2007 Chair and Program Directors Retreat and Annual Meeting

Basin Harbor Club, Vergennes, Vermont            September 30 - October 2

ATTENDEES
Susan Marriott, Ph.D. - Baylor College of Medicine
Steven Balk, M.D., Ph.D. - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Susann Brady-Kalnay, Ph.D. - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Susan Kane, Ph.D., and Laurett Rivera - City of Hope, Beckman Research Institute
Alan Eastman, Ph.D. - Dartmouth Medical School
Anna Riegel, Ph.D. and Rebecca Riggins, Ph.D. - Georgetown University
Ann Roman, Ph.D. and David Myer, Ph.D. - Indiana University School of Medicine
Barbara Knowles, Ph.D. - Jackson Laboratory
Wade Gibson, Ph.D. and Greg Simon, Ph.D. - Johns Hopkins University
Beverly Delidow, Ph.D. and Gabriella Ion, Ph.D. - Marshall University, Joan C Edwards School of Medicine
Dennis Watson, Ph.D. - Medical University of South Carolina
Matthew O’Connell, Ph.D. - Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Lynn Amende, Ph.D., Lester Gorelic, Ph.D., and Dorkina Myrick, M.D., Ph.D.- National Cancer Institute
Kathleen Green, Ph.D. - Northwestern University 
James Broach, Ph.D. and Christopher Farrell, Ph.D. - Princeton University
Amato Giaccia, Ph.D. and Don Courter, Ph.D. - Stanford University School of Medicine
Marja Nevalainen, M.D., Ph.D. and Feng Shen, M.D., Ph.D. - Thomas Jefferson University
Jesse Martinez, Ph.D. and Warner Bair, III, Ph.D. - University of Arizona Cancer Center
Bruce Blumberg, Ph.D. - University of California, Irvine
Timothy Lane, Ph.D. - University of California, Los Angeles
Eric Schneider, Ph.D. - University of California, San Francisco
Geoffrey Greene, Ph.D. and  Kolbrun Kristjansdottir, Ph.D. - University of Chicago
Sohaib Khan, Ph.D. and Yuxin Feng, Ph.D. - University of Cincinnati
Steven Nordeen, Ph.D. - University of Colorado
Mary C. Farach-Carson, Ph.D. and Chu Zhang, Ph.D. - University of Delaware
W. Stratford May, Jr., M.D., Ph.D. - University of Florida
Prabhat Goswami, Ph.D. - University of Iowa
Dario Altieri, M.D., Arthur Mercurio, Ph.D., Shannon Gibson, Ph.D. - University of Massachusetts Medical School
Sunita Chaudhary, Ph.D. and Edmund Lattime, Ph.D. - University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
David Helfman, Ph.D. - University of Miami, Miller Medical School
Yoji Shimizu, Ph.D. - University of Minnesota
Channing J. Der, Ph.D., Patrick Roberts, Ph.D. and Misha Rand - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Lewis A. Chodosh, M.D., Ph.D. and Ann Vernon Grey, Ph.D. - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Michael Lotze, M.D., Ph.D. - University of Pittsburgh 
Kenneth Wright, Ph.D. and Donna Herber, Ph.D. - University of South Florida
Dihua Yu, Ph.D. - University of Texas
James Trempe, Ph.D. - University of Toledo 
Don Ayer, Ph.D. and Daniel LaBarbera, Ph.D. - University of Utah
Susan Wallace, Ph.D. - University of Vermont
Paul Lambert, Ph.D. and James Amos-Landgraf, Ph.D. - University of Wisconsin, Madison
Lynn Matrisian, Ph.D. and Paige Baugher, Ph.D. - Vanderbilt University
Steven Akman, M.D., Frank Torti, M.D., M.P.H., Donna Frazier, Ph.D. - Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Robert Pauley, Ph.D.- Wayne State University
Scott Weed, PhD., Jess Cunnick, Ph.D. and YoungJin Cho-Cunnick, Ph.D. - West Virginia University

AGENDA
Sunday, September 30
Arrivals and Dinner
Presentation: The Translational Research Working Group Report - Lynn Matrisian

