“Advancing Dissemination and Implementation Science in Global Oncology”

Friday, October 4, 2024

8:00 am – 3:45 pm

The Charles F. Knight Center
Throop Drive & Snow Way Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130

Agenda

8:00 Overview and Welcome
Daniel C. Link, Alan & Edith Wolf Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Oncology, Washington University
Deputy Director, Siteman Cancer Center

Elvin Geng, Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases WashU
8:15Topic: Growing Implementation Research Globally: Lessons Learned from the Field

Panelists:
Elizabeth Bukusi, KEMRI, Building Teams – a Global View
Rohit Ramaswamy, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cutting Edge Teaching Methods in Implementation Research
Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, St. Jude, Implementation Research in Global Oncology
9:30Global Oncology
Thomas Odeny, PI, Global Oncology Initiative @ WashU
9:35 Topic: National Cancer Institute (NCI) priorities for Global Oncology

Panelists:
Patti Gravitt, NCI, Center for Global Health
Gila Neta, NCI, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
Rachel Sturke, Fogarty International Center

Moderator: Elvin Geng
10:45Break/Booths
11:15Topic: Global panel:  Clinical Trials in Low and Middle-Income Country Contexts

Introduction: Transitions from HIV to Cancer, Juliet Iwelunmor, WashU

Panelists:
Aggrey Semeere, Infectious Disease Institute, Makerere University
Elias Melly, National Cancer Institute of Kenya
Manoj Menon, Fred Hutch Cancer Center

Moderator: Nickhill Bhakta, St. Jude Children’s Hospital
12:15Lunch
1:15Social System Design Lab Workshop: Tools fellows need to embed Implementation Science into cancer clinical trials

Facilitator: Ellis Ballard, Social Systems Design Lab
3:30Closing