molecular oncology. The CCR Grand Rounds lecture series is held on a weekly basis (Fridays) during the academic year excluding holidays and had been established to increase knowledge, dialogue and inquiry among those engaged in the discovery of new ways to prevent and treat cancer. Total Estimated Cost: $52,357.38 Total Attendees: 4060 Total Feds on Travel: 2900 Total Non-Feds on Travel: 17 Title of Conference: Colorectal Cancer Screening Participation Working Group Conference Dates: 6/19/2017 Venue, City, State or Country: Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, Bethesda, Maryland How the Conference Advanced the Mission of the Agency: This meeting was designed to bring together international colorectal cancer screening experts to describe and discuss methods for measuring, evaluating, and encouraging the success of organized colorectal cancer screening programs, with a particular emphasis on participation by the target population. Colorectal cancer screening rates (58.8% in 2013) are below public health targets (80% by 2018 in the U.S), and the discussion of both the strengths and limitations of screening has become more widespread. This meeting provided a forum for sharing data and approaches related to promoting understanding of how to present the choice of participation in colorectal cancer screening programs Total Estimated Cost: $39,922.45 Total Attendees: 100 Total Feds on Travel: 35 Total Non-Feds on Travel: 14 Title of Conference: International Cervical Cancer Screening Working Group Conference Dates: 6/19/2017 Venue, City, State or Country: Bethesda North Marriott and Conference Center, Bethesda, Maryland How the Conference Advanced the Mission of the Agency: This working group meeting was designed to bring together international experts in cervical cancer screening to describe and discuss methods for measuring and evaluating organized cervical cancer screening programs. Cervical cancer is widely regarded as a preventable cancer, yet worldwide it is the fourth most common cancer in women, and the seventh most common cancer overall. The burden of cervical cancer is particularly great in low- and middle-income countries. This meeting provided a forum for sharing data and approaches related to implementing and evaluating cervical cancer screening programs. Total Estimated Cost: $42,627.29 Total Attendees: 101 Total Feds on Travel: 36 Total Non-Feds on Travel: 18
Total Feds on Travel: 77 Total Non-Feds on Travel: 0 Title of Conference: National Research Council Standing Committee on Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions Dates: 1/10-1/11/2017 Venue, City, State or Country: National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC. How the Conference Advanced the Mission of the Agency: This is a meeting held by the National Academy of Sciences. The Standing Committee on Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions provided a public venue for communication among government, industry, environmental groups, and the academic community about scientific discoveries and advances in methods and approaches that can be used in the identification, quantification, and control of environmental impacts on human health. Total Estimated Cost: $74,874.96 Total Attendees: 150 Total Feds on Travel: 5 Total Non-Feds on Travel: 25 Title of Conference: Risk of Bias in Non-randomized Studies - of Exposure (ROBINS-E) Workshop Dates: 1/30-1/31/2017 Venue, City, State or Country: Bristol Marriott, Bristol, United Kingdom How the Conference Advanced the Mission of the Agency: Assessed the applicability of using the ROBINS-I tool (Risk Of Bias In Non-randomized Studies - of Interventions) to assess the internal validity (“risk of bias”) for epidemiological studies in environmental and occupational health (referred to as ROBINS-E), by building on work to date to develop and publish a ROBINS-E tool and to create a guidance document for its use. Total Estimated Cost: $73,549.00 Total Attendees: 43 Total Feds on Travel: 5 Total Non-Feds on Travel: 23 Title of Conference: Environmental Risks for Psychiatric Disorders: Underlying Mechanisms of Psychopathology Dates: 3/21-3/22/2017 Venue, City, State or Country: NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina How the Conference Advanced the Mission of the Agency: The overall goal of this meeting was to bring together experts in the fields of psychiatry, fundamental neuroscience, human genetics, immunology and environmental health sciences to help fill critical knowledge gaps in the identification of common pathways and mechanisms implicated in psychiatric disorders that are also the targets of environmental exposures. Total Estimated Cost: $32,828.00 Total Attendees: 47 Total Feds on Travel: 8 Total Non-Feds on Travel: 14