EDRN Lung & Head/Neck Cancers Collaborative Group Meeting

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

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

Location: Onstead Auditorium S3.8012

Chair: Marc Lenburg, PhD, Boston University 

Co-Chairs: Eric Grogan, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Sara Pai, PhD, Yale University

NCI Program Director: Guillermo Marquez, PhD, National Cancer Institute

DMCC:  Eardi Lila, PhD, Camden Lopez, Jackie Dahlgren, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

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End

Title / Topic

Presenter / Institution

Number

3:15p

4:05p

Presentations from 5 EDRN Groups (5 min Presentation with 5 min Q&A) Address these items:

What are your program’s goals for the rest of the funding cycle?  What are the intermediate milestones you will use to achieve these goals?

3:15p

3:20p

Arizona CVC

  • Karen Anderson, MD, PhD, Arizona State University
  • Erich Sturgis, MD, MPH, Baylor College of Medicine

01

3:20p

3:25p

Q&A

Q&A

Q&A

3:25p

3:30p

Moffitt

  • John Heine, PhD, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
  • Matthew Schabath, PhD, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center

02

3:30p

3:35p

Q&A

Q&A

Q&A

3:35p

3:40p

Boston / UCLA

  • Marc Lenburg, PhD, Boston University
  • Jennifer Beane, PhD, Boston University
  • Steven Dubinett, MD, University of California, Los Angeles
  • William Hsu, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Michael Palazzolo, MD, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

03

3:40p

3:45p

Q&A

Q&A

Q&A

3:45p

3:50p

NYU

  • Leopoldo Segal, MD, New York University
  • Harvey Pass, MD, New York University

04

3:50p

3:55p

Q&A

Q&A

Q&A

3:55p

4p

MDACC

  • Samir Hanash, MD, PhD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

05

4p

4:05p

Q&A

Q&A

Q&A

4:05p

4:25p

BREAK

BREAK

BREAK

4:25p

5:05p

Continuing Presentations from 4 EDRN Groups (5 min Presentation with 5 min Q&A) Address these items:

What are your program’s goals for the rest of the funding cycle?  What are the intermediate milestones you will use to achieve these goals?

 

4:25p

4:30p

Johns Hopkins

  • Victor Velculescu, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
  • David Sidransky, MD, Johns Hopkins University

06

4:30p

4:35p

Q&A

Q&A

Q&A

4:35p

4:40p

Vanderbilt

  • Eric Grogan, MD, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center
  • Stephen Deppen, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

07

4:40p

4:45p

Q&A

Q&A

Q&A

4:45p

4:50p

Pittsburgh

  • James Herman, MD, University of Pittsburgh
  • Robert Christenson, PhD, University of Maryland
  • Tza-Huei (Jeff) Wang, PhD, Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering

08

4:50p

4:55p

Q&A

Q&A

Q&A

4:55p

5p

Arizona BCC

  • Joshua LaBaer, MD, PhD, Arizona State University
  • Karen Anderson, MD, PhD, Arizona State University

09

5p

5:05p

Q&A

Q&A

Q&A

5:05p

5:25p

Discussion: How we will use the monthly CG calls going forward to help groups achieve these goals.  What to highlight in the CG report out to the SC.

5:25p

5:35p

BREAK

BREAK

BREAK

5:35p

5:55p

10-minute presentation from AHEAD about collaborative projects initiated within AHEAD, and 10-minute discussion about ideas for scientific collaborations with EDRN.

5:55p

6:15p

LTP2: What are the action items we need to accomplish to be able to evaluate imaging biomarkers and perform integrative analysis?



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