15th EDRN Scientific Workshop Agenda (Day 2)
Thursday, September 24, 2026 (7:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.)
| Eastern Daylight Time | Agenda Item |
|---|---|
7:00 AM–8:00 AM |
Check-in and Breakfast (Complimentary for hotel guests and $50 for breakfast and lunch for local attendees) |
8:00 AM–10:25 AM |
Session 3: Early Detection/Screening Session Chairs:
|
8:00–8:05 AM |
Opening Remarks |
8:05–8:25 AM 8:25–8:30 AM Q&A |
Presentation title TBD Shira Boehler (Patient Advocate), Cancer Doesn’t Care |
8:30–8:50 AM 8:50–8:55 AM Q&A |
Research to Reduce the Burden of HPV-Driven Oropharyngeal Cancer Anna Giuliano, PhD, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc. |
8:55 AM–9:05 AM |
Break |
9:05–9:25 AM 9:25–9:30 AM Q&A |
Disaggregating contributions to lung-cancer mortality reductions from stage-shift and “intrastage-shift” in the National Lung Screening Trial Hormuzd Katki, PhD, American Cancer Society |
9:30–950 AM 9:50–9:55 AM Q&A |
Discovery and validation of novel blood-based biomarkers to improve the screening and early detection of breast cancer Christopher Li, MD, PhD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center |
9:55–10:25 AM |
Panel Discussion – All Session Speakers and Chairs |
10:25 AM–10:40 AM |
Break |
10:40 AM–11:15 AM |
Poster Lightning Talks Session Chairs:
|
10:40–10:45 AM |
Opening Remarks |
10:45–10:50 AM |
Talk 1: Presenter TBD |
10:50–10:55 AM |
Talk 2: Presenter TBD |
10:55–11:00 AM |
Talk 3: Presenter TBD |
11:00–11:05 AM |
Talk 4: Presenter TBD |
11:05–11:10 AM |
Talk 5: Presenter TBD |
11:10–11:15 AM |
Talk 6: Presenter TBD |
11:15 AM–11:45 AM 11:45-11:50 AM Q&A |
KEYNOTE: Spatial and liquid ecotyping of the tumor microenvironment Aaron Newman, PhD, Stanford University |
11:50 AM–1:45 PM |
Lunch (Complimentary for hotel guests and $50 for breakfast and lunch for local attendees) |
11:50 AM–1:45 PM |
Poster Session |
1:45 PM–4:25 PM |
Session 4: Surveillance Session Chairs:
|
1:45–1:50 PM |
Opening Remarks |
1:50–2:10 PM 2:10–2:15 PM Q&A |
Presentation title TBD Aadel Chaudhuri, MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic |
2:15–2:35 PM 2:35–2:40 PM Q&A |
Novel Strategies for the Early Detection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Jorge Marrero, MD, University of Pennsylvania |
2:40 PM - 2:50 PM |
Break |
2:50–3:10 PM 3:10–3:15 PM Q&A |
Advances in Blood-Based Cancer Screening: CRC Screening to Multicancer Detection Minetta Liu, MD, Natera |
3:15–3:35 PM 3:35–3:40 PM Q&A |
Tracking tumor mutations through extracellular vesicle mRNA: from cancer detection to treatment monitoring Hakho Lee, PhD Mass General Brigham |
3:40–4:10 PM |
Panel Discussion – All Session Speakers and Chairs |
4:10 PM–4:40 PM |
Break |
4:40 PM–5:30 PM |
Early Career Investigators Session Chairs:
|
4:40–4:45 PM |
Opening Remarks |
4:45–4:55 PM 4:55–5:00 PM Q&A |
Plasma Proteomic Profiling of Aggressive Prostate Cancer Mamie Lih, PhD, Johns Hopkins University |
5:00–5:10 PM 5:10–5:15 PM Q&A |
Statistical modeling of genome-wide cfDNA methylation for early cancer detection Daniel Schwartz, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital |
5:15–5:25 PM 5:25–5:30 PM Q&A |
From Postdoc to Site PI: Building research capacity through collaboration with AHEAD and the EDRN Brittney Dickey, PhD, MPH, University of Nebraska Medical Center |
5:30 PM |
Adjourn Day 2 of EDRN Scientific Workshop |