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PRE-CONFERENCE COURSE
SATURDAY and SUNDAY, AUGUST 26-27

REGISTRATION
MONDAY, AUGUST 28

PLENARY SESSION I: CANCER TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS
Chairpersons: Joseph E. Tomaszewski , Ph.D., Deputy Director, (DCTD), NCI; David Jacobson-Kram, Associate Director for Pharmacology and Toxicology, U.S. FDA

SPECIAL SYMPOSIA:

ANIMAL MODELS FOR CANCER THERAPY AND PREVENTION
Chairperson: Melinda Hollingshead , D.V.M., Ph.D., NCI

MOLECULAR MECHANISMS, PREVENTION, TREATMENTS AND DIAGNOSIS FOR EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND BIODEFENSE
Chairperson: Mark Abdy, D.V.M., Ph.D., FDA; John Carney, Ph.D., Acting Director, Drugs and Therapeutics Acquisitions (OPHP), DHHS; Olaf Schneewind, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, The University of Chicago

NEW CONSEQUENCES OF IMPROVED CANCER DIAGNOSTICS FOR TREATMENT AND
CHEMOPREVENTION
Moderator: Allen Rudman, Ph.D., Associate Director, Office of Clinical Pharmacology and Biopharmaceutics, CDER, FDA; James A. Crowell, Ph.D., D.A.B.T., NCI

POSTER SESSIONS

TUESDAY, AUGUST 29

PLENARY SESSION: CANCER CHEMOPREVENTION
Chairperson: James A. Crowell, Ph.D., D.A.B.T., NCI; Gary D. Stoner, Ph.D., Professor, Ohio State University

SPECIAL SYMPOSIA:
MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES AGAINST RADIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR THREATS
Chairpersons: Thomas MacVittie, Ph.D., Professor, UMB,
Bert W. Maidment, Ph.D., Associate Director, Product Development,NIAID/DAIT

DRUG DELIVERY, PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
Chairperson: Richard D. Minshall, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago

GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISK OF BRAIN TUMORS
Co-Chairs: Faith Davis, Ph.D., Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA; Nicholas Vick, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Neurology, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, IL, USA

PANEL DISCUSSION:

NEW POLICIES AND APPROACHES FOR DRUG DEVELOPMENT AND SAFETY ASSESSMENT: FDA PERSPECTIVE
Moderator: David Jacobson-Kram, Ph.D., D.A.B.T., FDA

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30

FRONTIERS OF DRUG DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT
Chairperson: James A. Radosevich, Ph.D., Professor, UIC

SPECIAL SYMPOSIA: TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH IN ORGAN-SPECIFIC CANCERS

PROSTATE CANCER
Moderators: Gail Prins , Ph.D., Professor, UIC; Alexander Lyubimov , Ph.D., M.D., D.A.B.T.,TRL, UIC

PLENARY SESSION II:
GENOMICS AND PROTEOMICS
Chairperson: Eric Blomme, Ph.D., Abbott Laboratories