EDRN Genitourinary (GU) Prostate Collaborative Group Meeting

Theme: Aligning Science and Strategy to Advance Prostate Cancer Early Detection within EDRN

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

Wednesday, March 4, 2026 – 3:15pm – 6:15pm CT

Location: Room CPB8 Rms 5-6

Chair: Jeffrey J Tosoian, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Co-Chair: O. John Semmes, PhD, Old Dominion University

NCI Program Directors: Indu Kohaar, PhD, National Cancer Institute

DMCC:  Yingye Zheng, PhD, Kristin Rodgers, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Start

End

Title / Topic

Presenter / Institution

Number

 3:15pm

3:25pm

Welcome and Framing of Discussion

Indu Kohaar, PhD, National Cancer Institute;

Jeffrey Tosoian, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

N/A

 4:05pm

Industry Talks on Potential Collaborations (40 min – 10 min each)

 

3:25pm

 

3:35pm

 

Creatv MicroTech, Inc.

Expanding the Clinical Utility of Blood Based Biopsies in Cancer Screening, Diagnostics and Drug Prediction Using Circulating Stromal Cells

 

Daniel L. Adams, Chief Scientific Officer, Creatv Bio, Division of Creatv MicroTech

 

01

 

3:35pm

 

3:45pm

 

Meso Scale Diagnostics, LLC

Bridging Discovery and Validation in Prostate Cancer Biomarkers

 

Hans Layman, PhD, Executive Director Oncology & Scientific Affairs, Meso Scale Diagnostics, LLC

 

02

 

3:45pm

 

3:55pm

 

Beckman Coulter

Advancing Prostate Care:  phi at Beckman Coulter

 

Lindsay Sun, MD, Senior Medical Director, Beckman Coulter

 

03

 

3:55pm

 

4:05pm

 

Alluz Diagnostics

Clinical Translation for Prostate Cancer Tests to Address High Unmet Clinical Needs

 

Gerard Davis, PhD, Alluz Diagnostics

 

03 

 

4:05 pm

4:45 pm

 Cross-Center and Industry Collaborations

Martin Sanda, MD, Emory University

John Semmes, PhD, Eastern Virginia Medical School 

05

4:45 pm

4:55 pm

BREAK

BREAK

BREAK

4:55 pm

5:25 pm

Promising Approaches and PCa Biomarkers

Dan Chan, PhD, Hui Zhang, PhD

Johns Hopkins University       

06

5:25 pm

5:45 pm

NCI EDRN MRI Biomarker Study and Reference Set (PMRI)- Status and Potential Outcome

John Wei, MD; Simpa Salami, MD

University of Michigan

07

5:45 pm

6:15 pm

Vision for Next Cycle of EDRN

Indu Kohaar, PhD, National Cancer Institute;

Jeffrey Tosoian, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

08

 6:15p

ADJOURN



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