CRCH Seminars: 2007 Schedule

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Cancer Research Center of Hawaii

2007 Seminars
All Seminars are held at the 1236 Lauhala Street (Room 401) facility, unless indicated otherwise.

January 2007
Thursday
January 4
12:00 PM
"Phytoestrogens and Progression of Atherosclerosis Trial I"
Howard N. Hodis, M.D.
Harry J. Bauer and Dorothy Bauer Rawlins Professor of Cardiology
Professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine
Professor of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology
Director, Atherosclerosis Research Unit
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California

Monday
January 8
12:00 PM
"'Closing the Gap' on Understanding Connexin-Linked Diseases"
Dale W. Laird, Ph.D.
Professor
Canada Research Chair in Gap Junctions and Disease
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
University of Western Ontario
John A. Burns School of Medicine
Medical Education Building
651 Ilalo Street
Room 315 (Auditorium)

Tuesday
January 9
12:00 PM
"The Cell Biology of Connexins in Living Color"
Dale W. Laird, Ph.D.
Professor
Canada Research Chair in Gap Junctions and Disease
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
University of Western Ontario
John A. Burns School of Medicine
Medical Education Building
651 Ilalo Street
Conference Room 222N

Thursday
January 11
12:00 PM
Cancelled
"Research on Use of Dietary Supplements in Hawaii"
Suzanne Murphy, Ph.D., R.D.
Researcher
Cancer Epidemiology Program
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
Room 401

February 2007
Wednesday
February 14
12:00 PM
"Markers of Susceptibility in Fiber-Induced Thoracic Carcinogenesis"
Maria E. Ramos-Nino, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
University of Vermont
Room 401

Thursday
February 15
12:00 PM
"A Mouse Model Recapitulating Molecular Genetic and Signaling Perturbations of Human Malignant Mesothelioma"
Joseph R. Testa, Ph.D.
Director, Human Genetics Program
Carol & Ken Weg Chair in Genetics
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Room 401

Friday
February 16
8:00 AM
SYMPOSIUM
"Interactions Among Infectious Agents, Environmental Carcinogens,& Genetics in Human Cancer Development"
(Various speakers)
John A. Burns School of Medicine
Medical Education Building
651 Ilalo Street
Room 315 (Auditorium)

March 2007
Thursday
March 8
12:00 PM
"Regulation of N-myc expression in neuroblastoma"
Randal Wada, M.D.
Natural Products and Cancer Biology
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii

Monday
March 12
12:00 PM
"Melanoma Therapy: Lessons Learned from an Autoimmune Disease"
I. Caroline Le Poole, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pathology
Loyola University Medical Center
Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center
Room 401

Thursday
March 22
12:00 PM
" Impact of a Media Campaign on Public Perceptions about Tobacco Use: Hawaii "Clear the Smoke" Campaign
Hye-Ryeon Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Speech Communication
University of Hawaii
Room 401

April 2007
Monday
April 2
12:00 PM
" Identifying Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer: Can we improve on the Gail Model"
Jeffrey A. Tice, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Department of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Room 401

Tuesday
April 3
12:30 PM
"The Biological Roles of Connexin43 Phosphorylation"
Paul D. Lampe, Ph.D.
Member
Molecular Diagnostics Program, Division of Public Health Sciences
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
and
Professor
Department of Pathobiology
University of Washington
John A. Burns School of Medicine
Medical Education Building
651 Ilalo Street
MEB 301 (located in Diamond Head wing)

Monday
April 23
12:00 PM
"Genetic Predisposition to Tobacco-related Cancers: An Integrative Approach"
Xifeng Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
Ashbel Smith Professor of Epidemiology
Department of Epidemiology
The University of Texas
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Room 401

Thursday
April 26
"Recent Progress in the Synthesis of Natural Products"
Marcus Tius, Ph.D.
Chemistry Department, University of Hawaii
and
Natural Products and Cancer Biology
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
Room 401

May 2007
Wednesday
May 23
12:00 PM
"New Structures for Three-Dimensional Command of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation"
Frederic Mercier, Ph.D.
Assistant Researcher
Department of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases
John A. Burns School of Medicine
Room 401

Thursday
May 24
12:00 PM
"Obesity and the Built Environment"
Walker S. Carlos Poston, Ph.D.
Professor
Chair, Department of Informatic Medicine and Personalized Health
University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine,
Western Missouri Mental Health Center
Room 401

Wednesday
May 30
12:00 PM
"HLA Class I Antigen Defects in Malignant Cells: Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Relevance"
Soldano Ferrone, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Immunology
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Room 401

June 2007
Thursday
June 14
12:00 PM
"Optimal Two-Stage Genotyping Design for Association Studies"
Hansong Wang, Ph.D.
Research Assistant
University of Southern California
Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Department of Preventive Medicine
Room 401

