OCCAM Staff to Present at the Society for Integrative Oncology Annual Conference

Dr. Jeffrey D. White, Dr. Farah Zia, Dr. Oluwadamilola Olaku, Dr. Libin Jia, and Elizabeth Austin will be presenting at the Ninth International Conference of the Society for Integrative Oncology in Albuquerque, NM from October 8-10, 2012.

Monday, October 8, 2012

Dr. Jeffrey D. White, Dr. Farah Zia, and Dr. Oluwadamilola Olaku will conduct a workshop entitled the NCI Best Case Series Protocol: How to Move Research Forward from 3:00pm - 4:15pm.

Dr. Libin Jia will moderate a session entitled Clinical Science Abstracts: Methodological Issues in Integrative Oncology Research from 4:45pm-6:00pm.

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Dr. Jeffrey D. White will discuss grant funding mechanisms along with Eveline Mumenthaler, M.S., M.B.A. of the Gateway Foundation and Kerri Diamant, Founder and Executive Director, AlterMed Research Foundation during Plenary 5: Funding in Integrative Oncology Research from 1:45pm-3:00pm.

Wednesday October 10, 2012

Elizabeth Austin will participate in a workshop along with Donald Abrams, M.D., Brian Lawenda, M.D., Vinjar Fonnebo, M.D., and K. Simon Yeung, PharmD, LAc entitled Exploring Web-Based Information Resources on Complementary Therapies in Integrative Oncology from 10:45am- 12:00pm.

Dr. Libin Jia will co-chair a workshop with Gary Deng, M.D. and Hongsheng Lin, M.D. entitled Evaluation of Herbal Medicine: A Cross-Cultural Discussion from 1:00pm-3:00pm.

Find out more information on each of the workshops and plenary discussion and view the complete agenda of the conference.

You may also contact OCCAM with any questions at ncioccam1-r@mail.nih.gov.