2024 ACCA Cancer Center Administrators Forum (CCAF)
We will be in Philadelphia at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown for the 2024 ACCA Cancer Center Administrators Forum (CCAF) from March 17-19, 2024. This annual meeting brings administrators of NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers and those seeking designation together to share best practices and network. Please get in touch with Brian Mandrier brian@mandriergroup.com or Molly Shevlin - molly@mandriergroup.com with any questions.
See the full conference agenda, registration, and hotel information below.
Philadelphia / March 17-19, 2024
Conference Registration - Now Open!
Hotel Room Block Information
The ACCA room block at the Philadelphia Downtown Marriott is now sold out. Please contact molly@mandriergroup.com for more information regarding nearby hotels.
Conference Agenda
Saturday,
March 16, 2024
Principals-Only Meeting (invite only)
5:00 - 7:00 PM
Sunday,
March 17, 2024
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Registration Desk Open
Pre-Conference Workshop: CCSG - Preparing for your first CCSG submission (Separate Registration Fee)
The first time you participate in a CCSG renewal and NCI site visit, it can be exciting and rewarding, but it can also be overwhelming, confusing, and downright scary. This session is exclusively for staff preparing for their first renewal and site visit. Attendees will meet many other colleagues facing the same challenges, creating a unique networking opportunity. Meanwhile, the moderators will share ideas, give specific advice and direction, dispel rumors, and answer every question thrown at them. From writing your first Director’s Overview and preparing slides to managing document versions and ordering lunch, this session will cover the complex, the simple, and everything in between. Though tailored towards ADAs, the session will be designed to provide value to leaders of all CCSG components who are facing their first renewal or their first one in a new role.
Speakers:
Nick Fisher, Executive Director of Research & Business Administration, Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center
Jennifer F. Rogers, Associate Director for Administration, University of Kentucky, Markey Cancer Center
Laura Adams, Associate Director for Administration and Strategy, Stanford Cancer Institute
AnyKarina Balza, Senior Manager, CCSG, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami
Dorothy Graves, Assistant Vice President and Associate Director for Administration, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami
Jacklyn McGuire, Senior Program Manager, CCSG, Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University
9:00 - 12:00 PM
12:00 - 1:00 PM
ACCA Quads Introduction (a part of the pre-conference workshop)
1:00 - 1:15 PM
Welcome & Introductory Remarks
Conference Chairperson: Matthew Huesser, Matthew Huesser, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center - Jefferson Health
Implementing a Successful Program Liaison Initiative
Program liaisons can be a helpful tool in integrating research programs with other components of the Cancer Center. Three cancer centers will present their respective program liaison initiatives. This will include the following highlights:
1) Initiative structures and specifications
2) Research program benefits
3) Synergistic COE/CRTEC/PED benefits
4) Expanded leadership opportunities for rising faculty
Speakers:
Wendy Law, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Max Loveless, Huntsman Cancer Institute
Kate Shumate, UCSF
1:15 - 2:00 PM
2:00 - 2:45 PM
Connecting the Dots: CRTEC/PED/DEI
Speakers:
Nishtha Agarwal, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
David Darr, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
2:45 - 3:00 PM
Networking Break
3:00 - 3:45PM
Keynote: Business Leadership
3:30 - 4:15 PM
ACCA Business Meeting
7:30 - 10:00 PM
Welcoming Reception - St. Patrick's Day Party - wear your green and join us after dinner for dessert, networking and St. Patrick’s Day Fun!
8:00 - 9:00 AM
Monday,
March 18, 2024
8:00 - 9:00 AM
EXPO Networking Breakfast - Wear Your Cancer Center Gear for ACCA Day 2!
ACCA IT Breakout Track: Open Session
PowerPoint Presentations Loop & Networking
9:00 - 10:00 AM
The Director's Panel Discussion
Moderator:
Matthew Huesser, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center - Jefferson Health
Panelists:
Robert H. Vonderheide, MD, Dphil, Director, Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Dario Altieri, Wistar, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Wistar Institute
Andrew Chapman, DO, FACP, FCPP, Director, Division of Regional Cancer Care, Thomas Jefferson University
Jonathan Chernoff, MD, PhD, Cancer Center Director, Fox Chase Cancer Center
ACCA IT Breakout Track - Artificial Intelligence & Healthcare - An Overview for the Curious
Speakers:
Kimberley R. Barker, MLIS
Librarian for Belonging & Community Engagement at the University of Virginia’s Claude Moore Health Sciences Library
ACCA IT Breakout Track - Working with EVAL and Snowflake
Speakers:
Stanford Speakers
9:00 - 10:00 AM
10:00 - 10:30 AM
10:00 - 10:45 AM
Cancer Center Support of Team Science
Roundtable discussion surrounding key topics in team science:
1. Types of large of team science grants supported at cancer centers
2. Dedicated administrative infrastructure
3. Tools/Strategies to nucleate and sustain grant teams
4. Financial investments supporting proposal development and post-award institutional commitment
5. Capturing return on investments
6. Determining effectiveness of cancer center specific research development services
Speakers:
Gary Hunnicutt, Yale Cancer Center
Kristina Herbert, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Kristen Scott, Moffitt Cancer Center
ACCA IT Breakout Track - Build An Azure Open AI Chatbot: Step by Step development of your own ChatBot
Speaker:
William Morgenweck, Information Technology Manager, Hollings Cancer Center
10:30 - 10:45 PM
10:45 - 11:15 AM
Expo Break
AI: Harnessing AI's Power: Strategies to analyze your data without ChatGPT and protect your IP
We've all likely been experimenting with AI tools. They clearly provide great opportunities. However, there are risks from hallucinations and loss of IP. What we hope to do in this session is work on practical strategies to use in analyzing our data (e.g., impact) and practically supporting operations to work smarter than we do today. This is at the same time as we avoid loss of IP and avoid ChatGPT. We think that this will be of interest to everyone (hence the plenary session) but also anticipate that this will have links back to the IT track.
