Cancer Currents for June 2007

Invited Presentations and Accomplishments

Jason H. Moore, PhD
Member, Cancer Epidemiology and Chemoprevention Research Program, Norris Cotton Cancer Center Associate Professor of Genetics and of Community & Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School

Presented “Open-source Software for Applied Genetic Programming in the Domain of Human Genetics: Challenges and Opportunities” at the Workshop on Genetic Programming Theory and Practice (GPTP 2007) hosted by The Center for the Study of Complex Systems at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI, on May 17, 2007.

Presented “Genome-wide Analysis of Epistasis Using Computational Intelligence and Biological Knowledge”  at the American Association of Cancer Research Conference on Approaches to Complex Pathways in Molecular Epidemiology in Albequerque, NM, on May 30, 2007.

Diane M. Harper, MD
Member, Cancer Control Research Program, Norris Cotton Cancer Center
Associate Professor of Community & Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School

Presented “Limits and Benefits of HPV Vaccination” at the Department of Health and Human Services in Concord, NH on January 18, 2007.

Presented “HPV Immunology from Vaccination” at the Chicago Society of Gynecologists in Chicago on February 21, 2007.

Presented “What Does HPV Vaccination Buy?” at Planned Parenthood in Steamboat Springs, CO, March 1-4, 2007.

Presented “The Changing Face of Cervical Cancer Prevention,” at the Immune System and Reproductive Processes Symposium, Society of Gynecologic Investigation, Reno, NV, March 14, 2007.

Presented “Pathophysiology of HPV Disease” at the Annual Clinical Meeting of ACOG in San Diego, CA, May 5-9, 2007.          

Presented “Current Status of HPV Vaccines” at the Annual Clinical Meeting of ACOG in San Diego, CA, May 5-9, 2007.

Madeline A. Dalton, PhD, MPH
Member, Cancer Control Research Program, Norris Cotton Cancer Center
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Dartmouth Medical School

Presented the commencement address at Alfred University (Alfred, NY) on May 19, 2007, and received an honorary degree (Doctor of Science, honoris causa) at the commencement ceremony.

David W. Roberts, M.D.
Member, Radiobiology & Bioengineering Research Program, Norris Cotton Cancer Center
Professor of Surgery, Dartmouth Medical School

Presented “Localized Pain Associated with Seizures” at Mayo Clinic Neurology-Neurosurgery Grand Rounds in Rochester, MN on January 17, 2007.

Presented “Epilepsy Associated Pain” at the Sweet Lecture, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA on January 25, 2007.

Presented “History of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery” at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons in Washington DC on April 17, 2007.

Presented “Closed-loop Systems in Functional Neurosurgery: Current and Future Applications” at the 
6th Congress of the Asian Society for Stereotactic, Functional and Computer Assisted Neurosurgery in Tokyo, Japan, May 23, 2007.