Future of Cancer Health Economics Research Virtual Conference December 2020

December 2-3, 2020
11:00 AM - 3:30 PM ET

Overview

As part of HEROiC, the Interagency Consortium to Promote Health Economics Research on Cancer, and in collaboration with scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Cancer Society, the Division of Cancer Control and Population Science (DCCPS) of the National Cancer Institute hosted a virtual conference, the Future of Cancer Health Economics Research Conference on December 2 - 3, 2020. This conference included presentations on challenges to conducting cancer health economics research and participatory discussions on activities to help support and enhance development of this field. Over 400 individuals registered for this virtual conference, which was free and open to the public.

The December 2020 virtual conference was one step in the development of the field of Cancer Health Economics Research; to help further enhance this field and provide additional opportunities for stakeholder engagement, materials from the conference are available for download. These include the conference agenda and program book; slides from conference presentations; and recordings of conference presentations and focused sessions. Feel free to download and share these resources. Please address any comments or questions to NCIcancerecon@mail.nih.gov.

Agenda & Recordings

December 2nd Agenda

Time (EDT) Session Presenters
11:00 - 11:10 am

Conference Welcome

Robert T. Croyle, PhD
Paul Jacobsen, PhD

Janet de Moor, PhD, MPH

11:10 - 11:20 am

Meeting Introduction and Overview

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Michael Halpern, MD, PhD

11:20 - 11:30 am

NCI Portfolio Analysis: Funded Grants with Economic Outcomes/Analyses

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Michael Halpern, MD, PhD
NCI Healthcare Delivery Research Program

11:30 - 11:45 am

Cancer Health Economics Research Literature Meta-Review: Published Systematic Reviews in Cancer Health Economics Research and Gaps in the Literature

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Amy Davidoff, PhD
NCI Healthcare Delivery Research Program

11:45 am - 12:00 pm

NCI Activities Related to Health Economics Research

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Paul Doria-Rose, PhD, DVM
NCI Healthcare Delivery Research Program

12:00 - 12:15 pm

Cancer Primary Prevention Economics Research: Current Challenges and Next Steps

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Donatus (Don) U. Ekwueme, PhD
CDC

Donald Kenkel, PhD
Cornell University

12:15 - 12:30 pm

Cancer Screening/Diagnosis Economics Research: Current Challenges and Next Steps

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Lindsay Sabik, PhD
University of Pittsburgh

Natasha Stout, PhD
Harvard University

12:30 - 12:50 pm

Discussion: Cancer Prevention and Screening Economics Research

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Co-moderators:
Katie (Catherine) McMahon, MPH
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network

John Wong, MD
Tufts Medical Center

12:50 - 1:00 pm

Break

1:00 - 1:15 pm

Cancer Treatment Economics Research: Current Challenges and Next Steps

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Deb Schrag, MD, MPH
Dana Farber Cancer Institute

James Yu, MD, MHS
Yale University

1:15 - 1:30 pm

Cancer Survivorship and Supportive Care Economics Research: Current Challenges and Next Steps

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Lauren Nicholas, PhD
University of Colorado

1:30 - 1:50 pm

Discussion: Cancer Treatment, Survivorship, and Supportive Care Economics Research

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Co-moderators:
Jennifer Malin, MD, PhD
UnitedHealthcare

Shelley Fuld Nasso, MPP
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship

1:50 - 2:00 pm

Break

2:00 - 2:45 pm

Focused Session 1: What do we need to be successful? Communicating health economics research to non-researcher audiences

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Moderator:
Yousuf Zafar, MD, MHS
Duke University

Members:
Aaron Carroll, MD
Indiana University

Stacie Dusetzina, PhD
Vanderbilt University

Margot Sanger-Katz
New York Times

2:45 - 3:30 pm

Networking Discussion Groups

  • Creating a data warehouse
    Leader: Henry (Joe) Henk, PhD, OptumLabs
  • Data linkages
    Leader: Lindsey Enewold, PhD, MPH, NCI
  • Employment outcomes, financial hardship, and/or caregiver economic burden in cancer
    Co-leaders: Janet de Moor, PhD, MPH, NCI and Victoria Blinder, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Implementation science and health economics
    Co-leaders: Gila Neta, PhD, MPP, NCI and Heather Gold, PhD, New York University
  • The Health Economics of End-of-Life and Palliative Care. Building a Research Agenda
    Leader: Jeri Miller, PhD, National Institute of Nursing Research
 
Time (EDT) Session Presenters
11:00 - 11:10 am

Welcome to Day 2

 
11:10 - 11:55 am

Focused Session 2: What do we need to be successful? New data infrastructures, resources, and linkages

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Moderator:
Scott Ramsey, MD, PhD
University of Washington

Members:
Stacie Dusetzina, PhD
Vanderbilt University

Lindsey Enewold, PhD, MPH
NCI

Danielle Gentile, PhD
Levine Cancer Institute

Angela Mariotto, PhD
NCI

11:55 am - 12:40 pm

Focused Session 3: What do we need to be successful? Conducting cancer health economics research with a goal of enhancing health equity

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Co-moderators:
Cathy Bradley, PhD
University of Colorado

Karen Winkfield, MD, PhD
Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance

Members:
Beverly Moy, MD, MPH
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

Kosali Simon, PhD
Indiana University

12:40 - 12:50 pm

Break

12:50 - 1:05 pm

Results from Pre-Conference Survey on Cancer Health Economics Research Barriers and Priorities

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Michael Halpern, MD, PhD
NCI Healthcare Delivery Research Program

1:05 - 2:05 pm

Concurrent Action Breakout Sessions: Next Steps to Support the Development of Cancer Health Economics Research

  • Development, organization, and structure of training programs for cancer health economics research
    Co-leaders: Oliver Bogler, PhD, NCI Center for Cancer Training, Lindsay Sabik, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, and Courtney Williams, DrPH, MPH, NCI Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program
  • Fostering interdisciplinary/transdisciplinary collaborations in cancer health economics research
    Co-leaders: Gila Neta, PhD, MPP, NCI Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, James Yu, MD, MHS, Yale University
  • Improving data accessibility for health economics research without compromising data security
    Co-leaders: Michael Pesko, PhD, Georgia State University and Debra Ritzwoller, PhD, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Research
  • Methods and study design for cancer health economics research
    Co-leaders: Henry (Joe) Henk, PhD, OptumLabs and Ya Chen Tina Shih, PhD, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
 
2:05 - 2:15 pm

Break

2:15 - 2:55 pm

Reporting from Action Breakout Sessions

10 minutes per breakout session

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2:55 - 3:10 pm

Synthesis of Conference

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Robin Yabroff, PhD, MBA
American Cancer Society

3:10 - 3:20 pm

Closing Remarks

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Michael Halpern, MD, PhD
NCI Healthcare Delivery Research Program

Follow-Up JNCI Supplement from Virtual Conference

As a follow-up to this virtual conference, a Supplement to the Journal of the National Cancer Institute was published in July 2022, with papers based on presentations, panels, and breakout group discussions. The Supplement includes 16 manuscripts by NCI and extramural authors, covering a diverse range of cancer health economics research topics, and concludes with a conference summary and discussion of next steps for this field. Read the Supplement hereExternal Web Site Policy.

Last Updated: 04 Dec, 2023