BREAST CANCER AND THE ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH CENTERS
Fourth Annual Early Environmental Exposures Meeting
November 8-9, 2007
Westin Hotel, Cincinnati, OH
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P r o g r a mThursday, November 8, 2007 |
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| 7:00- | Continental Breakfast & Registration (Gibson Foyer, third level) |
| 8:30-9:00 | Welcome & Opening Remarks (Presidential Ballroom) |
Session I: |
Puberty and Normal Mammary Gland Development: Understanding Windows of Exposure Susceptibility and Opportunities for Intervention [ABSTRACTS] (Presidential Ballroom) |
| 9:00-9:15 | Moderator: Paul Yaswen, PhD, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| 9:15-9:45 | Variations on a Common Theme: Progesterone Regulation of Normal
Mammary Gland Development in Humans, Rats and Mice Sandra Z. Haslam, PhD, Michigan State University |
| 9:45-10:15 | Effects of Environmental Exposures on Mammary Stem cells Mary Helen Barcellos-Hoff, PhD, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| 10:15-10:30 | Break |
| 10:30-11:00 | Puberty as a Window of Susceptibility to Environmental Toxins Frank Biro, MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Mary Wolff, PhD, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine |
| 11:00-11:30 | Unlocking the Laboratory: Introducing Breast Cancer Advocates to Bench-Top Research Kathy Ball (UC) , Janice Barlow (UCSF) & Ann Fonfa (FC) |
| 11:30-12:00 | Q & A |
| 12:00-1:30 | Lunch – Lunch with the Experts (Fountain Room, second level) |
Session II: |
Impacts of Everyday Stressors on the Development of Young Girls [ABSTRACTS] (Presidential Ballroom) |
| 1:30-1:45 | Moderator: Robert A. Hiatt, MD, PhD, University of California San Francisco |
| 1:45-2:15 | Psychosocial Studies of Girls and their Families in the Cincinnati
Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Center |
| 2:15-2:45 | Impact of Fathers on Daughters’ Age at Menarche:
A Genetically- and Environmentally-Controlled Sibling Study Bruce Ellis, PhD, University of Arizona |
| 2:45-3:00 | Break |
| 3:00-3:30 | The Role of the Neighborhood Environment in Children’s Health Irene Yen, PhD (UCSF) & Maida Galvez, PhD (MSSM) |
| 3:30-4:00 | Why Practice the Precautionary Principle in Everyday Life Julia Brody, PhD, Silent Spring |
| 4:00-4:30 | Q & A |
| 4:30-5:00 | Mentoring Session (Hayes Room, third level) |
| 6:00-7:30 |
Dinner (Fountain Room, second level) |
| 7:30-9:00 | Poster Session with Dessert [ABSTRACTS] (Presidential Ballroom III, third level) |
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9 |
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| 7:00- | CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (Gibson Foyer, third level) |
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Session III: |
Nutrients and Obesity: Factors in Cancer Susceptibility and Uptake of Environmental Toxins [ABSTRACTS] (Presidential Ballroom) |
| 8:00-8:15 | Moderator: Bruce Trock, PhD, Johns Hopkins |
| 8:15-8:40 | Fatty Acids Influence Susceptibility to DMBA-Induced Carcinogenesis Debbie Clegg, PhD, University of Cincinnati |
| 8:40-9:05 | Mouse Models of Adolescent Obesity & Breast Cancer Karl Olson, Michigan State University |
| 9:05-9:30 | The Crucial Role of Intestinal Metabolism in the Bioavailability and
Actions of Dietary Phytoestrogens in Soy Foods Kenneth D. R. Setchell, University of Cincinnati, CCHMC |
| 9:30-9:55 | Non-absorbable Fat Affects the Absorption, Storage and Excretion of
PCBs, PFOA and Hexachlorobenzene Ron Jandasek, University of Cincinnati |
| 9:55-10:20 | Q & A |
| 10:20-10:35 | Break |
Session IV: |
From Animal Models to Young Girls: Studying Biomarkers of Environmental Exposures [ABSTRACTS] (Presidential Ballroom) |
| 10:35-10:50 | Moderator: M. Kathryn Brown, PhD, University of Cincinnati |
| 10:50-11:15 | The Mammary Gland as a Sensitive Tissue for Detecting Effects of Environmental Compounds Suzanne Fenton, PhD, US EPA |
| 11:15-11:40 | Prenatal Exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA) Induces Genomic Alterations
in the Rat Mammary Gland Jose Russo, MD, Fox Chase Cancer Center |
| 11:40-12:05 | Bisphenol A, Mammary Cancer and Proteomics Studies in a Rat Model Coral Lamartiniere, PhD, University of Alabama |
| 12:05-12:30 | Talking with Our Study Families: What, When and How to
Report Study Findings Ann Hernick, University of Cincinnati |
| 12:30-12:55 | Q & A |
| 12:55-1:00 | Closing Remarks |
| 1:00 | Box Lunches (Gibson Foyer, third level) |
| 1:00-1:30 | Mentoring Session (Hayes Room, third level) |
