Black in Cancer Conference: Programme
Monday 10 October |
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09:15 – 10:30 |
Registration, networking and poster set-up |
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10:30 – 10:50 |
Welcome Sigourney Bonner, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute and Black in Cancer Co-founder, UK Henry Henderson, Medical Science Liaison and Black in Cancer Co-founder, US |
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10:50 – 11:50 |
Speed networking session Henry Henderson, Medical Science Liaison and Black in Cancer Co-founder, US |
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11:50 – 13:00 |
What does Black in Cancer mean to you? In this session you’ll hear from our expert panel on the importance on building and embedding diversity and inclusion across the scientific pipeline. Chair: Sigourney Bonner, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute and Black in Cancer Co-founder, UK Speakers: Iain Foulkes, Executive Director of Research & Innovation, Cancer Research UK Naomi Elster, Prostate Cancer Research, UK Faith Uwadiae, Wellcome Trust, UK Henry Henderson, Medical Science Liaison and Black in Cancer Co-founder, US Kirk Taylor, Merck |
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13:00 – 14:00 |
Networking lunch, poster viewing and exhibition |
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14:00 – 14:30 |
Keynote address Chair: Sigourney Bonner, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute and Black in Cancer Co-founder Dawn Butler MP, UK |
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14:30 – 16:10 |
Scientific session - discovery research Chair: Kilan Ashad-Bishop, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, US Speakers: Christie Towers, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, CA Jaye Gardiner - PostDoc Award Winner Jana McHugh, ICR, UK Dean Fennell, University of Leicester |
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16:10 – 16:40 |
Networking break, exhibition and poster viewing |
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16:40 – 17:50 |
Scientific session - clinical trials Chair: Elshaddai White, Medical Science Liaison and Black in Cancer Associate Director of Sponsorships Speakers: Onyinye & Fiyinfolu Balogun, The Onc Docs, US Brandon Blue, Moffitt Cancer Center, US Alfred Samuels, patient advocate |
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17:50 – 19:00 |
Networking drinks and poster session |
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19:15 |
Conference dinner in the Wonderlab at the Science Museum |
Tuesday 11 October |
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08:30 – 09:15 |
Registration |
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09:15 – 09:25 |
Welcome Chair: Sigourney Bonner, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute and Black in Cancer Co-founder |
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09:25 – 10:05 |
Keynote address Ricki Fairley, patient advocate, founder and CEO of Touch, the Black Breast Cancer Alliance |
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10:05 – 11:00 |
Patients are the co-creators of research Designing cancer research trials with patients at the heart helps to improve recruitment of diverse, representative populations. This is essential to ensure that outcomes of research studies are relevant to all. Hear from patients, practitioners, and members of the Black in Cancer community who are engaging with unheard communities to help deliver research that gets us closer to beating cancer for everyone. Chair: Dean Fennell, University of Leicester, UK Speakers: Leanne Pero, Black Cancer Rising, US Victoria Ekanoye, Patient advocate, UK Katie Robb, University of Glasgow, UK Tanimola Martins, University of Exeter Medical School and Black in Cancer Co-Director of Cancer Awareness, UK |
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11:00 – 11:30 |
Networking break, exhibition and poster viewing |
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11:30 – 12:55 |
Scientific session - translation Chair: Chris Bourne, Weill Cornell and Sloan Kettering Institute, Black in Cancer Director of Sponsorships, US Speakers: Jessica Queen, Johns Hopkins University, US Uriah Israel, Post doc award winner Tobiloba Oni, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research |
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12:55 – 14:10 |
Networking lunch, poster viewing and exhibition |
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Lunchtime roundtable discussion This roundtable discussion will look at career opportunities / career pipeline covering research, industry, policy/charity/government, scientific publishing. Elizabeth McKenna, Cancer Discoveries AACR Nnenna Kanu, UCL Henry Henderson, Medical Science Liaison and Black in Cancer Co-founder, US Tanimola Martins, University of Exeter Medical School and Black in Cancer Co-Director of Cancer Awareness |
| 14:10 - 14:30 |
Strengthening the pipeline of Black leaders in cancer research This session will showcase exciting and unique mentoring, scholarship and fellowship opportunities that aim to strengthen the careers pipeline for Black researchers in cancer research. It will provide information for how you could apply for, be involved with as mentors or partners, help promote or develop your own schemes from undergraduate to postdoctoral level. Chair: Kelvin Jones, Troy University Saher Ahmed, Sanger EDI Manager, Sanger Excellence Fellowship Silvia Panico, Cancer Research UK Seattle Children’s Research Institute Black in Cancer |
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14:30 – 15:35 |
Future leaders – Proffered Talks
Anna Ampaw, University of Toronto Mississauga
Kilan Ashad-Bishop, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Michael Ranes, The Institute of Cancer Research Future leaders session – Lightning Talks
Eric Gyan, University of Nottingham
Hudson Alakonya, University of Oxford
Jessica Pougoue Ketchemen, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Nneoma Adaku, The Rockefeller University |
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15:35 – 16:30 |
Empowering the next generation - looking forward This session will reflect on the talks and discussion from the conference, bringing together the ideas and challenges highlighted, and providing different ways for attendees to take this forward through their career and in their organisation. Chair: Julia Morris, BIC board Kelvin Jones, Troy University Jason Mellad, Start Codon |
| 16:30 – 16:45 | Announcement of the Black in Cancer Post Doc Award winner |
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16:45 |
Conference close |