Monday
June 18
12:00 PM
" Review of the Use of Areca (Betel) Nut and Tobacco in the Pacific"
A report from the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
commissioned by The Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI) of the World Health Organization (WHO)
Dr. Donna Kennedy
BDS (Bachelor of Dental Surgery),
Otago, New Zealand
Consultant, Secretariat of the Pacific
Healthy Pacific Lifestyle Section
Public Health Programme
Room 401

Monday
June 25
12:00 PM
"CAM in Hawaii: Meta-Analyses at CRCH"
Ian Pagano, Ph.D.
Statistician Research Associate
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
Prevention and Control Program
Room 401

July 2007
Thursday
July 12
12:00 PM
"Searching for Better Ways to Measure Dietary Supplement Use"
Suzanne Murphy, Ph.D., R.D.
Researcher
Cancer Epidemiology Program
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
Room 401

Thursday
July 26
12:00 PM
"Roles of IKK and FOXO in Cancer: Pathways to Drug Discovery"
Mickey Hu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular & Cellular Oncology
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Room 401

Monday
July 30
12:00 PM
"Zinc Nutrition: Is it Really a Problem?"
Janet King, Ph.D., R.D.
Senior Scientist
Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute
and
Professor
University of California, Berkeley and Davis
Room 401

August 2007
Friday
August 17
8:30 AM
John A. Burns School of Medicine and
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
WORKSHOP
"Mesothelioma, Early Detection, Diagnosis, and Therapeutic Implications"
(Various Speakers)
John A. Burns School of Medicine
Medical Education Building
651 Ilalo Street
Room 315 (Auditorium)

Wednesday
August 29
12:00 PM
"Harness the Immune System to Target Prostate Cancer Stem Cells"
Gang Zeng, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Urology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Room 401

September 2007
Wednesday
September 19
12:00 PM
"Gap Junctions, Hemichannels, and Prostaglandin in Mechano-Signal Transduction of the Bone"
Dr. Jean X. Jiang
Professor, Department of Biochemistry
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
651 Ilalo Street, Honolulu HI 96813
BioScience Building Room 222-N (Kaka`ako)

October 2007
Thursday
October 4
12:00 PM
"Diet, Lifestyle Factors, and Risk of Lymphoid Cancers"
Unhee Lim, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics
National Cancer Institute
Room 401

Monday
October 8
12:00 PM
"Targeting Autophagic Cell Survival as Anticancer Strategy"
Jin-Ming Yang, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Room 401

Wednesday
October 17
12:00 PM
"Physical Activity Across the Spectrum of the Cancer Experience:
From Prevention to Health Promotion"
Kristin L. Campbell, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow, Cancer Prevention
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Room 401

November 2007
Thursday
November 1
12:00 PM
"Targeting NF-kB in Viral Lymphomas"
William J. Harrington, Jr., M.D.
Professor, University of Miami School of Medicine
Room 401

Thursday
November 1
4:00 PM
"Innate Immunity, Viruses and Cancer: Translational Opportunities"
Glen N. Barber, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Miami School of Medicine
John A. Burns School of Medicine
Medical Education Building
651 Ilalo Street
Conference Room 222N

Friday
November 2
12:00 PM
"Radiation Oncology Research: Angiogenesis Meets Heavy Ions"
Peter Huber, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Radiation Oncology
German Cancer Research Center
Room 401

Monday
November 5
12:00 PM
"Perspectives in the Management of Chemotherapy-Induced Emesis"
Steven Marc Grunberg, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology
University of Vermont College
Burlington, Vermont
Room 401

Tuesday
November 13
12:30 PM
"New Paradigms in Cancer Imaging and Treatment: Composite Nanodevices, Multi-hit Anti-angiogenic Therapy"
Mohamed Khan, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Director of Translational Research for Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RCPI)
Department of Radiation Medicine, New York
Room 401

Tuesday
27 November
12:00 PM
"A Novel Class of In Silico Devices to Study Drug Transport through Intestinal Barriers"
Lana Garmire
(Doctoral Candidate)
University of California, Berkeley
Abstract
Room 401

Thursday
November 29
2:00 PM
"Inhibition of Vessel Co-Option and Peritoneal Dissemination by Anti-Angiogenic Gene Therapy"
S. Ramakrishnan
Professor and Sparboe Chair in Women's Cancer Research, Department of OB/GYN
University of Minnesota
Room 401

December 2007
Monday
December 10
12:00 PM
"Modification of Tumor Growth and Progression by the Cutaneous Microenvironment"
Stuart Yuspa, M.D.
Head of the In Vitro Pathogenesis Section and
Co-Chief of the Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics
National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
Room 401

More seminars will be scheduled. Please check with us later.