Inaugural John B. Little Symposium
“Genetic Instability and Cancer Susceptibility: Implications for Risk”
October 16-17, 1998
Friday, October 16, 1998
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS James Ware Dean for Academic Affairs, Harvard School of Public Health Joseph D. Brain Chair, Department of Environmental Health |
PLENARY SESSION |
MODERATOR: Dr. S. James Adelstein Harvard Medical School Introduction: “The History of Radiation Science at Harvard” |
Dr. Eric Hall Columbia University “Intellectual History of Radiation Science in the Twentieth Century” |
Dr. John Boice International Epidemiology Institute “Epidemiologic Investigation of the Adverse Effects of Exposure to Radiation” |
Dr. John B. Little Harvard School of Public Health “What Can Biology Offer to Understand the Effects of Low-Dose Radiation Exposure” |
Dr. Gerald L. Chan, Morningside-Springfield Foundation Presentation of John B. Little Award in Radiation Sciences to: Dr. Ralph R. Weichselbaum University of Chicago “Gene Therapy Targeted by Ionizing Radiation” |
Saturday, October 17, 1998
SCIENTIFIC SESSION I: GENOMIC INSTABILITY |
MODERATOR: Dr. Ann R. Kennedy University of Pennsylvania Introduction |
Dr. Mark Meuth University of Utah “Mutator Phenotypes and Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colon Cancer” |
Dr. John B. Little Harvard School of Public Health “Mutational Mechanisms in Radiation-Induced Genomic Instability” |
Dr. Andrew Grosovsky University of California, Riverside “Chromosomal Mechanisms of Genomic Instability” |
Dr. Robert Ullrich University of Texas, Galveston “Genomic Instability and Its Relationship to Radiation-Induced Cancer” |
SCIENTIFIC SESSION II: CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY |
MODERATOR: Dr. Warren W. Nichols Merck Research Institute Introduction: “The Interface of Radiation Biology and Epidemiology” |
Dr. Louise Strong University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center “Li Fraumeni Syndrome: A Model for Hereditary Cancer, and for Gene Environmental Interactions” |
Dr. Karl T. Kelsey Harvard School of Public Health “Molecular Epidemiologic Approaches to Cancer Susceptibility” |
Dr. Paul Slovic Decision Research “Perception of Risk from Radiation” |