• Begin
  • 04 februari 2019
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  • Einde
  • 06 februari 2019
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  • Locatie
  • Wageningen International Conference Center (WICC), Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Masterclass “Nutrition and Cancer: from Bench to Bed to Behaviour"

This masterclass aims to globally connect people working on Nutrition and Cancer. The latest insights on Nutrition and Cancer from biology, epidemiology to the clinic and public health are shared. Participants are encouraged to submit an abstract for a poster presentation. Deadline abstract submission: Wednesday 14 November 2018. The Graduate School VLAG and the Division of Human Nutrition and Health-Wageningen University & Research, in collaboration with World Cancer Research Fund-International and Wereld Kanker Onderzoek Fonds, The Netherlands

Masterclass “Nutrition and Cancer: from Bench to Bed to Behaviour"

Course programme


Monday, 4 February 2019 - BEFORE BED

Start of the Masterclass – ask the expert

Speakers
•Prof. Dr Stephen Husting, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
•Dr Marc Gunter, IARC, Lyon, France
•Dr Ulrike Peters, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, USA

Tuesday, 5 February 2019 - FROM BENCH TO BED

Topics
•Energy metabolism
•Body fatness
•Genetic variants
•Gene-environment interactions
•Methodological advances in nutrition and cancer research
•Nutrition and paediatric oncology
•Nutrition and treatment-induced toxicities

Speakers
•Prof. Dr Stephen Husting, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
•Dr Marc Gunter, IARC, Lyon, France
•Dr Ulrike Peters, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, USA
•Prof. Dr Matty Weijenberg, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
•Dr Wim Tissing, Prinses Máxima Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
•Dr Franzel van Duijnhoven, WUR, Wageningen, The Netherlands
•Dr Dieuwertje Kok, WUR, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Wednesday 6 February - FROM BED TO BEHAVIOUR

Topics
•Lifestyle changes
•Guidelines for cancer prevention
•Communication of guidelines
•Future of cancer prevention
•Future research priorities
•Nutrition and cancer in developing countries

Speakers
•Prof. Dr Emely de Vet, WUR, Wageningen, The Netherlands
•Prof. Dr Stephen Husting, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
•Germund Daal, WCRF-NL, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
•Dr Alina Vrieling, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
•Prof. Dr Elisabete Weiderpass, IARC, Lyon, France
•Dr Giota Mitrou, WCRF-International, London, UK
•Prof. Dr Ellen Kampman, WUR, Wageningen, The Netherlands