Speakers:
Bill Morgenweck, Hollings Cancer Center
Brian Springer, Moffitt Cancer Center
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
12:15 - 1:15 PM
Networking Luncheon
1:15 - 2:00 PM
Building the Philadelphia Communities Conquering Cancer (PC3) Coalition
Speakers:
Charnita Zeigler-Johnson, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Cancer Prevention and Control, Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement, Fox Chase Cancer Center
Yawei Song, MSW, MPH, Program Manager, Office of Community Outreach and Engagement, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Jefferson Health
ACCA IT Breakout Track - Catchment Systems and Applications
Speaker:
Christopher McNair, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University
1:15 - 2:00 PM
2:00 - 2:15 PM
Expo Break
ACCA IT Breakout Track - Zero-Shot Clinical Trial Patient Matching with LLM’s
Speaker:
Michael Wornow, Computer Science PhD Student @ Stanford
2:15 - 3:00 PM
2:15 - 3:00 PM
Health Systems Session
Speakers:
Alex Zafirovski
Additional Panelists TBD
ACCA IT Breakout Track - AI Workshop Topics:
AI for beginners
Developing the perfect Prompts for an AI system
Developing a perfect publication system
Private LLM
Developing a grant funding system
Vector embeddings and models
Clinical Trial Matching
Speakers:
Bob Cusick, Programmer/Analyst UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center
William Morgenweck, Information Technology Manager, Hollings Cancer Center
Susie Smith, MSIS, Program Director, Data Curation & Analytics, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
3:00 - 3:45 PM
3:00 - 3:45 PM
Approaches to Enhancing Cancer Focus
Basic Cancer Centers are primarily focused on laboratory research and preclinical translation. While they are reviewed with the same lens as all other Centers, they take unique approaches to defining and demonstrating cancer relevance.
Cancer focus is one of the Six Essential Characteristics of NCI-designated Cancer Centers. Centers exhibit cancer focus through setting objectives and policies of formal research programs and CCSG components, recruitment/selection of members, and developing a portfolio of cancer-relevant grants, publications, and collaborative projects among their investigators and with other cancer centers/health organizations.
This panel will review successful approaches to demonstrate cancer focus as well as strategies employed by Cancer Centers to address challenges of enhancing cancer focus.
Speakers:
Lindsey Baker, PhD, Associate Director for Administration, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cancer Center
Leona Flores, PhD, Executive Director, Deputy Director for Administration, Salk Cancer Center
Mark Drinker, MS, Associate Director for Administration, The Wistar Institute
Aaron Schilz, MPA – Executive Director, Associate Director for Administration, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota
ACCA IT Breakout Track - Data Managed by Central Administration vs. Other Departments
Effective Data Sharing practices
Leveraging Commercial Platform(s) and Supplementing with Internal Systems
Lessons Learned and Future Directions
Speakers:
Gina R. Londino-Greenberg, MPH, LSW, CPH, Senior Director, Research Administration, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Susie Smith Program Director, Data Curation & Analytics, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
R Michael Townsend, PhD, Senior Director of Information Technology, The James, The Ohio State University
4:00 - 4:30 PM
5:30 - 7:30 PM
Join us for an Evening at Citizens Bank Park: The Home of the Phillies for the ACCA Networking Reception
Tuesday,
March 19, 2024
8:00 - 9:15 AM
Affinity Group Breakfast
9:15 - 10:00 AM
“The Rocky Session”
This inspirational session will feature Cancer Survivors and Caregivers telling their cancer story. Challenges they have faced, obstacles they had to overcome, and how they are making a difference now in the cancer community.
Speakers:
Dan Wilson (@WilsonsVillage) Links for Lungs Philadelphia
Hot Topics Across the Cancer Landscape
This session was curated to provide the audience with exciting initiatives and hot topics hitting Cancer Center Administrators’ desks. We have invited leaders from various organizations to speak about their programs or initiatives and answer any questions the audience might have.
Speaker:
Bonny Morris, PHD, MSPH, RN, American Cancer Society
Office of NCI Communications Update
Speaker:
Peter Garret NCI
Hotel Check-Out Break
10:00 - 10:30 AM
10:30 - 11:00 AM
11:00 - 11:15 AM
11:15 - 12:00 PM
Keynote: NCI Update
12:00 PM
Adjourn
(AGENDA IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
Conference Sponsors
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Huron
Platinum Sponsor
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Advarra
Gold Sponsor
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Azra AI
Gold Sponsor
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Piestar
Gold Sponsor
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Florence
Silver Sponsor
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InfoReady
Silver Sponsor