Workshops

Workshop 1: Breast Cancer 101
Workshop 2: Breast Cancer Prevention Strategies
Workshop 3: Special Topics involving Young Women with Breast Cancer
Workshop 4: Estrogen, Progesterone and Breast Cancer
Workshop 5: Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Workshop 6: Navigating the CBCRP Application Process
Workshop 7: Community Research Collaboration Session

Breast Cancer 101

Friday September 7, 2007 (8:30am–10:00am)

Leader: M. Ellen Mahoney, M.D., FACS - 2007 Symposium Presentation

The workshop will teach the fundamentals of breast cancer basic science and clinical outcomes to symposium attendees who do not have a background in scientific research.

Breast Cancer Prevention Strategies

Friday September 7, 2007 (10:30am–12:30pm)

Leader: Marilie Gammon, Ph.D., University of North Carolina

The workshop will explore behaviors and exposures to that may affect the risk of developing breast cancer. The contributions of environmental influences, exercise, diet, smoking and hormones will be discussed.

Speakers:
Peggy Reynolds, Ph.D., Northern California Cancer Center
Anna Wu, Ph.D., University of Southern California
Larry Kushi, Ph.D., Kaiser Permanente

Special Topics involving Young Women with Breast Cancer

Friday, September 7, 2007 (10:30am–12:30pm)

Leader: John Link, M.D., Breastlink Medical Group (additional information), (2007 Symposium Presentation)

The workshop will explore the ways in which breast cause and treatment in pre-menopausal women may differ from post-menopausal women. The workshop will address questions such as: Should treatments, most of which have been tested in post-menopausal women, be specifically designed for younger women? What additional considerations should be taken into account when treating pre-menopausal women?

Speakers:
James R. Waisman, MD, Breastlink Medical Group, Inc
Carey A. Cullinane, MD, MPH, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
Heather Himelwright, Cancer Patient Insurance Advocates

Estrogen, Progesterone and Breast Cancer

Friday, September 7, 2007 (1:30pm–3:30pm)

Leader: Adrian Lee, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine

Estrogen has long been correlated with breast cancer, but the lack of understanding of how is underlined by the Women’s Health Study, where estrogen alone has been shown to be safer than estrogen with progesterone. This workshop would review what we know and what we still need to learn about estrogen and breast cancer.

Speakers:
Rowan Chlebowski MD, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, Ph.D., Georgetown University
Eva Lee, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine

Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Friday, September 7, 2007 (1:30pm–3:30pm)

Leader: Beverly Burns, MS Lac, Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic and Osher Center for Integrative Medicine

This session will include a discussion of what is being used, how we can go about testing their effectiveness, and guarantee the current and future quality assurance of complementary and alternative medicine.

Navigating the CBCRP Application Process

Saturday, September 8, 2007 (7:00am–8:00am)

Leader: Laurence Fitzgerald, Ph.D., Manager, CBCRP Core Funding

This workshop session will teach participants how to improve grant application strategies and address the requirements of the CBCRP. It will include an overview of the mission of the grants offered by the CBCRP, how applications are reviewed, and how funding decisions are made by our advisory Council.

Community Research Collaboration Session

Sunday, September 9, 2007 (9:00am–12:00pm)

Leader:

Marj Plumb, Dr.P.H., M.N.A., Plumbline Coaching and Consulting, Inc.
Topic: Theories of Community Identity and Group Dynamics
Marj will give a brief overview of the role and meaning of “community” in CBPR and will offer recommendations on how to operationalize the community partner so that all levels of community are involved and engaging their full experience, skill, and knowledge.  Marj will also give a brief overview of group dynamics theories and suggest ways that CRC teams can improve their relationships and communication.

Speakers:

Cheryl Koopman, Ph.D., Stanford University
Topic:  Scientific Rigor with Hard to Reach Populations
Cheryl will highlight challenges and successful strategies to achieve scientifically meaningful results in a hard to reach, rural population where recruitment difficulties are an issue.  She will discuss the tension between meeting scientific standards for recruitment and how to realistically recruit participants in a hard to reach geographic area. 

Steve Kaye, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco
Topic:  Collaborative data analysis
Steve will talk about how equal participation from community and research partners in the data analysis stage can pose a challenge in a collaborative partnership.  He will discuss successful tools to increase capacity among community partners to take an equal role in analyzing data. 

Mary Anne Foo, Orange County Asian Pacific Islander Community Alliance (OCAPICA)
Topic:  Community IRBs
Mary Anne will discuss the benefits of using a community IRB to oversee CRC research projects.  She’ll discuss the process for developing an IRB; including appropriate board members; and how the IRB provides oversight during the CRC project.

Lola Sablan Santos, Guam Communications Network
Topic:  Integration of community
Broad community involvement in the research project is an essential part of CBPR.  Lola will talk about integrating members of the community into research projects so that these studies are truly participatory and beneficial to the community at large.

Current and potential applicants, CBCRP grantees, and all others interested in collaborative research are encouraged to attend this event.  Please contact Natalie Collins at 510-987-0646 or natalie.collins@ucop.edu if you have any questions about the workshop.   If you have any questions about the symposium, please contact us at (888) 313-2277 or getinfo@CABreastCancer.org.