Monday, October 1
8:00 - 9:00 AM General Session for all Attendees - Facilitator: Dario Altieri
9:00 -11:30 AM Concurrent Sessions:  Postdoctoral Fellows
Groups 1 and 2: Essential Skills for Postdocs - Facilitator: James Broach, Lynn Matrisian
Group 1: Cancer Biology Curriculum for Postdocs: Should there be one? - Facilitator: James Broach         
Group 2: How to Pursue Translational Research in Cancer Biology as a Long Term Career Objective - Facilitator: Lynn Matrisian
Groups 1 and 2: How Can this Organization Improve Your Lives as Postdocs? - Facilitators: James Broach, Lynn Matrisian

9:00 -11:30 AM Concurrent Sessions:  Faculty
Group 1: Final Review - Cancer Biology Curriculum Manuscript - Facilitators: Amato Giaccia, Susan Kane, Edmund Lattime, Frank Torti; Scribes:  Alan Eastman, Geoffrey Greene, Ann Reigel, Scott Weed, Ann Roman; Reporters:  Steven Balk, Sunita Chaudhary, Jess Cunnick, Chu Zhang
Group 2: How to Enhance the NCI Cancer Biology Training Reviews - Facilitators: Lynn Amende, Channing Der, Lester Gorelic, Dorkina Myrick, Dihua Yu; Scribes:  Bruce Blumberg, Cindy Farach-Carson, Prabhat Goswami, Sohaib Khan; Reporters:  Don Ayer, Susann Brady-Kalnay, Steven Nordeen, Robert Pauley 
Group 3: Developing Careers for Cancer Biology Postdoctoral Fellows – Techniques and Strategies - Facilitators: Dario Altieri, Beverly Delidow, Jesse Martinez, Susan Marriott; Scribes:  Barbara Knowles, Timothy Lane, Laurett Rivera, Dennis Watson and Yoji Shimizu; Reporters:  Stratford May, Matthew O’Connell, Susan Wallace
Group 4: Cancer Biology Training in the MD Medical Curriculum - Facilitator:  Steven Akman, Wade Gibson, David Helfman, Mike Lotze; Scribes: Kathleen Green, Arthur Mercurio, James Trempe; Reporters: Lewis Chodosh, Marja Nevalainen, Kenneth Wright
11:45 – 1:00 PM NCI Discussion - Presenters: Lester Gorelic, Dorkina Myrick & Lynn Amende
1:00 - 1:30 PM CancerTraining.org Web Site Demonstration - Facilitator:  Sheridan Wilder
7:30 - 9:30 PM Poster Session

Tuesday, October 2
8:00 – 9:30 AM Concurrent Sessions
Postdocs  Survival Strategies for Young Investigators and Discussion: Next Organizational Steps for Postdocs - Facilitator: Jesse Martinez
Faculty  Business meeting: Review of 501(c)3 status, membership, etc. - Facilitators:  Amato Giaccia, Lynn Matrisian, Frank Torti        
9:30 – 11:20 AM General Session: Reports from all Groups, Next Steps & Future Plans - Facilitators: Dario Altieri and Amato Giaccia
Faculty Group 1 Report - Final Review - Cancer Biology Curriculum Manuscript
Faculty Group 2 Report - How to Enhance the NCI Cancer Biology Training Reviews  
Faculty Group 3 Report - Developing Careers for Cancer Biology Postdoctoral Fellows – Techniques and Strategies
Faculty Group 4 Report - Cancer Biology Training in the MD Medical Curriculum
Postdoc Group 1 Report - Cancer Biology Curriculum for Postdocs: Should there be one?
Postdoc Group 2 Report - How to Pursue Translational Research in Cancer Biology as a Long Term Career Objective
Postdoc Report - Essential Skills for Postdocs Report
Postdoc Report - How Can this Organization Improve Your Lives as Postdocs?
Postdoc Report - Survival Strategies for Young Investigators and Discussion: Next Organizational Steps for Postdocs
11:05-11:20 Next Steps & Future Plans
11:20 AM Adjourn and Check out

Business Meeting Minutes and Group Reports (Download .pdf reports and presentations - requires Adobe Acrobat)

2007 CABTRAC Chair & Directors Retreat / Annual Meeting Reports and Minutes

NCI Discussion Notes

CABTRAC - CB PhD Training Manuscript (White Paper final version)

Improving Training Grant Outcomes (Faculty Group 2 Report)

CABTRAC Finance Update presentation

CABTRAC Organization Update presentation