6:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Sign-In: Room: Truhlsen Events Center Foyer
619 S 42nd St, Omaha, NE 68198

Presentations: Truhlsen Events Center, Room: 1001 A

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Foundational Talks with Guest Presenters from University of Nebraska

7:00 p.m. – 7:05 p.m.

Welcome

• Joann Sweasy, PhD, Director, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
• Sudhir Srivastava, PhD, MPH, Program Director and Chief, Cancer Biomarkers Research Group, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute

7:05 p.m. – 7:20 p.m.

7:20 p.m. – 7:25 p.m. Q&A

Pancreatic Cancer

• 01: Michael (Tony) Hollingsworth, PhD, PCDC director: Hugh & Jane Hunt Chair in Cancer Research, UNMC Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, Associate Director for Basic Research, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

7:25 p.m. – 7:40 p.m.

7:40 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. Q&A

Prostate Cancer

• 02: Raymond C. Bergan, MD, Deputy Director, Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, Professor, UNMC Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, Professor, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine

7:45 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

8:00 p.m. – 8:05 p.m. Q&A

Colorectal Cancer

• 03: Maneesh Jain, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Medicine

Member, Fred & Pamella Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha

8:05 p.m. – 8:20 p.m.

8:20 p.m. – 8:25 p.m. Q&A

Lung Cancer

• 04: Apar Kishor Ganti, MD, Professor, UNMC Division of Oncology & Hematology, Associate Director for Clinical Research, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

8:25 p.m. – 8:40 p.m.

8:40 p.m. – 8:45 p.m. Q&A

Breast Cancer

• 05: Juan A. Santamaria, MD FACS FSSO, Associate Professor, UNMC Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Assistant Director for Clinical Integration, Community Outreach and Engagement Office, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, Co-Founder, Director, Breath Health Navigation Program, Surgical Oncologist, Nebraska Medicine

8:45 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Discussion/Networking

9:00 p.m.

Adjourn

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

Sign-in Room: Truhlsen Events Center Foyer
619 S 42nd St, Omaha, NE 68198

General Session: Truhlsen Events Center, Room 1001 A

8:00 a.m. – 8:05 a.m.

Opening of Steering Committee Meeting and Approval of 42nd EDRN Steering Committee Meeting Minutes

• Arul Chinnaiyan MD, University of Michigan
• Karen Anderson, MD, PhD, Arizona State University

8:05 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.

Welcome

• Surinder Batra, PhD, College of Medicine at UNMC
• Bradley Britigan, MD, Dean, College of Medicine at UNMC

8:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

8:30 a.m. – 8:40 a.m. Q&A

State of the EDRN

• 01: Sudhir Srivastava, PhD, MPH, Chief and Program Director, Cancer Biomarkers Research Group, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute

8:40 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. Q&A

Vision for Population Sciences and Cancer Prevention at the Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

• 02: Joann B. Sweasy, PhD, Director, University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

9:10 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.

Biomarker Developmental Laboratories

9:10 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.

9:25 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Q&A

Prostate

• 03: Arul Chinnaiyan MD, PhD, University of Michigan

9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

9:45 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. Q&A

Prostate

• 04: Paul Boutros, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

9:50 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.

10:05 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. Q&A

Prostate

• 05: Hui Zhang, PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

10:10 a.m. – 10:25 a.m.

10:25 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Q&A

Ovary

• 06: Abhijit Patel, MD, PhD, Yale School of Medicine

10:30 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.

Break

10:40 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.

10:55 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Q&A

Breast

• 07: Andy Hoofnagle, MD, PhD, University of Washington

11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

11:15 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. Q&A

Lung and Ovary

• 08: James Herman, MD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

11:20 a.m. – 11:35 a.m.

11:35 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. Q&A

Lung

• 09: James Jun-Chieh Tsay, MD, New York University Grossman School of Medicine

11:40 a.m. – 11:55 a.m.

11:55 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Q&A

Lung

• 10: Jasmine Zhou, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

12:00 p.m. – 12:15 p.m.

