Agenda

Workshop of Baseline Needs Assessment for Breast Cancer Awareness and Management in the Middle East

Susan G Komen Foundation for the Cure - Middle East and North Africa

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2012 WORKSHOP AGENDA

Director: Dr.Rola Shaheen

Co-director: Chelsey Kelly

Coordinator: Sophia Michelen

Date: January 20^th 2012

Location: Ritz Carlton Hotel, Om El-Seed, Sharm El Sheikh- Egypt

Objectives:

1-To provide an overview of current status of breast cancer awareness and management in the Middle East through local experience presentations and brainstorming sessions

2- To familiarize participants with research ethics, methods and expected outcomes

3- To provide training on qualitative and quantitative methods including data management

Invited speakers:

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: 
R. Sankaranarayanan, M.D.Head, Early Detection & Prevention Section (EDP) and
Head, Screening Group (SCR)
International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO-IARC)
150 cours Albert Thomas
69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France

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Ali K. Abu-Alfa, M.D., F.A.S.N. Professor of Medicine and Adjunct Faculty-Yale School of Medicine

Head, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension

Director for the Human Research Protection Program and Clinical Research Institute

Specialist in Clinical Hypertension (ASH)

American University of Beirut

Maysa M. Abu-Khalaf, MD Associate Professor of Medicine ( Medical Oncology)
Breast and Gynecologic Malignancies
Director, Developmental Therapeutics and Early Phase Clinical Trials for Gynecologic Malignancies
Yale University School of Medicine
Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center

John F P Bridges Ph. D. Associate Professor,
Director, MHS in Health Economics
Founding Editor, The Patient
Scientific Committee Chair, CAHC 2012
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
624 N. Broadway, Rm 689
Baltimore, MD. 21205. USA

Mona Mowafi Ph.D.

Social statistician and epidemiologist

Harvard school of Public Health

Boston, MA, USA

Workshop Agenda Outline

8:00-8:30: Welcome opening remarks and introductions  

Dr. Rola Shaheen and Chelsey Kelly

8:30-9:00: Breast cancer awareness, early detection and control: a global perspective

Keynote speaker: Dr. Sankar

9:00-9:30:Why involve stakeholder in cancer policy research?

John F P Bridges, Ph. D.

9:30-10:30: Ethical and Regulatory considerations in Research involving Human Subjects

Dr. Ali Abu-Alfa

10:30-11:00: Coffee break

11:00-12:30: Breast cancer awareness and management in the Middle East: where are we now? Where do we want to be? And how can we get there?

·      10 min presentations from participating Arabic countries:

Egypt - Dr. Hanan Gwefel

UAE - Dr.Economacos

UAE - Huda Mohammad

Tunis - Dr. Suad Tahoun

Yemen - Adel Salah

Palestine - Mohamed Lafi

Sudan - Dr. Hania Fadl

·      10 min Presentation: Exploring experiences of women on breast cancer and health seeking behaviors in Jordan
            Dr. Hana Taha

12:30-1:30: Lunch break

1:30-3:30: Breast cancer screening programs experience in the Middle East

·      20 min presentations from participating Arabic countries:

Egypt: Dr.Mohamed Shalaan- 20 min

Iraq: Dr.Nada Alwan- 20 min

UAE: Dr.Jalaa Taher- 20 min

Jordan: Nisreen Qatamish- 20 min

Lebanon: Dr.Nagi Saghir- 20 min
(presented by Research Fellow, Hussein Assi, MD)

·      20 min - Panel Discussion

3:30-4:00:Case studies of engaging stakeholders in cancer policy

John F P Bridges, Ph. D.

4:00-4:30: Coffee break

4:30-6:00: How to pick your samples for the surveys and collect data? (Includes exercise in subgroups)

Mona Mowafi / Rola Shaheen

6:00-6:30: Template of quantitative report on breast cancer management/ community profile

Dr. Maysa Abu Khalaf

6:30-7:00: Qualitative assessment for health policy makers in Middle East

Rola Shaheen, John Bridges, Chelsey Kelly

7:00-9:00: Networking dinner - Open Discussion

(Presenting exercise sheets results and suggestions)

9:00 pm: Adjourn.