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AHEAD Steering Committee Meeting
Tuesday March 3rd, 2026 -
2:00pm-6:00pm CT
Location: Onstead Auditorium, S3.8012 – Mitchell Building
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Start
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End
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Title / Topic
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Presenter / Institution
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Number
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2:00p
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2:10p
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Welcome
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Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque, DDS, PhD, NIDCR Acting Director
Sudhir Srivastava, PhD, MPH, Senior Scientific Officer & Chief,
Cancer Biomarkers Branch, National Cancer Institute
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N/A
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2:10p
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2:15p
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Overview of AHEAD
Program and AHEAD-EDRN Collaborations
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Zhong Chen, MD, PhD
and Jason Wan, PhD, NIDCR and Wendy Wang, PhD, NCI
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N/A
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2:15p
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2:22p
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Group 1
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Yu Leo Lei, PhD,
DDS (University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center), Steven Chinn, MD, MPH, FACS (University of Pittsburgh), Thomas Wang, MD (University of Michigan)
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01
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2:22p
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2:25p
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Q&A
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Q&A
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Q&A
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2:25p
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2:32p
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Group 2
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Fatemeh Momen Heravi, DDS, PhD, MPH, MS (University of California San Francisco)
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02
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2:32p
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2:35p
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Q&A
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Q&A
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Q&A
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2:35p
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2:42p
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Group 3
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Laura Rozek, PhD (Georgetown University), Maureen Sartor, PhD, Nisha D’Silva, BDS, MSD, PhD (University of Michigan)
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03
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2:42p
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2:45p
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Q&A
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Q&A
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Q&A
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2:45p
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2:52p
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Group 4
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Sara Pai, MD, PhD (Yale University)
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04
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2:52p
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2:55p
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Q&A
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Q&A
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Q&A
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2:55p
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3:02p
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Group 5
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Antonio Amelio, PhD, Anna Giuliano, PhD (H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center)
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05
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3:02p
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3:05p
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Q&A
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Q&A
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Q&A
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3:05p
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3:12p
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Group 6
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Hua Li, PhD, DABR,
FAAPM (Washington University), Xiaowei Wang, PhD (University of Illinois Chicago)
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06
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3:12p
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3:15p
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Q&A
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Q&A
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Q&A
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3:15p
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3:22p
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Group 7
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Silvio Gutkind, PhD Ludmil Alexandrov, PhD, Scott Lippman, MD (University of California San Diego)
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07
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3:22p
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3:25p
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Q&A
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Q&A
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Q&A
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3:25p
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3:40p
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Break
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Break
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Break
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Working Group
Discussion Session (25 minutes each)
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3:40p
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4:05p
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H&E
biorepository—Pathology working group
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Lead: Sara Pai MD, PhD (Yale University) and Yu Leo Lei, PhD, DDS (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)
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N/A
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4:05p
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4:30p
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Generation of CDE
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Lead: Yu Leo Lei, PhD, DDS (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center), team members: Vidhya Venkateswaran, BDS, MPH, PhD, NIDCR
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N/A
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4:30p
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4:55p
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Spatial transcriptomics efforts
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Lead: Fatemeh Momen Heravi DDS, PhD, MPH, MS (University of California San Francisco) [human] and Silvio Gutkind, PhD, (University of California San Diego) [mouse]
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N/A
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4:55p
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5:20p
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Shared biospecimen protocols
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Lead: Laura Rozek, PhD (Georgetown University) and Antonio Amelio, PhD (H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center)
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N/A
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5:20p
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5:45p
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Collaboration with EDRN lung group and funding opportunities
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Leaders: AHEAD Co-chairs and Guillermo Marquez, PhD, NCI
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N/A
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5:45p
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6:00p
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Summary
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Sara Pai, MD, PhD
(Yale University)
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N/A
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