Increasing California's Capacity to Partner in Global Breast
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Grant: Conference Awards: Increasing California¡¦s Capacity to Partner in National and Global Breast Cancer Research Non-technical overview of the event and relevance to breast cancer: i. Conference Goals 1. To catalyze collaborative breast cancer research and programs to advance prevention, therapeutics, genetics, population and behavioral investigations among California scientists, clinicians, and advocates with National and global partners. 2. To share knowledge and experiences relevant to breast cancer in Chinese populations among scientists, clinicians, advocates, public health and supportive care professionals who are based in California, the US and Internationally; ii. Conference Objectives 1. Disseminating research methodology, measurements and findings to stimulate new hypotheses and research collaborations in cancer therapeutic development, genetics, epidemiology and survivorship 2. Facilitating dialog and relationship building, expanding alliance, exchanging of knowledge and information between breast cancer advocates, medical experts and researchers from multiple fields such as medicine, nursing, basic biomedical and population science, psychology and public health who are concerned about breast cancer among women of Chinese ancestry. 3. Providing updates on breast cancer screening, prevention, diagnostics, genetics and therapeutics advancements in California, nationally and internationally. 4. Establishing a platform for practical and successful community participatory research partnerships locally and internationally. 5. Building capacity, training, leadership, communication and supportive care practices among volunteers and advocate leaders. Description of event structure and intended audience: The structure of this 3-day conference includes 7 diverse breast cancer experts as keynote speakers; in addition there will be 4 plenary sessions, 8 breakout sessions, and 8 workshops for clinicians, researchers, advocates, community leaders. Over 250 participants including researchers (20%), clinicians (30%), public health workers/cancer educators (10%), advocates (30%), and survivors (10%) from California and around the world will attend. Innovative elements of the event and potential to generate new ideas/facilitate collaboration: International scientific collaboration in biomedical and population research is a rapidly growing trend. The goal of this 3-day conference is to share knowledge, experiences and resources relevant to breast cancer in Chinese populations among diverse scientists, clinicians, advocates, and public health and supportive care professionals who are based in California, the U.S. and Internationally to inform optimal prevention, clinical and supportive care practices; and promote international clinical, therapeutic development and population studies, and community-participatory programs and research. Such efforts are particularly important in California where Asians are the second fastest growing population (14%) and their representation among those affected by breast cancer is increasing. This conference will: 1) facilitate dialog and relationship building, expand alliance, and exchange knowledge and information between breast cancer advocates, medical experts and researchers from multiple fields such as medicine, nursing, basic biomedical and population science, psychology, social work and public health who are concerned about breast cancer among women of Chinese ancestry; 2) Disseminate research approaches, findings, methodology, measurements from diverse fields to stimulate new hypotheses for multi-disclipinary scientific collaborations and translational research; 3) Provide updates on breast cancer screening, prevention, diagnostics, genetics and therapeutics advancements in California, nationally and internationally; 4) Establish a platform for practical and successful community participatory research and program partnerships locally and internationally; and 5) Build capacity, training, leadership, communication and supportive care practices among professionals and advocates. In summary, this global conference will is a unique opportunity with paramount significance to the scientific, clinical and advocacy communities in California. The groundbreaking conference also takes place at a historic point in time where we are moving towards an era of personalized medicine and genomics. At this conference we will share the new tools of biospecimen, genetics, clinical and translational research, and generate international collaborations to give added impetus to the existing concerted global drive for breast cancer prevention and risk reduction, screening and surveillance, accurate diagnosis, targeted and curative treatment, and optimal survivorship care. Advocacy involvement: Breast cancer advocates in California, other regions of the U.S. including Texas and New York are at the heart of this conference. In fact, the conference idea belongs to the advocacy community who initiated partnership with the scientific community to join in this innovative conference. This conference titled ¡§The Global Chinese Breast Cancer Alliance Conference (GCBCA)¡¨ to be held in Los Angeles is a collaboration project between Dr. Ashing-Giwa of City of Hope and Lucy Young of Herald Cancer Association (HCA), a non-profit grass root organization that provides services to underserved Chinese cancer patients and their families. HCA has a growing presence in Los Angeles since 2002. HCA is firmly committed to activating the Chinese-American community with regards to research engagement and research participation in clinical, biospecimen banking, and behavioral studies. Ms. Young has successful scientific-community partnerships in California, nationally and internationally. She will use this Conference as a platform to expand her community education on the role and importance of research in the Chinese-American and Chinese community to increase their research engage