The Hope Foundation for Cancer Research is seeking 2-3 new members to serve on our Board of Directors. To promote strength and inclusivity of the nomination process, we encourage interested candidates* to complete the form below. *You may also complete the form below to nominate someone else At The Hope Foundation, the Board of Directors …
SWOG Cancer Research Network has just posted its seventh annual Impact Report, a collection of key performance indicators and achievements from the year just ended. We’re so pleased to support the incredible work detailed in this latest report. Thank you to every donor who helps make that possible! VIEW THE REPORT
On the surface, this story sounds like the stuff of comic books and superheroes. It includes at least two mavericks, and one very special phantom. In June 2020, amid a global health crisis, our board of directors and staff were thrilled to shine a bit of light in the darkness when we announced two new …
We’ve opened our annual call for funding proposals. Now through September 1, SWOG members and their collaborators are encouraged to submit great ideas for improving all aspects of our cancer research network. Other Hope programs fund direct research. This project application gathers concepts that have broader scope or relevance to advancing SWOG’s work. Examples of …
The Hope Foundation is helping SWOG launch an effort in collaboration with Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, and other future funders to improve representation of minority and underserved populations in cancer clinical trials. Designed as a multi-phase, multi-year initiative, the project kicks off on May 21 with a two-hour virtual symposium highlighting the …
Foundation Grantees in the News: Rethinking Trial Participation Patient participation is essential to the success of clinical trials, yet accrual among adults remains low. A study funded by The Hope Foundation for Cancer Research and led by Dr. Joseph Unger shows that 55% of all adult cancer patients, regardless of race or ethnicity, agreed to …
The Hope Foundation Launches New Crowley Award Encouraging Statistical Excellence in Clinical Trials Crowley Award Press Release At this time when many cancer research opportunities have been put on hold, we are exceedingly pleased to announce our newest funding program: the John Crowley, PhD, Award, to encourage statistical excellence in clinical trials. Dr. Crowley was …
This past week SWOG and Hope lost a dear member, donor, and friend – Dr. Noboru Oishi. Having first become a group member in 1976, Oishi went on to act as the Principal Investigator for Hawaii’s main member site from 1982 to 1988. Through a continued and impressive 44 years of active group participation, he …
The spring 2018 meeting of the SWOG breast committee will feature the first Dr. Robert B. Livingston Translational Cancer Lectureship. Supported in part by a generous gift from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Dr. Robert Boyd Livingston was a superb clinician and clinical trialist who greatly impacted the field of cancer research through a sweeping career …
This post is part of our SWOG Stories series, a collection of diverse perspectives from doctors, recruiters, members, patient advocates, and others across the Group. You can listen to all of these wonderful conversations here. “The standard of care for oncology is clinical trials.” – Stephen Bartlett In their conversation recorded by StoryCorps, SWOG Cancer …
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NCORP Pilot Grants fund efforts to improve representation of underserved populations in @SWOG & #NCTN cancer clinical trials. The next deadline for proposals is June 1 #SWOGonc
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Spring Group Meeting Registration Is Open: Back to San Francisco
A plenary on global oncology research, a genomic platform theater, a symposium on microbiome as new frontier in cancer trials, & San Francisco. Time to register! #SWOGonc
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Our virtual grant writing course is designed for early stage cancer researchers preparing for future grant submissions, including career development awards and pilot grants w/@SWOG #SWOGonc
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