Agenda

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast*
   
9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. Welcome
Edith P. Mitchell, M.D., FACP, FCPP, Clinical Professor of Medicine and Medical Oncology; Associate Director of Diversity Services, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University
   
9:10 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Introductions at Tables
All
   
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. National Institutes of Health (NIH), Sexual & Gender Minority (SGM) Research Activities
Karen Parker, Ph.D., M.S.W., Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office, NIH
   
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. NIH Grantspersonship Overview/NIH Tools & Resources
Susannah Allison, Ph.D., National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), NIH
   
11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Break
   
11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. NIH Institute/Center/Office Priorities
Susannah Allison, Ph.D., NIMH, NIH
Jennifer Alvidrez, Ph.D., National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), NIH
Melissa Gerald, Ph.D., National Institute on Aging, NIH
Sonia Lee, Ph.D., Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH
Brad Newsome, Ph.D., National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH
Sheri Schully, Ph.D., All of Us
   
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Keynote Presentation Luncheon*
Discordant Opinions and Current Recommendations for Cancer Screening in the Trans Community

Amy E. Leader, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Division of Population Science, Department of Medical Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University
Nicole Simone, M.D., Ph.D., The Margaret Q. Landenberger Professor and Radiation Director of the Jefferson Breast Cancer Center, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University
   
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Establishing a Career in SGM Health Research
Moderator: Jessica Fish, Ph.D., University of Maryland (F32, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH)
Nadia Dowshen, M.D., Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (K23, NIMH)
Cesar Gabriel Escobar-Viera, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (K99, NIMHD)
Corina Lelutiu-Weinberger, Ph.D., Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (R21, NIMHD)
Cindy Veldhuis, Ph.D., Columbia University Health Sciences (F32, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism [NIAAA])
   
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Sustaining a Career in SGM Health Research
Moderator: Tonda L. Hughes, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, Columbia School of Nursing (R01, NIAAA)
Jose Arturo Bauermeister, Ph.D., M.P.H., University of Pennsylvania (R01, NIMHD)
Dustin Duncan, Sc.D., New York University School of Medicine (R01, NIMH/R01, NIMHD)
Mackey Friedman, Ph.D., M.P.H., University of Pittsburgh (R01, NIMHD)
   
3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Break
   
3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Round Table Discussions
   
4:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Wrap Up
Edith P. Mitchell, M.D., FACP, FCPP, Clinical Professor of Medicine and Medical Oncology; Associate Director of Diversity Services, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University
Joseph Hill, M.A., CDM, Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals
Bernard Lopez, M.D., Associate Provost, Diversity and Inclusion; Associate Dean Diversity and Community Engagement, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University
   
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Social Network Reception*
   

*Note: Appropriated funds will not be used to purchase food. Refreshments will be provided with non-governmental dollars by the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center and the Office of Diversity & Inclusion.