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
Start End 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 ADJOURN


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