The goal of this symposium is to bring together global public health actors, advocates, and researchers on breast cancer prevention, to discuss the impact of environmental factors such as foods, stress, exercise on the genome. The symposium will take us on a journey across disciplines to study different levels of gene –environment interactions. Concretely, we will explore the epigenetic mechanisms of gene expression control, health policy and practices, socioeconomic and cultural contexts in which these environmental factors come into play.
Breast cancer prevention is a global public health challenge that requires: Utilization of the diversity of diet: environment and epigenomic pool globally; A multidisciplinary approach: biology, epidemiology, medicine, nutrition, social sciences and communication, education, and public policy; Contributions from scientists, clinicians, and advocates; Sustained international effort in research and action.
Registration is now closed. If you have questions, please contact Kris Swank at kswank@purdue.edu.
This symposium has been approved for CME credit by the Lafayette Medical Education Foundation.
Breast Cancer Prevention....from around the world
Chair: Joan Lappe, PhD, RN, FAAN, Creighton University, USA
Cochair: Martine Bellanger, PhD, French School of Public Health (EHESP), France
Speaker: Rami Aqeilan, PhD, Augusta Victoria Hospital, East Jerusalem
Speaker: Rihab Nasr, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Speaker: Marisa Fazzino, MD, Ministry of Health, Uruguay
Speaker: Mary Beth Terry, PhD, Columiba University, New York, USA
Susan Bulkeley Butler Award Speaker: Nahla Hwalla, PhD, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
From Risk to Tumor - Transition Mechanisms
Chair: Dorothy Teegarden, PhD, Nutrition Science, Purdue University, USA
CoChair: Ignacio Camarillo, PhD, Biological Sciences, Purdue University, USA
Speaker: Victoria Seewaldt, Professor of Medicine, Duke University, USA
Speaker: Ole Peterson, MD, PhD, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Speaker: Xiang Zhu, MS, Florida Hospital Cancer Institute, USA
Featured Presentation
The Molecular Bases of Nutritional Influence on Breast Cancer Prevention
Chair: Sharon Ross, PhD, National Cancer Institute, USA
CoChair: Farah Naja, PhD, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Speaker: Patrick Stover, Professor and Director, Nutritional Sciences, USA
Speaker: Barbara Stefanska, PhD, Purdue University, USA
Speaker: Anna H. Wu, Professor of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, USA
Speaker: John Springer, PhD, Department of Computer and Information Technology, Purdue University, USA
Catherine Peachey Oral Presentations
Kimberly McDole, Graduate Student, Purdue University, USA
Dana Bazzoun, Graduate Student, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Maryam Ahmadian, Postdoctoral Trainee, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Xuanzhu Zhou, Graduate Student, Purdue University, USA
Epigenetic Memory and Breast Cancer Risk
Chair: Leslie Reinlib, PhD, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, USA
Speaker: Sharon Ross, PhD, National Cancer Institute, USA
Speaker: Shuk-mei Ho, Director, Cincinnati Cancer Center, University of Cincinnati, USA
Behavior and Breast Cancer Risk
Chair: Sandra Liu, PhD, Department of Consumer Science, Purdue University, USA
Speaker: Martine Bellanger, PhD, French School of Public Health (EHESP), France
Speaker: Ying Lu, PhD, Public Health College of Xinjiang Medical University, China
Speaker: Beatrice Wiafe-Addai, MD, PhD, Peace & Love Hospital, Ghana
Gene-environment Interactions that Impact Policies
Chair: Patricia Boling, PhD, Political Science, Purdue University, USA
Speaker: Leslie Reinlib, PhD, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, USA
Speaker: Areej Khatib, MD, Augusta Victoria Hospital, East Jerusalem
Speaker: Elizabeth Rowe, PhD, Department of Anthropology Purdue University, USA
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Sponsors for the 2014 Symposium
International Breast Cancer & Nutrition (IBCN) • Oncological Sciences Center, Purdue Discovery Park
Purdue University Center for Cancer Research • Purdue University Office of the Provost
Bindley BioSciences Center• Catherine Peachey Fund • Department of Nutrition Science
Susan Bulkeley Butler Institute for the Development of Women Leaders
Institut National de Prevention et d"Education pour la Santé (INPES) • Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique
College of Health and Human Sciences • Department of Statistics • Statistical Bioinformatics Center
College of Agriculture • College of Liberal Arts • College of Veterinary Medicine
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