Stony Brook's Breast Cancer Research Retreat

A Stony Brook's Breast Cancer Research Retreat - January 12, 2013

Welcome Kenneth Kaushansky, MD, MACP
Senior Vice President, Health Sciences
Dean, Stony Brook University School of Medicine
 Introduction Yusuf Hannun, MD
Director, Stony Brook Cancer Center
Vice Dean, Cancer Medicine
Session I BREAST CANCER BIOLOSY AND SIGNALING
(Chair: Natalia Marchenko, PhD)

Ute Moll, MD, MS: Stabilized mutp53 as Cancer-Specific Drug Target: the HDAC6-Hsp90 Chaperone Axis
Dr. Natalia Marchenko: Functional Study of Novel Gain-of–function Activities of Mutant p53 in Promoting Mammary Tumorigenesis by Crosstalking with HER2
Michael Frohman, MD, PhD: A Lipid Signaling Target in Breast Cancer

Session II BREAST CANCER PATHOLOGY AND METASTASES
(Chair: Barbara Nemesure, PhD)

Kenneth Shroyer, MD, PhD: Discovery and Validation of a Stage Specific Biomarker for Cancer Survival. Pathology Resources and Approach
Meenakshi Singh, MD: Triple Negative Breast Cancer Emily Chen: Understanding the Role of Breast Cancer Stem Cells in Drug Resistance and Metastasis

Sesssion III BREAST CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS/BIOMARKERS AND IMAGING
(Chair: Janice Lu, MD, PhD)

Dr. Janice Lu: NSABP Neoadjuvant Targeted Anti-Her2 Therapy and Correlated Breast Cancer Biomarkers
Paul Fisher, MD: Breast Tomosynthesis, with Dual Energy Contrast Enhancement
Anat Biegon, PhD: New Imaging Agents Relevant to Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy Duc Bui: Comparison of Intraoperative Methods to Predict Mastectomy Skin Flap Necrosis

 

BREAST CANCER CLINICAL PROGRAM
Brian O’Hea, MD

Sesssion IV EARLY STAGE TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH - BENCH TO BEDSIDE
(Chair: Wei Zhao, PhD)

Jian Cao, MD: Development of Novel Inhibitory Peptides for Targeting Disseminated Cancer Cells
Elinor Schoenfeld, PhD: Development and Evaluation of a Web-based Tailored Approach to Health Education. The Breast Health Intervention Project (B-HIP)
Dr. Wei Zhao: Contrast Enhanced Digital Mammography and Breast Tomosynthesis for Breast Cancer Detection

Sesssion V BREAST CANCER THERAPEUTICS/GENOMICS
(Chair: Michael Hayman, PhD)

Lina Obeid, MD: Role for a Sphingolipid Mediated Pathway in Cell Invasion
Wei-Xing Zong, PhD: Serpin in Breast Cancer

Sesssion VI LATER STAGE TRANSLATION RESEARCH - BEDSIDE TO CLINICAL CARE IMPROVEMENTS
(Chair: Christine Rizk, MD)

Dr. Christine Rizk: An Examination of the Link Between Smoking and Breast Cancer
Laurie Shroyer, PhD, MSHA, and Jamie Romeiser, MPH: Surgical Quality Data Users Group - Breast Cancer Database Reporting Endeavors
Jules Cohen, MD: Use of an NIH PROMIS® Instrument to Identify Predictors of Fatigue in Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Adjuvant Chemotherapy

Closing Remarks (Drs. Janice Lu and Christine Rizk)
Posters (Shared Resources/Cores and Individual Labs)