12:15p.m. – 12:20 p.m. Q&A

GI/Colon

• 11: William Grady, MD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

12:20 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

Lunch (On Your Own) (then 15 minute transition time to get to to the various collaborative group meetings')

12:20 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

Executive Committee Meeting (closed)
Room: Sorrell Room 4053
619 S 42nd St, Omaha, NE 68198

(then 15 minute transition time to get to to the various collaborative group meetings')

2:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.

Collaborative Group Meetings

• Breast and Gynecologic Cancers Gynecologic
  Room: College of Nursing Room 2020: 4111 Dewey Ave, Omaha, NE 68198
• Gastrointestinal and Associated Cancers
  Room: College of Nursing Room 2017: 4111 Dewey Ave, Omaha, NE 68198
• Lung and Upper Aerodigestive Cancers & Head and Neck: 4111 Dewey Ave, Omaha, NE 68198
  Room: Truhlsen Events Center Room 1001 A: 619 S 42nd St, Omaha, NE 68198
• Prostate and Urologic Cancers
  Room: College of Nursing Room 2018: 4111 Dewey Ave, Omaha, NE 68198

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Early Career Investigator Poster Session/Networking

Room: Truhlsen Events Center Foyer

8:00 p.m.

Adjourn for the Day

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

Sign-in: Room: Truhlsen Events Center Foyer
619 S 42nd St, Omaha, NE 68198

General Session: Truhlsen Events Center Room 1001 A

8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Early Onset Cancers

8:00 a.m. – 8:20 a.m.

Early Onset Breast Cancer

• 01: Karen Anderson, MD, PhD, Arizona State University

8:20 a.m. – 8:40 a.m.

Updates in Early Onset Colorectal Cancer

• 02: Aasma Shaukat, MD, MPH, New York University

8:40 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Overview of Increasing Prevalence

• 03: Ruth Etzioni, PhD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Q&A

9:30 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.

Break

9:40 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.

Making Clinical Biomarker Assays for the CLIA Certified Lab: A Practical Guide

9:40 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.

9:55 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Q&A

How to Setup a CLIA Certified Lab for Cancer Biomarker Testing

• 04: Andy Hoofnagle, MD, PhD University of Washington

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

10:15 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Q&A

Design and Development of Clinical Biomarker Tests for a CLIA Lab

• 05: Stefani Thomas, PhD, University of Minnesota

10:20 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.

10:35 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. Q&A

Use of RUOs on Clinical Platforms to Support Early Trials in Clinical Evidence Expansion

• 06: Gerard Davis, PhD, Abbott Laboratories

10:40 a.m. – 10:55 a.m

10:55 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Q&A

Case Study and Real-world Applications

• 07: Arul Chinnaiyan, MD, PhD, University of Michigan

11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

11:15 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. Q&A

FDA Clearance of AI Devices for Medical Images

• 08: Bill Lotter, PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Remote Presenter)

11:20 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.

Panel Discussion

Chair: Andy Hoofnagle, MD, PhD, University of Washington

11:40 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Discussion of the Cancer Biomarkers AI and Bioinformatics Workshop, August 13–15, 2024

• 09: Dan Crichton, MS, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

12:30 p.m. – 12:40 p.m.

Q & A

12:40 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Lunch (On Your Own)

2:00 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.

Collaborative Group Updates

2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

2:15 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. Q&A

Breast and Gynecological Cancers

• 10: Co-chair: Chris Li, MD, PhD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

2:20 p.m. – 2:35 p.m.

2:35 p.m. – 2:40 p.m. Q&A

Lung and Upper Aerodigestive Cancers

• 11: Co-chair: Marc Lenburg, PhD, Boston University

2:40 p.m. – 2:55 p.m.

2:55 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Q&A

Prostate and Urologic Cancers

• 12: Co-chair: Jeff Tosoian, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

3:15 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. Q&A

Gastrointestinal and Associated Cancers

• 13: Co-chair: Cecilia Yeung, MD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

3:20 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.

