Team Hope Rides (Again) for Cancer Research at the Tour de Scottsdale For the second year in a row, Mayo Clinic physician Dr. Parminder Singh has organized a team of riders to raise funds for cancer research while tackling the 32- or 62-mile routes of the Tour de Scottsdale. Singh is a clinical trialist with …
Dear Friends, At the end of February, SWOG’s operations and statistical teams submitted applications for the renewal of their core NCI grants. This is a significant undertaking requiring many hours of cooperative analysis and reporting which occurs every six years. This year, of course, the landscape for federal research funding is entirely uncertain, and we’re …
Submit A Request To The Next Generation Fund: Annual Call For Novel Funding Requests Now Open Every year on the first of June, we open our application inviting SWOG members and their collaborators to submit new requests to tackle unmet needs across our trials network. Other Hope programs fund direct research. This project application gathers …
The Hope Foundation is honored to offer a new lectureship in 2024, to bring back a special Mentorship opportunity, and to announce our latest funding awards. Hope Launches The Frank and Linda Meyskens Annual Endowed Lectureship on Advances in Cancer Prevention Thanks to the vision and generosity of the Meyskens family, The Hope Foundation is …
Annual Call for novel funding requests now open Now through September 1, SWOG members and their collaborators are encouraged to submit great ideas for improving all aspects of our cancer research network. SWOG and Hope Foundation staff are welcome to apply. Other Hope programs fund direct research. This project application gathers concepts that have broader scope …
It’s always exciting to see our grantees go on to do great things in cancer research. Recently, SWOG’s Front Line announced the latest on the iMATCH trial – a study with a leadership team that includes 2015 Coltman Fellow Dr. Siwen Hu-Lieskovan. She’s helping drive this groundbreaking research and also currently serving as co-chair of SWOG’s immunotherapeutics …
DEI Champions are part of a larger diversity, equity, and inclusion initiative underway across SWOG’s network. Learn more here. SWOG leadership have selected five Champions to collaborate with study teams and help implement its new diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) methodology for improving diversity and representativeness of SWOG’s clinical trial participants. Champions will be trained …
SWOG Cancer Research Network, a member of the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI’s) National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN), seeks a 0.25-FTE vice chair to lead the group’s diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and to serve in an ombudsperson role as a neutral and confidential resource for SWOG members. The vice chair for diversity, equity, inclusion, and …
The Hope Foundation’s fall board meeting featured the approval of $3.2 million dollars in grants to support SWOG in 2022, and it also ushered in new executive leadership. A dozen programs will fund pilot projects and translational research, career development and fellowships across cancer types, as well as the implementation of ongoing diversity, equity and …
SWOG Cancer Research Network and its charitable arm, The Hope Foundation for Cancer Research, have jointly developed a website for SWOG Clinical Trials Partnerships (SWOG CTP) as a public resource for current and potential partners to learn about SWOG CTP’s structure and staff, how it conducts research, its latest news, and how to get involved. …
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