EDRN Lung & Head/Neck Cancers Collaborative Group Meeting Agenda
EDRN Lung & Head/Neck Cancers Collaborative Group Meeting
Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. PT
Location: Weintraub/Pelton
Co-Chairs: Eric Grogan, MD, VUMC; Sara Pai, PhD, Yale University; and Marc Lenburg, PhD, Boston University
NCI Program Director: Guillermo Marquez, PhD
DMCC: Jackie Dahlgren, Camden Lopez
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
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Title / Topic
Presenter / Institution
Number
9:00am
9:10am
Welcome
Guillermo Marquez, PhD, National Cancer Institute
N/A
9:10 – 12:20 p.m. | BCC and CVC Presentations
Focus Areas:
Accomplishments (all cycles):
Tests identified for potential inclusion in NCCN trial networks
Validated Phase 3 biomarkers available
CLIA assays in development
Biomarker tests with assigned CPT codes
Ongoing high-value projects advancing toward Phase 3 validation
Created resources (reference datasets, image repositories)
Collaborations with industry, foundations, and external partners
Vision and strategic direction for the next EDRN cycle
9:10am
9:20am
Moffitt CVC
Matt Schabath, PhD, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc.
01
9:20am
9:30am
MDACC CVC
Sam Hanash, MD, PhD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
02
9:30am
9:40am
Vanderbilt CVC
Eric Grogan, MD, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Stephen Deppen, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
03
9:40am
9:50am
ASU CVC
Erich Sturgis, MD, MPH, Baylor College of Medicine
04
9:50am
10:00am
ASU BCC
Joshua LaBaer, MD, PhD, Arizona State University
05
10:00am
10:10am
BU-UCLA BCC
Jennifer Beane-Ebel, PhD, Boston University
06
10:10am
10:20am
NYU BCC
Leopoldo Segal, MD, MS, NYU Langone Health
07
10:20am
10:30am
Pittsburgh-Baltimore Lung Cancer Biomarker Characterization Center
James Herman, MD, University of Pittsburgh
08
10:30am
10:40am
Move AHEAD for the Earliest Detection of Oral Cancer
Yu Leo Lei, DDS, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
09
10:40am
10:50am
Break
10:50am
11:20am
NCT Overview: Lung Collaborative Group
Eric Grogan, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
10
11:20am
11:50pm
LTP2 Updates
DMCC
11
11:50pm
12:05pm
Core Funds Updates
Guillermo Marquez, PhD, National Cancer Institute
12
12:05pm
12:15pm
JHU CVC
David Sidransky, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
13
12:15pm
12:30pm
The mutagenic forces shaping the genomes of lung cancer in never smokers
Ludmil Alexandrov, PhD, University of California, San Diego
14
12:30pm
1:00pm
Collaborative Projects
12:30pm
12:45pm
Overview of AHEAD and Harmonized Tissue Analysis
William Hsu, PhD, University of California Los Angeles
Matt Schabath, PhD, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc.
Ghulam Rasool, PhD, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc.
15
12:45pm
1:00pm
Harmonizing AHEAD tissue analysis
Ludmil Alexandrov, PhD, University of California San Diego
Fatemeh Momen-Heravi, DDS, PhD, MPH, MS, University of California San Francisco
16
1:00pm
1:00pm
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