Thursday, October 11, 2012: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
619 (WSCC)
Chairs:
Linda Burhansstipanov, PhD, President & Grants Director, Native American Cancer Research, Corp
and
Lynne Bemis, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota, Duluth
Description: Currently cancer research is focusing on applying knowledge from the human genome for diagnoses and innovative treatments. This session will briefly describe cancer genetics, biospecimen collection and American Indian and Alaska Native cultural research issues and solutions. The session will include participant interactive activities.