Help on the Hill

Location: Van Andel Research Institute; 333 Bostwick Ave NE, Grand Rapids, MI
Date: September 16, 2011 to September 17, 2011

Community Partner Sponsors:

spectrum health

 


Community Resource Exhibitors:

 

 

Help on the Hill online registration is closed.  However, we are accepting walk in registrations at the door for all day Friday and Saturday.


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Answers to Cancer: Learning you can live by

Help on the Hill is a 2-day educational program for patients and their families dealing with cancer. It is designed to help people understand cancer research and cancer clinical trials. Hear patients, researchers and physicians talk about cancer. Ask questions that are important to you. Meet other patients and their families who are dealing with the same challenges you are. Learn, make new friends, establish a network of support, and feel empowered to deal with your situation.

Registration fee is $10 and covers the entire event, including valet parking, reception and dinner on Friday, breakfast and lunch on Saturday, and all sessions.

For more information, please contact Ashley Rodriguez at 616-234-5392 or via email.  If you are interested in becoming an event sponsor, please contact Sarah Lamb at 616-234-5712 or via email.

map, directions, parking

 

Program
 

Friday, September 16

3:30 - 4:00 p.m.

Registration, tours of Van Andel Institute

4:15 - 4:30 p.m.

Welcome & overview
John Bender, Pharm.D.

4:30 - 4:45 p.m.

Opening remarks
David Van Andel

4:45 - 5:15 p.m.

Scientific session: History of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Treatment 
Brett Brinker, M.D.

5:15 - 5:45 p.m.

Keynote Speaker: Living with Lymphoma - Joy in the Journey
Tom Felten

5:45 - 6:00 p.m.

Help on the Hill award
Presented by Patrick Gavin, R.Ph.

6:00 - 6:15 p.m.

Wrap-up session and closing remarks
John Bender, Pharm.D.

6:15 - 8:00 p.m.

Reception & dinner

Saturday, September 17

9:00 - 9:30 a.m. Breakfast, information booths
9:30 - 10:00 a.m. Scientific Session: Bench to bedside and back
Steve Triezenberg, Ph.D.
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Scientific Session: Miracle mice!
Jeff MacKeigan, Ph.D.
10:30 - 11:00 a.m. General Session: Laughter - the best medicine
Susanne Tracy, O.P.

11:15 - 11:45 a.m.

Breakout Sessions

  • Integrating palliative medicine into routine cancer care
    John Mulder, M.D.
    OR
  • Cooking for the cancer patient
    Stephanie Patterson, R.D.
    OR
  • Managing your oral health during cancer treatment
    Heather Mallory-May, DDS
    OR
  • Cancer screening & prevention
    Bill Baer, M.D., Pharm.D.
    OR
  • Clinical Trials and You! Survivors explore the option you may be missing
    Grand Rapids Clinical Oncology Program Patient Advisory Board
    OR
  • The doctor is in
    Physicians & nurses
11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Scientific Session: Cancer research has gone to the dogs!
Nick Duesbery, Ph.D.
12:15 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch, information booths

1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Scientific Session: What’s New in Cancer

  • New treatments for prostate cancer: Abiraterone, Provenge, and ongoing clinical trials
    Brian Lane, M.D., Ph.D.
  • New treatment for lung cancer - ALK inhibitors 
    Nehal Lakhani, M.D., Ph.D. 
  • What's new in breast cancer - axillary lymph node dissection
    Jessica Keto, M.D.
  • New worry – do cell phones cause cancer?
    Alan Davis, Ph.D.
2:00 - 2:15 p.m. Closing remarks