Update on EDRN Liver Clinical Utility Trial (TRACER)

• 14: Jorge Marrero, MD, MS, University of Pennsylvania Health System

3:50 p.m. – 4:20 p.m.

Break

4:20 p.m. – 5:20 p.m.

Round Table Discussions

Round Table 1: Spatiomics & Digital Pathology

Room: Sorrel Room 1005: 619 S 42nd St, Omaha, NE 68198

• Chair: Ludmil Alexandrov, PhD, University of California, San Diego
• Co-chair: Cecilia Yeung, MD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
• Long Cai, PhD, California Institute of Technology
• DMCC Statistician: Yingye Zheng, PhD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
• DMCC Staff: Jackie Dahlgren, BS, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
• Indu Kohaar, PhD, National Cancer Institute
• Sidney Fu, MD, National Cancer Institute

Round Table 2: Proteogenomics

Room: Sorrel Room 2014: 619 S 42nd St, Omaha, NE 68198

• Chair: Hui Zhang, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
• Co-chair: Mamie Lih, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
• Tao Liu, PhD, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
• DMCC Statistician: Ying Huang, PhD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
• DMCC Staff: Stephanie Page-Lester, BS, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
• Matt Young PhD, National Cancer Institute

Round Table 3: Virus Related Cancers

Room: Sorrel Room 2001: 619 S 42nd St, Omaha, NE 68198

• Chair: Erich Sturgis, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine
• Co-chair: Anna Giuliano, PhD, H. Lee Moffit Cancer Center
• DMCC Statistician: Yingqi Zhao, PhD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
• DMCC Staff: Suzanna Reid, PhD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
• Amanda Melillo, PhD, NIDCR
• Wendy Wang, PhD, National Cancer Institute

Round Table 4: Academic Industrial Partnerships

Room: Truhlsen Events Center Room 1001 A: 619 S 42nd St, Omaha, NE 68198

• Chair: Sam Hanash, MD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Co-chair: David Sidransky, MD, Johns Hopkins University
• Andrew Hoofnagle, MD, PhD, University of Washington
• Gerard Davis, PhD, Abbott Laboratories
• Mark Driscoll, PhD, Intus Biosciences
• DMCC Statistician: Ziding Feng, PhD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
• DMCC Staff: Kristin Rodgers, BA, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
• Sudhir Srivastava, PhD, MPH, National Cancer Institute

5:20 p.m. – 5:40 p.m.

Transition to Truhlsen Events Center, Room 1001 A for Summary of Round Table Discussions

5:40 p.m. – 6:40 p.m.

Summary of Round Table Discussions:

Room: Truhlsen Events Center, Room 1001 A: 619 S 42nd St, Omaha, NE 68198

Round Table 1: Spatiomics & Digital Pathology

• Chair: Ludmil Alexandrov, PhD, University of California, San Diego
• Co-chair: Cecilia Yeung, MD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
• NCI PD: Indu Kohaar, PhD, National Cancer Institute
• NCI PD: Sidney Fu, MD, National Cancer Institute

Round Table 2: Proteogenomics

• Chair: Hui Zhang, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
• Co-chair: Mamie Lih, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
• NCI PD: Matt Young, PhD, National Cancer Institute

Round Table 3: Virus Related Cancers

• Chair: Erich Sturgis, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine
• Co-chair: Anna Giuliano, PhD, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
• NIDCR PD: Amanda Melillo, PhD, NIDCR
• NCI PD: Wendy Wang, PhD, National Cancer Institute

Round Table 4: Academic Industrial Partnerships

• Chair: Sam Hanash, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Co-chair: David Sidransky, MD, Johns Hopkins University
• NCI PD: Richard Mazurchuk, PhD, National Cancer Institute
• NCI PD: Sudhir Srivastava, PhD, MPH, National Cancer Institute

6:40 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.

Closing Remarks

• Arul Chinnaiyan MD, University of Michigan
• Karen Anderson, MD, PhD, Arizona State University

6:45 p.m.

EDRN Steering Committee Meeting Adjourned