Progress in Early Cancer Detection Symposium

Friday, February 06 at 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Add to Calendar 2026-02-06 08:30:00 2026-02-06 17:00:00 Progress in Early Cancer Detection Symposium The UCSF Cancer Early Detection and Interception (CEDI) initiative presents a symposium on Progress in Early Cancer Detection at the UCSF Mission Bay campus. The symposium will bring together faculty, trainees, clinicians, and researchers across disciplines to discuss the latest advances in cancer early detection. We are honored to welcome Dr. Philip Castle, Director of the Division of Cancer Prevention at the NCI, as our keynote speaker. Additional sessions will cover organ-specific and multi-cancer screening, policy considerations, patient perspectives, AI applications, and recent insights from UCSF investigators. View the full agenda. ---------- Opening and Welcome Margaret Tempero, MD Professor of Medicine, UCSF Director, UCSF Pancreas Center Director of Cancer Early Detection and Interception (CEDI) Initiative, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Alan Ashworth, PhD, FRS President, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Senior Vice President for Cancer Services, UCSF Health Presenters Philip Castle, PhD, MPH (Keynote) Director, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute Christina Clarke-Dur, PhD, MPH VP of Epidemiology and Distinguished Scientist, GRAIL Laura Esserman, MD, MBA Professor of Surgery and Radiology, UCSF Director, UCSF Breast Care Center Katherine Fuh, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UCSF Hani Goodarzi, PhD Associate Professor of Biophysics & Biochemistry, UCSF Sei Lee, MD, MAS Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, UCSF Samuel Levy, PhD Chief Scientific Officer, ClearNote Health Joel Palefsky, MD Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases, UCSF Kathryn Phillips, PhD Professor of Health Services Research and Health Economics, Dept. of Clinical Pharmacy, UCSF Ma Somsouk, MD, MAS Professor of Medicine in Residence, UCSF Division of Gastroenterology at ZSFG Margaret Tempero, MD Director of Cancer Early Detection and Interception (CEDI) Initiative, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Adam Yala, PhD Assistant Professor of Computational Precision Health, EECS at UC Berkeley and UCSF Roundtable Sessions (1) Population-based Genetic Testing: Prime Time or Pandora’s Box? Drs. Jeff Tice (Chair), Elisabeth Askin, Elad Ziv, Kathryn Phillips (2) Screening Drs. Margaret Tempero (Chair), Rita Redberg, Laura Esserman, Rebecca Smith-Bindman, Debbie Briggs-Smith, Bruce Zweig ---------- > VIEW AGENDA Registration is now closed. If you are interested in attending, please contact [email protected]. This symposium is open to all interested members of the UCSF community, including clinical providers, researchers, learners, trainees, and staff. 600 16th Street Byers Auditorium San Francisco, CA 94158 United States View on Map Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center [email protected] America/Los_Angeles public

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The UCSF Cancer Early Detection and Interception (CEDI) initiative presents a symposium on Progress in Early Cancer Detection at the UCSF Mission Bay campus. The symposium will bring together faculty, trainees, clinicians, and researchers across disciplines to discuss the latest advances in cancer early detection.

We are honored to welcome Dr. Philip Castle, Director of the Division of Cancer Prevention at the NCI, as our keynote speaker. Additional sessions will cover organ-specific and multi-cancer screening, policy considerations, patient perspectives, AI applications, and recent insights from UCSF investigators. View the full agenda.

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Opening and Welcome

Margaret Tempero, MD
Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Director, UCSF Pancreas Center
Director of Cancer Early Detection and Interception (CEDI) Initiative, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Alan Ashworth, PhD, FRS
President, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Senior Vice President for Cancer Services, UCSF Health

Presenters

Philip Castle, PhD, MPH (Keynote)
Director, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute

Christina Clarke-Dur, PhD, MPH
VP of Epidemiology and Distinguished Scientist, GRAIL

Laura Esserman, MD, MBA
Professor of Surgery and Radiology, UCSF
Director, UCSF Breast Care Center

Katherine Fuh, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UCSF

Hani Goodarzi, PhD
Associate Professor of Biophysics & Biochemistry, UCSF

Sei Lee, MD, MAS
Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, UCSF

Samuel Levy, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, ClearNote Health

Joel Palefsky, MD
Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases, UCSF

Kathryn Phillips, PhD
Professor of Health Services Research and Health Economics, Dept. of Clinical Pharmacy, UCSF

Ma Somsouk, MD, MAS
Professor of Medicine in Residence, UCSF Division of Gastroenterology at ZSFG

Margaret Tempero, MD
Director of Cancer Early Detection and Interception (CEDI) Initiative, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Adam Yala, PhD
Assistant Professor of Computational Precision Health, EECS at UC Berkeley and UCSF

Roundtable Sessions

(1) Population-based Genetic Testing: Prime Time or Pandora’s Box?
Drs. Jeff Tice (Chair), Elisabeth Askin, Elad Ziv, Kathryn Phillips

(2) Screening
Drs. Margaret Tempero (Chair), Rita Redberg, Laura Esserman, Rebecca Smith-Bindman, Debbie Briggs-Smith, Bruce Zweig

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> VIEW AGENDA

Registration is now closed. If you are interested in attending, please contact [email protected].

This symposium is open to all interested members of the UCSF community, including clinical providers, researchers, learners, trainees, and staff.

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