DCTD Programs
FOLLOW DCTDLast Updated: 04/04/2018
2018 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting
Schedule of DCTD Presentations
Several members of DCTD’s staff will present information at the AACR Annual Meeting 
in Chicago, IL, April 14-18, 2018.
Oral Presentations
| Time | Title | Presenter | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, April 15 | |||
| 1:45 PM – 3:15 PM | Helping Extramural Innovators Advance New Therapies into the Clinic: NCI Developmental Therapeutics Program
|
Jerry Collins, PhD Rosemarie Aurigemma, PhD Paul Grothaus, PhD Suzanne Forry, PhD Connie Sommers, PhD Developmental Therapeutics Program |
Room W192 |
| 3:20 PM – 3:35 PM | The National Cancer Institute's patient-derived models repository (PDMR)
|
Yvonne Evrard, PhD Developmental Therapeutics Program |
Room S405 |
| Monday, April 16 | |||
| 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM | NCI Cancer Diagnosis Program Initiatives and Resources
|
Aniruddha Ganguly, PhD Lyndsay Harris, MD Mickey Williams, PhD Cancer Diagnosis Program |
Room W192 |
| 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Real World Evidence in Oncology and its Implications
|
Elad Sharon, MD, MPH Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program |
Room S401bcd |
| Tuesday, April 17 | |||
| 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Funding Opportunities for Cancer Research at Multiple NIH Institutes and Centers
|
Julia Arnold, PhD, Translational Research Program Sundar Venkatachalam, PhD, Developmental Therapeutics Program |
Room W192 |
| 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM | Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property: Career Opportunities for Scientists
|
Jason Cristofaro, PhD, JD Office of the Director |
Room W192 |
| 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Pediatric Cancer Working Group Scientific Session: Presentations from the NCI Pediatric Preclinical Testing Consortium and the ITCC Pediatric Preclinical Proof-of-Concept Program
|
Malcolm A. Smith, MD, PhD Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program |
Room S404 |
Poster Presentations
Meet-the-Expert Presentations — NCI Exhibit Booth # 1400
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday, April 15 | ||
| 3:00 – 3:30 PM | Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPOREs): Translation Without Hesitation | Peter Ujhazy, MD, PhD Translational Research Program |
| 3:30 – 4:00 PM | NCI’s National Clinical Trials Network Navigator: A Clinical Trials Specimen Resource | Grace Mishkin, MPH Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program |
| Monday, April 16 | ||
| 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | What’s New with the NCI-Pediatric MATCH Trial in 2018? | Nita Seibel, MD Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program |
| 1:30 – 2:00 PM | NCI’s Experimental Therapeutics Clinical Trials Network | Jeffrey Moscow, MD Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program |
| 2:00 – 2:30 PM | The NCI Formulary: A Cancer Moonshot Initiative | Jason Cristofaro, PhD, JD Office of the Director |
| Tuesday, April 17 | ||
| 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Screening Single Agents and Combinations in Complex Spheroids | Beverly Teicher, PhD Developmental Therapeutics Program |
| 1:30 – 2:00 PM | NCI’s Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine Programs and Activities | Libin Jia, MD Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine |
| 2:00 – 2:30 PM | NCI Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program | Katherine Ferry-Galow, PhD Developmental Therapeutics Program |
| 2:30 – 3:00 PM | Cancer Biomarker Assay Development & Funding Opportunities: A Cancer Diagnosis Program Initiative | Aniruddha Ganguly, PhD Cancer Diagnosis Program |
| 3:30 – 4:00 PM | Cancer Immunotherapy Biomarker Network (CIMACs and CIDC) | Magdalena Thurin, PhD Cancer Diagnosis Program Helen Chen, MD Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program |
DCTD Staff Kiosk Schedule — Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis — NCI Exhibit Booth #1400
| Time | DCTD Staff |
|---|---|
| Sunday, April 15 | |
| 1:00 – 3:00 PM | Aniruddha Ganguly, PhD Cancer Diagnosis Program |
| 3:00 – 5:00 PM | Julia Arnold, PhD Peter Ujhazy, MD, PhD Translational Research Program |
| Monday, April 16 | |
| 9:00 – 11:00 AM | Nina Lukinova, PhD Cancer Diagnosis Program |
| 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM | Libin Jia, MD Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine |
| 1:00 – 3:00 PM | Darrell Tata, PhD Cancer Imaging Program |
| 3:00 – 5:00 PM | Steve Nothwehr, PhD Translational Research Program |
| Tuesday, April 17 | |
| 9:00 – 11:00 AM | Beverly Teicher, PhD Developmental Therapeutics Program |
| 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM | Igor Kuzmin, PhD Translational Research Program |
| 1:00 – 3:00 PM | Magdalena Thurin, PhD Cancer Diagnosis Program |
| 3:00 – 5:00 PM | Suzanne Forry, PhD Developmental Therapeutics Program |
| Wednesday, April 18 | |
| 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Aniruddha Ganguly, PhD Cancer Diagnosis Program |