Sessions Featuring NCI Leaders and Staff
Dr. Monica Bertagnolli
In addition to the sessions noted below, please view the AACR Online Program Planner to find other sessions featuring NCI staff, including data-driven oral presentations, symposiums, lectures, plenary sessions, and poster sessions. All sessions listed are in eastern time.
NCI Leadership Presentations
Dr. Bertagnolli will present during the AACR Opening Plenary on the morning of Sunday, April 16. Sunday afternoon, she will participate in a session titled, "President Biden's Cancer Moonshot Reignited," from 1:00–2:15 p.m. ET. In addition, she will provide the NCI Director’s Address on Monday, April 17 from 10:15–11:00 a.m. ET, which will include a Fireside Chat with the 2022–2023 AACR President Dr. Lisa Coussens.
NCI Leader Elected to AACR Academy Class of 2023
Stephen J. Chanock, M.D., Director of NCI's Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG), has been elected as a Fellow of the AACR Academy Class of 2023. He is being recognized and honored "for pioneering efforts dedicated to defining detectable clonal mosaicism and for impactful research focused on the discovery and characterization of cancer susceptibility regions in the human genome, directly enhancing our understanding of the association between inherited genetic variants and cancer risk."
NCI Investigator to Present During AACR Opening Plenary
Robert Yarchoan, M.D., Chief of NCI's HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, and senior investigator in NCI's Center for Cancer Research, will present during the AACR Opening Plenary Session: Advancing the Frontiers of Cancer Science and Medicine. His presentation will be on "Malignancies in people with HIV: Successes and challenges at the intersection of virology, immunology, and oncology."
NCI-Selected Sessions
The sessions below were selected by NCI’s Office of the Director to highlight various NCI resources, funding opportunities, programs, and consortiums. Sessions include Q&A after the presentations. View the links for more details about each session.
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NIH Final Policy for Data Management and Sharing Explained (NIH01) |
Emily S. Boja |
April 16, 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Room W314A |
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Sanya A. Springfield |
April 16, 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. |
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NCI Funding Opportunities in Cancer Immunoprevention and Chemoprevention (NIH07) |
Robert H. Shoemaker |
April 16, 4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. |
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Michael Salgaller |
April 17, 12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m. |
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The NCI's Investment in Cancer-Related Telehealth Research (NIH08) |
Robin Vanderpool |
April 17, 2:45 p.m.–3:45 p.m. |
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NIH Grants Session: Updates on Funding Policies and Review of NCI Applications (NIH06) |
Daniel L. Gallahan |
April 17, 4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. |
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Intramural and Extramural Training and Cancer Development Awards and Opportunities (NIH04) |
Nastaran Zahir |
April 18, 10:15 a.m.–11:15 a.m. |
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Helping Extramural Innovators Reach the Clinic: NCI Developmental Therapeutics Program (NIH09) |
Rosemarie Aurigemma |
April 18, 12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m. |
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Human Cancer Models Initiative: A Resource of Next-Generation Cancer Models and Data (NIH03) |
Cindy W. Kyi |
April 18, 2:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m. |
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OmicCircos in the Cancer Research Data Commons: A Visualization Tool for Bench Biologists (NIH02) |
Erika Kim |
April 18, 4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. |