Part 2: Research Workforce

Date: September 13, 2024
Time: 11:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. EDT
Meeting Link: https://nci.rev.vbrick.com/#/webcasts/presidentscancerpanel-meet2


Agenda

11:00–11:45

WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS

11:45–11:55

CREATIVE PARTNERSHIPS/DIVERSITY IN CLINICAL TRIALS AWARDS PROGRAM
Springboard Presenter: Robert Winn, VCU Massey Cancer Center Director

11:55-12:45

ENTRY TO THE RESEARCH WORKFORCE & CAREER ADVANCEMENTS
Springboard Presenter: Nathan Vanderford, University of Kentucky Medical School

12:45–1:10

BREAK

1:10–2:00

SUPPORTING RESEARCH TRAINING
Springboard Presenter: Oliver Bogler, National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Training CCT

2:00–2:50

PERSPECTIVES FOR THE RESEARCH WORKFORCE IN NON-ACADEMIC SETTINGS
Springboard Presenter: Johanna Bendell, Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, Genentech

2:50–3:15

BREAK

3:15–4:05

COLLABORATIVE CROSS-SECTOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVING ONCOLOGY RESEARCH TRAINING

4:05–4:15

PUBLIC COMMENTS

4:15–4:30

MEETING CLOSE


Participants

Chair

Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, FAACR, FACP, FAAAS, FAIO
President’s Cancer Panel Chair
Deputy Director, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Co-Director, Gastrointestinal Cancers Program
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Members

Mitchel S. Berger, MD, FACS, FAANS
President’s Cancer Panel Member
Director, Brain Tumor Research Center
School of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Carol L. Brown, MD, FACS
President’s Cancer Panel Member
Senior Vice President
Chief Health Equity Officer
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY

Executive Secretary

Samantha L. Finstad, PhD
Program Director
Center for Strategic Scientific Initiatives
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, MD

Participants

Johanna Bendell, MD
Global Head, Pharma Research and Early Development Oncology
Roche
Basel, Switzerland

Oliver Bogler, PhD
Director, Center for Cancer Training
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, MD

Callisia Clarke, MD, MS, FACS
Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology
Associate Professor of Surgery
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI

Behrous Davani, PhD
Branch Director, Diversity Training and Biomedical Workforce
Center for Cancer Health Equity, National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, MD

Julie Louise Gerberding, MD, MPH
President and Chief Executive Officer
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health
North Bethesda, MD

Jennifer M. Gillette, PhD
Regents’ Lecturer
Peter A. Winograd Professor & Senior Director for Research
Department of Pathology
Associate Director, Cancer Research Training and Education
Director, University of New Mexico Cancer-PREP
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center
Director, Undergraduate Pipeline Network
School of Medicine Research Education Office
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Albuquerque, NM

Steve Grambow, PhD
Director, Duke Clinical Research Training Program
Co-Director, Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute Workforce Development Pillar
Associate Chair of Education and Associate Professor
Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC

Bianca Islam, MD, PhD, MSc
National Institute of Health T32 Research Fellow
Case Western Reserve University
Harrington Physician Scientist Program
Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology & Liver Disease Department of Medicine
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Cleveland, OH

Heather H. Pierce, JD, MPH
Senior Director for Science Policy
Regulatory Counsel
Association of American Medical Colleges
Washington, DC

Brian M. Rivers, PhD, MPH
Director, Cancer Health Equity Institute
Professor, Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA

Gadi Saarony, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
Advarra
Newton Centre, MA

Joel Schildbach, PhD
Program Director, Division of Graduate Education
National Science Foundation
Professor of Biology
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Carolyn Seyss, PharmD, RUCIF
Fellowship Director and RPIF Alumna
Institute for Pharmaceutical Industry
Fellowships
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Piscataway, NJ

Mariana Stern, PhD
Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences & Urology
Ira Goodman Chair in Cancer Research
Associate Director of Population Sciences, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Program Director, Master’s Degree Programs in Epidemiology
Program Director, CaRE2 Health Equity Center
Los Angeles, CA

Nathan L. Vanderford, PhD, MBA
Associate Professor, Department of Toxicology and Cancer Biology
Director, Appalachian Career Training in Oncology Program
Director of Administration, Center for Cancer and Metabolism
Assistant Director of Pathway Programs and Student Success, Markey Cancer Center
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Lexington, KY

Eric Winer, MD, FASCO
Alfred Gilman Professor of Pharmacology
Professor of Medicine
Director, Yale Cancer Center
President and Physician-in Chief, Smilow Cancer Hospital
Deputy Dean for Cancer Research, Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Robert A. Winn, MD
Director and Lipman Chair in Oncology 
VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center 
Senior Associate Dean for Cancer Innovation and Professor of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
VCU School of Medicine
Richmond, VA

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