Friday, February 6, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM EDT
Location: National Cancer Institute, Shady Grove Campus, Terrace Level, Conference Room TE 406
Videocast: https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=57215
| Time | Presentation Topic | Presenter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am | Call to Order, Opening Remarks and Introduction of WG Members
| Dr. Ulrich | |
| 9:15 am - 9:20 am | NCI Director's Charge to the Working Group (recording) | Dr. Letai | |
| 9:20 am - 10:00 am | NCI Principal Deputy Director's Update | Dr. Lowy | |
| 10:00 am - 10:05 am | Division of Extramural Activities Acting Director's Remarks | Dr. Singer | |
| 10:05 am - 10:15 am | Working Group Members Orientation | Dr. Finstad | |
| 10:15 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break | ||
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | RFA*/Coop. Agr. **/Single Source*** Concepts - New/Re-issue Early Onset Cancers: Investigating Etiology, Mechanisms, and Early Detection Strategies (R01/R21) | Dr. Yassin | |
| 11:00 am - 11:20 am | RFA*/Coop. Agr. **/Single Source*** Concepts - New/Re-issue Palliative Care Research Across the Lifespan: Leveraging the Palliative Care Consortium (R01) | Dr. Mitchell | |
| 11:20 am - 12:00 pm | NCI Project Update Cancer Systems Biomedicine | Dr. Joe Gray | |
| 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Lunch | ||
| 1:00 pm - 1:20 pm | RFA*/Coop. Agr. **/Single Source*** Concepts - New/Re-issue HEAL Initiative: Pain Management Effectiveness Research Network: Clinical Trial Planning Cooperative Agreement (UG3/UH3) | Dr. Streck | |
| 1:20 pm - 2:00 pm | NCI's Approach to Evaluating Multi-Cancer Detection Assays for Cancer Screening: The Vanguard Study | Dr. Minasian | |
| 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | RFA*/Coop. Agr. **/Single Source*** Concepts - New/Re-issue Man's Best Friend: Canine Cancer Immunotherapy Network (K9CIN) (U01) | Dr. Sommers | |
| 2:30 pm - 2:45 pm | Coffee Break | ||
| 2:45 pm - 3:10 pm | PAR Reissuance Research Specialist Award for Laboratory and Core Scientists (R50) | Dr. Crotty | |
| Clinician Research Scientist Award (R50) | Dr. Lindwasser | ||
| 3:10 pm - 3:35 pm | PAR Reissuance Pathway to independence Award for Early-Stage Postdoctoral Researchers (K99/R00) The NCI Worta McCaskill-Stevens Career Development Award for Community Oncology and Prevention Research (K12) | Dr. Zahir | |
| 3:35 pm - 3:55 pm | PAR Reissuance Small Cell Lung Cancer Consortium Resource Center (U24) | Dr. Ujhazy | |
| 3:55 pm - 4:00 pm | Closing Remarks | Dr. Ulrich | |
| 4:00 pm | Adjournment | ||