Maryland Cancer Plan

CANCER CONTROL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Cancer Issues and Challenges
The 15^th Maryland State Council on Cancer Control Conference

November 12, 2008

7:45 – 8:45 Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:45 – 9:00 Call to Order, Welcome and Remarks

• John  M. Colmers, Secretary, Maryland Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene
• Kathy Helzlsouer, MD Chair, Maryland State Council on Cancer Control

9:00 – 9:30  Diet and Cancer: Examining the Link

• Arthur Schatzkin, MD, DrPH, National Cancer Institute

9:30 – 10:00  Childhood Obesity: Lifelong Risk Factor

• Charlotte A. Pratt, PhD, MS, RD, National Institutes of Health

10:00 – 11:00  Best Practices in Reducing Dietary Risk Factors

• Chef Tony Geraci,  Baltimore City Public School System
• Kay Morris, Marathon Kids

11:00 – 11:10  Morning Break

11:10 – 11:15   Presentation of Awards

11:15 – 12:00  Emerging Issues in Cancer Control: The Cancer Center Perspective

• Kevin Cullen, MD, Marlene and Stuart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland Medical Center
• William Nelson, MD, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center,
  Johns Hopkins Hospital

12:00 – 1:15   Networking Lunch

1:15 – 3:15  Survivorship and the Family - Helzlsouer

                   Survivorship and the Family - Oktay

• Kathy Helzlsouer, MD, PhD, MPH, National Cancer Institute
• Julianne Oktay, PhD, MSW, University of Maryland School of Social Work

3:15 - 3:30  Summation and Adjournment