About Our Speakers
Jennifer Ruschman, ScM, CGC
Genetic Counselor, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Ms. Ruschman is clinical manager for the Division of Human Genetics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. She has provided clinical genetic counseling services for over six years, and has coordinated numerous educational activities for lay persons and health care professionals. She is a founding member of the Ohio Department of Health Cancer Genetics Workgroup, and currently serves as a co-investigator for the Community Outreach and Translation Core of the Cincinnati BCERC
 

Lisa A. DeRoo, PhD, MPH
Staff Scientist, Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

Dr. DeRoo is a co-investigator and epidemiologist for The Sister Study, the only long-term study of women ages 35-74 whose sister had breast cancer.  This national study of 50,000 women is examining how environmental and genetic factors affect breast cancer risk.   Dr. DeRoo earned her MPH in International Health from Emory University, and her PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine.  Her doctoral research focused on cigarette smoking during pregnancy and the risk of breast cancer.

Deborah Clegg, MBA, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Dr. Clegg holds a PhD in Nutrition from the University of Georgia, and is a registered dietician with the American Dietetic Association. She joined the Touchstone Diabetes Center at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center earlier this year, after having served as a post-doctoral fellow from 2000-2003 and assistant professor from 2003-2008 at the University of Cincinnati Obesity Research Center. She continues to serve as co-principal investigator of the Project One biology studies for the Cincinnati BCERC, which are examining the effects of various dietary fatty acids on mammary development and carcinogenesis.

Frank Biro, MD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Dr. Biro is the Director of Adolescent Medicine at Cincinnati Children’s and an expert in the field of puberty. A graduate of Harvard Medical School, he completed a combined residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Rochester, and a fellowship in Adolescent Medicine at Harvard, before joining the staff of Cincinnati Children’s in 1984. Dr. Biro is immediate past president of the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (NASPAG). He is principal investigator of the Growing Up Female epidemiologic study of the Cincinnati BCERC.

Nancy Evans
Health Science Consultant, Breast Cancer Fund

A graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, Ms. Evans is a health science writer and editor with more than 30 years of experience in health care publishing. Diagnosed with breast cancer in 1991, she became a leader in the grassroots breast cancer advocacy movement, and has written and spoken about breast cancer issues locally, nationally and internationally. Ms. Evans developed and edited the first four editions of State of the Evidence: What is the Connection Between the Environment and Breast Cancer? for the Breast Cancer Fund, 2002-2006. With Academy Award and Emmy-winning film makers Allie Light and Irving Saraf, Ms. Evans has co-produced several documentary films including Rachel’s Daughters: Searching for the Causes of Breast Cancer. She lives in San Francisco.

	May 17, 2008 Forum
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Speakers
Ann Hernick
Welcome and Introductions Web Cast
Jennifer Ruschman, ScM, CGC
Genetics of Breast Cancer: It’s More than Just Your Family History Web Cast Seminar
Lisa DeRoo, PhD, MPH
The Sister Study: A Study of the Genetic & Environmental Risk Factors for Breast Cancer Web Cast Seminar
Debbie Clegg, PhD
Dietary Fatty Acids Influence the “Micro Environment” and Breast Cancer Susceptibility Web Cast Seminar
Frank Biro, MD
Update for Growing Up Female Study Web Cast Seminar
Keynote Speaker
Nancy Evans
Bodies of Evidence: Moving from Science to Action Web Cast Seminar
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