Alper-JCCC Molecular Epidemiology Symposium:
Advances of Gene-Environmental Interaction and Lung and
Other Smoking-related Cancers
8:00 AM – 6:00 PM, April 14, 2007
Gonda Building, First Floor Conference Room
The symposium is sponsored by the Ann Fitzpatrick Alper Program in Environmental
Genomics and the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC), the
symposium is also co-sponsored by the UCLA Center for Occupational and
Environmental Health (COEH), UCLA Lung SPORE, and the UCLA Molecular
Epidemiology Training and Research Program.
7:00-7:50
Breakfast
7:50-8:20
Introduction: Dr. Roshan Bastani, Dr. Zuo-Feng Zhang, Dr. Jeanette
Papp and Dr. Stephen Dubinett
Session One: Keynote Lectures
8:20-9:20
Advances of Genetic Susceptibility of Lung and Head and Neck Cancer
Dr. Paolo Boffetta
Coordinator, Genetics and Epidemiology Cluster
International Agency for Research on Cancer
150 cours Albert Thomas
69008 Lyon France
Tel +33-472738554
Fax +33-472738320
"Dr. Paolo Boffetta" <boffetta@iarc.fr>
9:20-10:20
NAT2, GSTM1, occupational and tobacco exposures, and bladder cancer: historical
perspective and lessons learned about studying gene-environment interactions
Nathaniel Rothman, M.D., M.P.H., M.H.S.
Senior Investigator
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics
National Cancer Institute
Executive Plaza South, Room 8116
6120 Executive Boulevard
MSC 7242
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7335
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Phone: 301-496-9093
Fax: 301-402-1819
E-mail: rothmann@mail.nih.gov
10:20-10:30
Tea Break
Session 2: Gene-Environmental Interaction on Risk, Progression and
Chemoprevention of Lung and Smoking-related Cancers
10:30-11:10
Tobacco Carcinogenesis: a Pathway-based Approach
Xifeng Wu, MD, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology
Department of Epidemiology - Box 1340
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
1155 Pressler Blvd
Houston, TX 77030
CPB 4.3209
Telephone: (713) 745-2485
Fax: (713) 792-4657
E-mail: xwu@mdanderson.org
11:10-11:50
Molecular Therapeutics and Chemoprevention of Lung Cancer
Ruiwen Zhang, MD, PhD, DABT
Professor, Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacology and Toxicology
Director, Cancer Pharmacology Laboratory
University of Alabama at Birmingham
VH 113, Box 600
1670 University Blvd.
Birmingham, AL 35294-0019
(205) 934-8558 (Phone)
(205) 975-9330 (FAX)
Ruiwen.Zhang@ccc.uab.edu
11:50-12:30
Whole genome association study of lung cancer
Jianfeng Xu, M.D. Dr.PH.
Professor of Public Health and Cancer Biology
Director, Program for Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology of Cancer
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Associate Director, Center for Human Genomics
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Medical Center Blvd
Winston-Salem, NC 27157
Tel: (336) 713-7500
Fax: (336) 713-7566
Email: jxu@wfubmc.edu
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:10
Gene-Environment Interaction on Lung Cancer Progression and Survival
Ping Yang, MD, PhD
Professor
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Email: Yang.Ping@mayo.edu
http://mayoresearch.mayo.edu/mayo/research/staff/yang_p.cfm
2:10-2:50
Inflammation and Lung Cancer Risk
Qiuyin Cai, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center
Institute of Medicine and Public Health
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
PRB 636, 2220 Pierce Avenue
Nashville, TN 37232-6838
Phone : 615-936-1351
Fax : 615-936-1790
Email : qiuyin.cai@vanderbilt.edu
2:50-3:30
Molecular Epidemiology Study of Indoor Air Pollution and Lung Cancer.
Qing Lan, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.
Investigator
Occupational & Environmental Epidemiology Branch
Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics
National Cancer Institute
6120 Executive Blvd. EPS Room 8109
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7238
Telephone: (301) 435-4706
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Fax (301) 402-1819
E-mail: qingl@mail.nih.gov
3:30-3:40 Tea Break
3:40-4:00
UCLA Lung Cancer Chemoprevention Trial, An Update
Jenny Mao, MD
Associate Professor
UCLA School of Medicine
Med-Pul & Critical Care
Box 951690, 37-131 CHS
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1690
Phone : 310-825-3100
Fax : 310-206-8622
Email : jmao@mednet.ucla.edu
4:00-4:20
Molecular Epidemiology of Lung Cancer in Chinese Population
Hongbing Shen, MD, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology
Dean, School of Public Health
Nanjing Medical University
Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu
People¡¯s Republic of China
Tel:(86)25-8686-2756
Fax:(86)25-8652-7613
Email:hbshen@njmu.edu.cn
4:20-4:40
XRCC1/LIG1 polymorphisms, Indoor Air pollution & risk of lung cancer in
Taiyuan, China
Lina Mu, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Fudan University School of Public Health
Shanghai 200032
People’s Republic of China
Email: ln_mu2000@yahoo.com
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Li Liu, MD
Director, Chronic Disease Prevention and Control
Taiyuan Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control
Taiyuan CDC, China
Tel: 0351-7227554
4:40-5:00
Passive Smoking and Head and Neck Cancer among Non-Smokers
Amy Lee, PhD
Gene Environment Epidemiology Group
International Agency for Research on Cancer
150 Cours Albert-Thomas
69008 Lyon
France
email: <amyleeucla@gmail.com>
5:00-5:20
NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) Pro187Ser polymorphism and the risk
of lung cancer
Chun (Rebecca) Chao, PhD
Department of Research and Evaluation
Kaiser Permanente Southern California
100 S. Los Robles, Suite 201
Pasadena, CA 91101
Tel: 626-564-3797
Fax: 626-564-3409
Email: chun.r.chao@kp.org
5:20-5:40
Lung Cancer Susceptibility (LCS) Study Survival Outcomes: An Update
Rebecca Suk Heist, MD MPH
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
Yawkey 7B
55 Fruit Street
Boston MA 02114
phone: 617 724 4000
fax: 617 726 0453
RHEIST@PARTNERS.ORG
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