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Funded Conference Awards

CBCRP conference awardees are sharing information and encouraging new collaborations that will lead to new directions in breast cancer research.

Since 2000, CBCRP has funded academic and community organizations to host events that link breast cancer researchers, non-breast cancer investigators, and community members for the purpose of stimulating new ideas and collaborations.

Below are the Joining Forces (no longer offered), Standard and Community-Led Conference Awards (designated by an *) that CBCRP supported. Visit our symposium page to learn about past and current events hosted by CBCRP.

List of Events

RISE UP for Breast Cancer

Event Organizer: Laura Esserman, UCSF

Date: February 19-21, 2026

Agenda: RISE UP for Breast Cancer and Women's Health Conference Agenda

A multigenerational dialogue: reducing our exposures of toxic chemicals and breast cancer risk*

Event Organizer: Pastor Rhonda Holbert, Celebrate Life Cancer Ministry

Dates: September 2024 and April 2025

YouTube Videos:

RISE UP for Breast Cancer

Event Organizer: Laura Esserman, UCSF

Date: November 1-3, 2024

Presentations: https://riseup.ucsf.edu/2024-rise-conference-presentations

11th International Symposium of the Breast

Event Organizer: Susan Love, Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation

Date: February 4-5, 2023

Women’s Health & Environmental Justice*

Event Organizer: Luis Pardo Worksite Wellness LA

Date: October 4, 2023

Program: https://www.uclahealth.org/programs/womens-health/education-and-research-center/womens-health-and-environment/womens-health-environment-conference-october-4-2023

Advocates and scientists partner to strengthen US testing of chemicals that can affect breast health*

Event Organizer: Jayla Burton and Haleemah Atobiloye, Breast Cancer Action

Date: November 15 and 17, 2022

Orange County Complete Breast Cancer Care Continuum Conference*

Event Organizer: Hai Hoang, Illumination Institute

Date: April 20-21, 2022

Nail Salon Worker Health and Safety Research Conference*

Event Organizer: Lisa Fu, Asian Health Services

Date: June 13-15, 2022

Conference Report: https://www.cahealthynailsalons.org/reports/convening

Breast Cancer and the Environment Workshop

Event Organizer: Michele Rakoff, Breast Cancer Care and Research Fund

Date: May 22, 2021

Workshop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0UfHaBf3CI

7th Annual Metastatic Breast Cancer Conference*

Event Organizer: Sharon Schlesinger, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Los Angeles County Affiliate

Date: September 10, 2020

Annual Breast Cancer Conference

Event Organizer: Donna Randall, Cancer Prevention Institute of California

Date: March 4, 2017

UCSF Breast Oncology Program Scientific Retreat 2017

Event Organizer: Lamorna Brown-Swigart, UCSF

Date: February 2-3, 2017

Program: https://cancer.ucsf.edu/sites/cancer.ucsf.edu/files/special-events/sm_files/BOP2017agenda.pdf

Breast Cancer Care: Pilot for Mental Health Providers

Event Organizer: Irene Wapnir and Rachel Yang, Stanford University

Date: 2016

Publication: https://aacrjournals.org/cancerres/article/78/4_Supplement/P5-18-04/632774/Abstract-P5-18-04-Bridging-gaps-in-breast-cancer

UCSF Breast Oncology Program Scientific Retreat

Event Organizer: Laura van’t Veer, UCSF

Date: February 5-6, 2015

Program: https://cancer.ucsf.edu/sites/cancer.ucsf.edu/files/special-events/sm_files/BOP2015agenda.pdf

GIS for Community Impact: From Technology to Translation

Event Organizer: Janice Barlow, Zero Breast Cancer

Date: April 14, 2015

Program: https://zerobreastcancer.org/en/blog/gis-conference

UCSF Breast Oncology Program Scientific Retreat

Event Organizer: Laura van’t Veer, UCSF   

Date: February 6-7, 2014

Program: https://cancer.ucsf.edu/sites/cancer.ucsf.edu/files/special-events/sm_files/BOP2014agenda.pdf

6th International Workshop on Breast Cancer Risk Assessment

Event Organizer: John Shepherd, UCSF      

Date: June 6-7, 2013

Program: https://radiology.ucsf.edu/sites/radiology.ucsf.edu/files/import/filemanager/research/breast_bone_density/Booklet_2013_May_31.pdf

Sustainable Education to Eliminate Disparities (SEED)

Event Organizer: Kim Rhoads, Stanford University

Date: 2013-2014

Increasing California's Capacity to Partner in Global Breast

Event Organizer: Kimlin Ashing, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope         

Date: April 25-27, 2012

3rd Biannual National Latino Cancer Summit

Event Organizer: Christine Gonzalez, Latinas Contra Cancer     

Date: July 24, 2012

7th International Symposium on the Intraductal Approach

Event Organizer: Susan Love, Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation

Date: February 23-26, 2011

5th International Workshop on Breast Cancer Risk Assessment

Event Organizer: John Shepherd, UCSF

Date: June 9-10, 2010

2010 National Latino Cancer Summit

Event Organizer: Ysabel Duron, Latinas Contra Cancer

Date: July 27-29, 2010

6th Symposium on the Intraductal Approach to Breast Cancer

Event Organizer: Dixie Mills, Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation

Date: February 19-21, 2009

Publication: https://bmcproc.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1753-6561-3-S5-I1

Mammary Gland Evaluation and Risk Assessment

Event Organizer: Lawrence Kushi, Kaiser Foundation Research Institute

Date: November 17, 2009

Publication: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21697028/

Increasing the Voice of African Americans in Research

Event Organizer: Kimlin Ashing, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope         

Date: September 20, 2008

APOS 5th Annual Conference

Event Organizer: Patricia Ganz, UCLA

Date: March 2, 2008

Related link: https://apos-society.org/annual-conference/past-conferences/

Community Breast Cancer Screening & Prevention Conferences

Event Organizer: Jeffrey Weitzel, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope

Date: 2008

Nail Salon Workers: Chemical Exposures in the Workplace

Event Organizer: Linda Okahara and Susan Huang, Asian Health Services

Date: 2008

Symposium on the Intraductal Approach to Breast Cancer

Event Organizer: Susan Love, Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation

Date: March 1-4, 2007

Networking Breast Cancer Navigator Programs in N California

Event Organizer: Lisa Bailey, Alta Bates Summit Medical Foundation

Date: March 15, 2006

Dialogue with Breast Cancer Survivors

Event Organizer: Grace Yoo, San Francisco State University       

Date: August 25-27, 2006

4th Inter. Symp. on the Intraductal Approach to the Breast

Event Organizer: Susan Love, Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation    

Date: March 10-13, 2005

Publication - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1242146/

A Blueprint for Advancing Quality in Breast Cancer

Event Organizer: Laura Esserman, UCSF

Date: October 28, 2005

3rd Symposium on the Intraductal Approach to Breast Cancer

Event Organizer: Susan Love, Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation    

Date: March 27-30, 2003

Preclinical Trials for Breast Cancer

Event Organizer: Robert Cardiff, UC Davis

Date: November 1-5, 2003

Publication: https://academic.oup.com/jnci/article/96/2/92/2520983

Cancer and Complexity: Questions for a New Millennium

Event Organizer: Mina Bissell and Mary H. Barcellos-Hoff, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Date: April, 2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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