Annual Meeting 2017

Thursday, November 17, 2017

National Institutes of Health Introduction – Abee Boyles (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) and Tram Lam (National Cancer Institute)

Keynote Address: History of BCERP: Breast Cancer and the Environment
Linda Birnbaum, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and National Toxicology Program

Session 1: Windows of Susceptibility for Environmental Exposures
Session Chair: Julia Brody, Silent Spring Institute

• What Makes Puberty a Window of Susceptibility for Environmental Exposures? – Karin Michels, University of California, Los Angeles
• Window of Susceptibility for Environmental Exposures: Pregnancy – Rachel Miller, Columbia University
• Window of Susceptibility for Environmental Exposures: Menopause – Mia Gaudet, American Cancer Society

 Session 2: Community Contributions to Research and Public Policy
Session Chair: Kami Silk, Michigan State University

• Community Contributions to Research and Public Policy – Michele Rakoff, Breast Cancer Care and Research Fund
• Community Activism: How We Started and Our Involvement in Research and Public Policy – (Marion) Mhel Kavanaugh-Lynch, California Breast Cancer Research Program
• Breast Density “Inform” Efforts: History and How We Can All Help with Responsible Follow Through – Jiyon Lee, New York University

Lunchtime Professional Development for Junior Scientists: Working with Advocates and Community Partners to Improve Research
Seminar Chair: Kristen Malecki, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Michele Rakoff, Breast Cancer Care & Research Fund
• Mary Pat Berry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Mhel Kavanaugh-Lynch, California Breast Cancer Research Program

Handouts:
Quick Tips to Advocacy Engagement
Creating Partnerships for Research with Research Advocates
Guidelines for Advocate Involvement in Komen Funded Research
Susan G. Komen Advocate Researcher Working Together Toolkit
The Advocates in Science (AIS), a research advocacy program of Susan G. Komen

 Session 3: Endocrine Disruptors and Breast Cancer Risk
Session Chair: Susan Neuhausen, City of Hope

• PBDES, Exposure and Biological Mechanisms – Shiuan Chen, City of Hope
• Persistent Effects of Pregnancy and Xenoestrogen Exposures in the Mammary Gland – Joseph Jerry, University of Massachusetts – Amherst
• Preventing Breast Cancer in Our Daughters: a Community-Based Participatory Research Study of the Effect of Changing Personal Care Products on Health Human Breast Cells – Polly Marshall, Breast Cancer Over Time
• Perfluorooctanoate and Body Mass Index in Young Girls in the Greater Cincinnati and San Francisco Bay Area: It Changes as Girls Enter Puberty – Susan Pinney, University of Cincinnati

Poster Session
Handout: How to Navigate a Scientific Poster

Friday, November 17, 2017

Session 4: Breast Architecture and Density, and Potential Effects of the Environment
Session Chair: Ron Johnson, National Cancer Institute

• Exploring the Human Breast – Susan Love, Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation
• Role of the Microenvironment in Aging and Breast Cancer – Mark LaBarge, City of Hope
• How Breast Density Fits into Our Understanding of Breast Cancer Risk – Celia Byrne, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Session 5: Breast Cancer Prevention and Lifestyle Risk Factors
Session Chair: Amy Trentham-Dietz, University of Wisconsin – Madison

• Complex Etiological Factors in Breast Cancer – Robert Hiatt, University of California, San Francisco
• Breast Adipose Inflammation: a Silent Killer – Andrew Dannenberg, Weill Cornell Medical College
• Internet-based Personalized Cancer Risk Assessment Tools: Opportunities and Pitfalls – Erika Waters, Washington University in St. Louis

Session 6: Breaking Research – Presentations from top-rated submitted abstracts
Session Chair: Richard Schwartz, Michigan State University

• Faster Ticking Rate of the Epigenetic Clock is Associated with Faster Pubertal Development in Girls – Alexandra Binder, University of California, Los Angeles
• Alteration of Mammary Gland Development and Gene Expression by In Utero Exposure to Cadmium – Mary Beth Martin, Georgetown University
• The Effect of Oxybenzone on Development of Mammary Cancer in Trp53-null Transplanted Balc/c Mice Exposed to a High Animal Fat Diet During Puberty – Anastasia Kariagina, Michigan State University
• Increasing Access to Environmental Health Knowledge Through Smartphone Results Reports – Katherine Boronow, Silent Spring Institute

The community forum supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and BCERP was held on November 16, 2017 at the Cooper Auditorium at City of Hope, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA.

The Q&A panel, featured:

• Linda Birnbaum, PhD, NIEHS: Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and National Toxicology Program
• Peggy Reynolds, PhD, MPH, California Prevention Institute of California: Environmental Research Group Program Leader
• Rosario Quintanilla, FDA: Public Affairs Specialist
• Christopher Sistrunk, PhD, City of Hope: Community Education and Community Outreach Research Specialist
• Kim Tankersley, Community Leadership Committee Representative: Breast Cancer Activist