMPBELL)

9:10 – 9:30  Prostate Cancer Genetics    
William B. Isaacs, Ph.D./Jun Luo, Ph.D. (SKCCC)

9:30 – 9:50  Epigenetics of Prostate Cancer
Srinivasan Yegnasubramanian, M.D., Ph.D.(SKCCC)

9:50 - 10:10   DNA Methylation and Prostate Cancer
Bernard Kwabi-Addo, Ph.D. (HUCC)

10:10 – 10:30  BREAK

10:30 – 10:50  Variations in Sex Steroid Hormones by Race, Ethnicity and Age 
Elizabeth A. Platz, Ph.D. (SKCCC) 
 
   
10:50 – 11:10  The Emerging Use of Phytochemicals in Prostate Cancer Research
Tamaro Hudson, Ph.D. (HUCC)

11:10 – 11:30 Novel Bifunctional Anti-androgens for Prostate Cancer    
Oladapo Bakare, Ph.D. (HUCC)
John T. Isaacs, Ph.D. (SKCCC)

11:30 – 11:50 Synthesis and MAPK Kinase Inhibitory Activities In Vitro and In Vivo in Human Prostate Tumor by Imido-Substituted 2-chloro-1, 4-naphthoquinones Robert L. Copeland, Jr., Ph.D. (HUCC)
Samuel R. Denmeade, M.D. (SKCCC)
 
11:50 – 1:00 P.M. LUNCH

1:00 – 2:00   KEYNOTE SPEAKER      
Mack Roach, III, M.D.
Professor, Radiation Oncology and Urology
Chair Radiation Oncology
University of California, San Francisco
ASTRO Outcomes
   
2:00 – 3:00  BREAKOUT SESSIONS (MODERATOR:  DONALD S. COFFEY, PH.D.)
Session 1:  Genetics, Epigenetics, and Genomics
(Session Leaders: HUCC/W. Isaacs)
Session 2:  Etiology, Prevention and Population Science
(Session Leaders: E. Platz/L. Adams-Campbell)

3:00 – 4:00  REPORT FROM BREAKOUT SESSION LEADERS

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