Symposium on HPV-Mediated Disease, Wednesday, April 15, 2009, 8:45-11:45 am
Richland Meeting Room A (lower level, Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center.)
Session Chairs: Kim E. Creek and Gloria Frelix
PROGRAM
8:45-9:00 am
DIFFERENTIAL CONTROL OF GENE EXPRESSION BY TGF-beta DURING PROGRESSION OF HPV16-TRANSFORMED CELLS
Sangeeta Kowli, Lucia Pirisi-Creek, Kim Creek
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
9:00-9:15 am
TRISTETRAPROLIN-MEDIATED INDUCTION OF CELLULAR SENESCENCE IN HPV- TRANSFORMED CERVICAL CANCER CELLS
Sandhya Sanduja, Vimala Kaza, Dan Dixon
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
9:15-9:30 AM
ANALYSIS OF HPV IN HEAD AND NECK CANCER PATIENTS WITH RESPECT TO RACE
Semyon Rubinchik, Geoffrey Pitzer, Jacob Smith, M. Boyd Gillespie, Natalie Sutkowski, Kevin Gibbs, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, MUSC, Department of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery, MUSC
9:30-9:45 am
Impact of cervical Chlamydia trachomatis infection on HPV persistence
Jeffrey Korte, MUSC
9:45-10:00 am
The Carolina Women’s Care Study: Human Papillomavirus prevalence and type distribution at enrollment, among females attending the university of south carolina
Carolyn Banister, Amy Messersmith, Diego Altomare, Julie Steele, Lisa Spiryda, Lucia Pirisi, and Kim E. Creek
10:00-10:30 AM – Coffee Break
10:30-10:45 am
Patient Characteristics and Outcomes for Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer in Minority and Underserved Populations in Eastern North Carolina
Gloria D. Frelix, Crystal Cason, Diane Semer, Howard Homesley, Merrill Brinson, Ron Allison
East Carolina University
10:45-11:00 AM
Changing the Picture of Cervical Cancer in South Carolina through Clinic- and Community-Based Research, Practice, and Action
Heather Brandt, Ph.D.
11:00-11:45 am
KEYNOTE LECTURE: Epidemiology of HPV infection and HPV-mediated cancers in men
Dr. Anna Giuliano
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, and Program Leader, Risk Assessment, Detection and Intervention Program at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL