EDRN Lung & Head/Neck Cancers Collaborative Group Meeting, Wednesday, March 4, 2026

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

Wednesday, March 4, 2026 – 3:15pm – 6:15pm CT

Location: Onstead Auditorium S3.8012

Chair: Marc Lenburg, PhD, Boston University

Co-Chairs: Eric Grogan, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Sara Pai, PhD, Yale University

NCI Program Director: Guillermo Marquez, PhD, National Cancer Institute

DMCC: Eardi Lila, PhD, Camden Lopez, Jackie Dahlgren, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Time (Central Standard Time) Title Presenter Presentation Number

3:15 pm-4:05 pm

Presentations from 5 EDRN Groups (5 min Presentation with 5 min Q&A) Address these items:

What are your program’s goals for the rest of the funding cycle? What are the intermediate milestones you will use to achieve these goals?

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3:15 pm-3:20 pm

3:20 pm-3:25 pm Q&A

Arizona CVC

  • Karen Anderson, MD, PhD, Arizona State University
  • Erich Sturgis, MD, MPH, Baylor College of Medicine

01

3:25 pm-3:30 pm

3:30 pm-3:35 pm Q&A

Moffitt
  • John Heine, PhD, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
  • Matthew Schabath, PhD, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center

02

3:35 pm-3:40 pm

3:40 pm-3:45 pm Q&A

Boston / UCLA

  • Marc Lenburg, PhD, Boston University
  • Jennifer Beane, PhD, Boston University
  • Steven Dubinett, MD, University of California, Los Angeles
  • William Hsu, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Michael Palazzolo, MD, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

03

3:45 pm-3:50 pm

3:50 pm-3:55 pm Q&A

NYU
  • Leopoldo Segal, MD, New York University
  • Harvey Pass, MD, New York University

04

3:55 pm-4:00 pm

4:00 pm-4:25 pm Q&A

MDACC

  • Samir Hanash, MD, PhD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

05

4:05 pm-4:25 pm

Break

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N/A

4:25 pm-5:05 pm

Continuing Presentations from 4 EDRN Groups (5 min Presentation with 5 min Q&A) Address these items:

What are your program’s goals for the rest of the funding cycle? What are the intermediate milestones you will use to achieve these goals?

N/A

06

4:25 pm-4:30 pm

4:30 pm-4:35 pm Q&A

Johns Hopkins

  • Victor Velculescu, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University

07

4:35 pm-4:50 pm

4:50-4:55 Q&A

Pittsburgh

  • James Herman, MD, University of Pittsburgh
  • Robert Christenson, PhD, University of Maryland
  • Tza-Huei (Jeff) Wang, PhD, Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering

08

4:55 pm-5:00 pm

5:00 pm-5:05 pm Q&A

Arizona BCC

  • Joshua LaBaer, MD, PhD, Arizona State University
  • Karen Anderson, MD, PhD, Arizona State University

09

5:25 pm-5:35 pm

Break

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5:35 pm-5:55 pm

10-minute presentation from AHEAD about collaborative projects initiated within AHEAD, and 10-minute discussion about ideas for scientific collaborations with EDRN.

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5:55 pm-6:15 pm

LTP2: What are the action items we need to accomplish to be able to evaluate imaging biomarkers and perform integrative analysis?

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