Section 4. Initial Planning StageDrs. Chung and Davidson have already identified an area of common interest and of high importance: thecircadian biology of prostate cancer. Further, we have selected an Internal Advisory Committee made up of 6distinguished cancer faculty, 3 from each partner institution to help select the 2nd and any future collaborativepilot projects that are to be funded via this grant. Consequently, the Planning Stage is virtually complete. Forthis reason we are only requesting 3 years of support, making this section unnecessary for our application. Theonly planning activities proposed are a series of lectures occurring both at MSM and WCI that are intended tohelp foster collaborations beyond those already proposed in this application. We will hold 4 lectures, 2 at MSMwhere Emory faculty involved in cancer research will be invited to speak about their research and meet withtrainees. AUC faculty and students will be invited to the lectures. The other two will be presented by MSMcancer faculty at Emory. We will also host one major lecture per year at MSM on the topic of circadian biologyof cancer. The speaker will be an internationally recognized cancer scientist or physician.
