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Raising Awareness Through Patient Advocacy
Q&A with SWOG Patient Advocate Committee Chair Rick Bangs A primary goal of the Kilimanjaro Climb is to raise awareness of cancer clinical trials to ensure that patients and their families have access to studies and can make informed decisions. Rick Bangs, Chair of the SWOG Patient Advocate Committee, recently shared his views on advocacy …
Recent Coltman Fellow Looks Ahead to SWOG Study
The Hope Foundation is pleased to report the ongoing success of Coltman Fellow Veena Shankaran, M.D., of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. The award period for Dr. Shankaran’s fellowship project, “Implementation of a Prospective Financial Impact Assessment Tool in Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer” concluded this year and a related SWOG study is slated …
SWOG Committee Group Meeting Funds for 2015
SWOG Committee Chairs are invited to apply for up to $3,500 to support working group or committee needs while at Group Meetings. This funding may provide for coverage of a working group dinner, boxed lunches during a session, or specific A/V needs. Funding is limited; requests are considered in the order they are received. Deadline: …
Travel Support for 2015
This is an archived news post. To see current meetings program detail, click here. — SWOG members can now complete our online application to apply for funding to attend SWOG meetings in 2015. 2015 request deadlines: March 25 (spring meeting), September 1 (fall meeting) Guidelines: – coach airfare with minimum 14-day advance purchase – conference …
Announced: Kilimanjaro Climb for Cancer Clinical Trials
This morning, at SWOG’s group meeting plenary session, Chair Dr. Charles Blanke announced that he will climb Mt. Kilimanjaro in February 2015 – and do so as an effort to raise awareness of, and funding for, cancer clinical trials. Blanke hopes to mobilize support for bridging the funding gaps which result from recent NCI cuts …
Coming February 2015: Climb for Cancer Clinical Trials
In February 2015, SWOG Cancer Research Chair Dr. Charles D. Blanke will climb Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness of the importance of cancer clinical trials and to bring attention to the reality of dwindling federal funding for the National Cancer Institute and its National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN). Learn more at the Climb Page.
New for Fall 2014: Hope Foundation Donor Lounge
If you’re attending Group Meeting in Chicago next month, then we hope to see you in The Hope Foundation Donor Lounge. As a way of giving thanks and recognizing our vital supporters, we’ve reserved the Hong Kong Suite for those who have supported SWOG through charitable contributions to Hope. October 23-25, donors are invited to …
Thank you, Dr. John S. Macdonald
We’d like to sincerely thank Dr. John S. Macdonald, as he has recently stepped down from the Board of Directors of The Hope Foundation. Dr. Macdonald served for more than 20 years and was one of nine initial Directors nominated by the SWOG Board of Governors at the Group Meeting held in October of 1993. …
Coltman Fellowship Applications Due September 1
The primary purpose of the Dr. Charles A. Coltman, Jr., Fellowship is to engage outstanding young investigators from SWOG affiliated institutions in learning clinical trial methodology within an academic and cooperative group environment that will lead to independent clinical research, while honoring the legacy of long-time SWOG Chair and leader, Dr. Charles Coltman. To qualify, …
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