Recent Invited Talks & Presentations

"In utero exposures and infant leukemia."  Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (May 2000)

"Infant leukaemia and pregnancy exposures." Leukaemia Research Fund Workshop on "Molecular Epidemiology of Leukaemia", London, UK (Feb 2001)

"Flavonoids, MLL gene, and infant leukemia." International Life Sciences Institute American Technical Committee on Food Components for Health Promotion, Federation of the American Society of Experimental Biology, Orlando, FL (Mar 2001)

"Childhood leukemia - what can we learn from rare groups." 3rd Annual Daniel Burton Endowment Fund Lecture in Leukemia, Toronto, ONT (Apr 2001)

"Genomic imprinting in childhood cancer," Cancer Genetics Conference, Toronto, ONT (Apr 2001)

"The Children's Oncology Group Epidemiology Program." American Pediatric Oncology Nurses Meeting, Minneapolis, MN (Jan 2002)

"Epidemiology of childhood cancer - where do we go from here?" St. Judes Research Hospital, Memphis, TN (Mar 2002)

"Genomic imprinting and DNA topoisomerase II inhibitors." Gene-Environment Interactions in Childhood Cancer Workshop, National Cancer Institute (Mar 2002)

"Control selection in pediatric cancer studies."  Workshop held in Minneapolis, MN (Nov 2002)

"Genes and environment - epidemiology in COG." Nursing Challenge in Clinical Trials: Translating Research Into Care, Atlanta, GA (Mar 2003)

"Epidemiology of childhood cancer: where do we go from here?" Grand Rounds, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX (Apr 2003)

"Etiology of infant leukemia." Education Session, American Society for Clinical Oncology Meeting, Chicago, IL (May 2003)

"Future directions in childhood cancer research." Education Session, American Association for Cancer Research Meeting, Washington, DC (Jul 2003)

"Control selection in pediatric cancer studies." Minisymposium, American Association for Cancer Research Meeting, Washington, DC (Jul 2003)

"Children's Oncology Group Epidemiology Program - future research directions." American Association for Cancer Research Special Symposium, Frontiers in Cancer Prevention, Phoenix, AZ (Oct 2003)

"Epidemiology of Down-syndrome and leukemia."  Special Scientific Symposium on Myeloid and Lymphoid Leukemia and Down Syndrome, Children's Oncology Group, Dallas, TX (Nov 2003)

"Professional Advancement Series Sunrise Session on Career Transitions." Invited Mentor, American Association for Cancer Research Meeting, Orlando, FL (Mar 2004)

"What doesn't cause cancer?"  Public presentation at the Sioux Valley Medical Center, Sioux Falls, SD (Apr 2004)

"The Children's Oncology Group Epidemiology Research Program."  Pediatric Grand Rounds, Sioux Valley Children's Medical Center, Sioux Falls, SD (Apr 2004)

"Cancer and the National Children's Study: Opportunities and Challenges Workshop." Invited representative, Children's Oncology Group, Washington, DC (May 2004)

"Obesity and genotype in childhood cancer survivors."  Workshop on Obesity and Cancer, National Cancer Institute, Washington, DC (Jul 2004)

"The Children's Oncology Group Epidemiology Research Program."  MD Anderson/Texas Baylor Children's Grand Rounds, Houston, TX (Oct 2004)

"Gene-environment interactions in childhood cancer."  Co-organizer of national workshop, Minneapolis, MN (Oct 2004)

"What's new in the etiology of childhood cancer?"  Ludwina Knapp Memorial Lecture Series 10th Anniversary, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO (Apr 2005)

"Epidemiology of childhood and adult leukemia."  Pediatric Grand Rounds, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO (Apr 2005)

"Late effects in childhood cancer survivors: challenges."  American Society of Clinical Oncology, Invited Faculty Discussant for "Pediatric Cancer II Oral Presentation", Orlando, FL (May 2005)

"What's up with birthweight?  A case for studies in nutrition, growth, and cancer." Workshop on an International Consortium of Childhood Cohorts for Studies in Childhood Cancer, National Cancer Institute, Washington DC (Sep 2005)

"Predictors of health outcomes in childhood cancer survivors."  New Developments in the Epidemiology of Cancer: Traditional and Molecular Predictors of Treatment Response and Survival, American Association for Cancer Research Special Conference, Charleston, SC (Jan 2006)