Monday, June 29, 2015 Speaker: Walter C. Willett, M.D., Dr. P.H.
The 2nd Annual “Living with LFS” Webinar Conference
Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 Time: 5:00pm (EST)
Webinar topics and presenters:
“Li-Fraumeni Syndrome and TP53 in Breast Cancer and Management”Gareth Evans, Professor of Medical Genetics and Cancer Epidemiology, The University of Manchester
“High Occurrence of Li-Fraumeni Syndrome in Brazil”Maria Isabel Achatz, Director, Department of Oncogenetics, Hospital A. C. Camargo
“Updates from the NCI LFS Study”Phuong Mai, Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute
“Elephants, Dogs, and Other Novel Approaches to Cancer Prevention in Li-Fraumeni Syndrome”Joshua Schiffman, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Utah
LFS – Recent Findings and Future Directions
Date: Monday, July 28, 2014 Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm (EST) Speaker: Dr. Louise Strong of MD Anderson
Dr. Walcott is currently the Lead Associate Investigator for the chemoprevention study in Li-Fraumeni Syndrome using Metformin at the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Walcott received her M.P.H. at the University of Texas Health Science Center at the Houston School of Public Health in epidemiology, and her M.D. at the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine in College Station. She shares her interests in gynecologic malignancies, telomere biology, and chemoprevention with her projects related to the Li-Fraumeni Syndrome.
Li-Fraumeni Syndrome and Diet
Date: Monday, May 19, 2014 Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm (EST) Speaker: Presented by Karin B. Michels, ScD, PhD
Editor of the textbook, Epigenetic Epidemiology, Dr. Michels is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health and the Harvard Medical School, and is Co-Director of the Ob/Gyn Epidemiology Center in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA. Dr. Michels’ research has focused on epigenetic epidemiology, perinatal risk factors for breast cancer, and the role of nutrition in cancer etiology.
Missed the webinar? You can download a PDF of the presentation.
LFS Talk with Dr. Judy E. Garber
Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 Time: 8:00pm-9:30pm (EST) Speaker: Judy E. Garber, MD MPH, Director at the Center for Cancer Genetics and Prevention at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Living with LFS Webinar
Date: May 21, 2013 Time: 8:00pm-9:30pm (EST) Guest Speakers: Wendy Kohlman, Manager of Family Cancer Assessment Clinic, Huntsman Cancer Institute and Amanda Gammon, Genetic Counselor, Huntsman Cancer Institute Host: Bonita Kline, LFS Association Family Support Chair
Date: November 2, 2010 Guest Speakers: Dr. Joseph Fraumeni, newly formed LiFE Consortium members, and LFS families Host: Dr. Sharon Savage, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland