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- OCS Director’s Series
The Office of Cancer Survivorship (OCS) established the OCS Director’s Series in 2021 as part of the commemoration of the office’s 25th anniversary. Today, these webinars serve as an avenue for promoting a better understanding of the unique needs of the growing population of cancer survivors. Each webinar focuses on research that examines and addresses the long- and short-term physical, psychological, social, and economic effects of cancer and its treatment among pediatric and adult survivors of cancer and their families.
Upcoming Events
January 14, 2025: OCS Director's Series - Precision Integrative Medicine for Cancer Survivors
Speaker
Chief, Integrative Medicine Service
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
February 11, 2025: OCS Director’s Series - Waiting Rooms and Lost Days: Measuring the Time Costs of Cancer Care
Speakers
Associate Professor
Division of Gynecologic Oncology
University of Minnesota
Professor
Division of Biostatistics and Health Data Science
University of Minnesota
March 18, 2025 : OCS Director’s Series - Bringing Precision Oncology to Surveillance for Lung Cancer Patients
Speaker
Director, Faculty Development
Thelma and Henry Doelger Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Stanford University
Past Events
December 17, 2024: OCS Director's Series - Mind Your BEAT: A Community-based Physical Activity Intervention for Rural Cancer Survivors
Speaker
Associate Professor
Department of Health Disparities Research
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
November 12, 2024: OCS Director’s Series - Meeting the Genetic Information Needs of Cancer Survivors and Their Families
Speaker
Professor, Department of Communication, University of Utah
Director of Cancer Communication Research, Huntsman Cancer Institute
Tuesday, October 15, 2024: OCS Director’s Series - Advancing Research through Cancer Survivorship Clinical Programs
Speakers
Office of Cancer Centers
National Cancer Institute
Masonic Cancer Center
University of Minnesota
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
Northwestern University
Rutgers Cancer Institute
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Dana-Faber Cancer Institute
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Stanford Comprehensive Cancer Center
Stanford University School of Medicine
Bass Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders
Stanford University School of Medicine
September 17, 2024: Implementing Patient-Reported Outcomes and Psychosocial Interventions in Diverse Communities of Cancer Survivors
Speakers
Professor of Psychology and Medicine
Sylvester DCC Living Proof Endowed Chair in Cancer Survivorship
Associate Director for Population Sciences
Director, Cancer Survivorship and Supportive Care
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami
Advocate and Breast Cancer Survivor
June 18, 2024: The Vital Role of Survivors in Advancing Cancer Survivorship Research
Speakers
RATS Program Manager
Fight Colorectal Cancer
Psychosocial Service Coordinator
Oncology Department
Kaiser Permanente San Jose
Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellow
Department of Medicine
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Advocate
Lung Cancer Foundation of America
May 7, 2024: High-Quality Care Without Breaking the Bank: Strategies to Prevent Financial Hardship in Cancer Survivors
Speaker
Professor, Clinical Research Division
Co-Director, Hutchinson Institute for Cancer Outcomes Research
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Professor, Medical Oncology
University of Washington School of Medicine
April 9, 2024: Forward-thinking: Progress, Gaps, and Impact in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivorship
Speakers
Professor, Social Sciences and Health Policy
Associate Director for Public Health Sciences, Charlotte
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Co-Leader, Cancer Prevention and Control Program
Director of Clinical Research in Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center
Assistant Professor
University of Rochester School of Nursing
Associate Member
Wilmot Cancer Institute
March 5, 2024: Partnership: A Mission and an Imperative for Health Equity-Focused Survivorship Research and Engagement
Speakers
Associate Professor
Division of Preventive Medicine
Heersink School of Medicine
Associate Director of Community Outreach & Engagement
O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Alabama at Birmingham
CEO & Co-founder
Cancer Awareness Network
February 13, 2024: Global Survivorship Care: Common Challenges, Common Solutions
Speaker
Department of Geriatrics
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán in Mexico City
January 23, 2024: Understanding and Optimizing Social Support Across the Cancer Care Continuum
Speaker
Professor of Oncology
Senior Vice President and Associate Director
Community Outreach and Engagement
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
December 5, 2023: Capturing Cancer Recurrence with Novel Data Linkages
Speaker
Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah
Investigator, Huntsman Cancer Institute
Director, Research Facilitation and Integration, Utah Cancer Registry
November 7, 2023: Beyond Survivance: Thrivance Among American Indian and Alaska Native Cancer Survivors
Speaker
Director
Tribal Health Research Office
Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
National Institutes of Health
October 17, 2023: Understanding and Addressing Housing Instability for Cancer Survivors
Speakers
Supportive Oncology Services
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
Associate Director
Healthcare Delivery and Equity Research
Center for Cancer Research
National Cancer Institute
September 19, 2023: Optimizing Care Delivery for Cancer Survivors: Engaged, Pragmatic, Multi-team & Multi-level
Speaker
Chair and Sosland Family Professor in Preventive Medicine
Department of Population Health, School of Medicine
University of Kansas Medical Center
June 13, 2023: Sexual Concerns of Cancer Survivors: Are We Closer to Addressing this Unmet Need?
Speaker
Associate Professor, Cancer Prevention and Control Program
Fox Chase Cancer Center
May 2, 2023: Opportunities to Advance the Science of Survivorship in Neuro-Oncology
Speakers
Director
Office of Cancer Survivorship
National Cancer Institute
Senior Investigator and Deputy Chief
Neuro-Oncology Branch
Associate Director
Patient-Centered Outcomes
Center for Cancer Research
National Cancer Institute
Caregiver and Executive Director
Collaborative Ependymoma Research Network (CERN) Foundation, a program of the National Brain Tumor Society
April 25, 2023: Improving Care for Cancer Survivors with Serious Mental Illness
Speaker
Director, Collaborative Care and Community Engagement Program
Mass General Cancer Center
March 21, 2023: Cancer Information Online: Misinformation and Other Pitfalls for Cancer Survivors
Speaker
Professor of Urology and Population Health, New York University Langone Health and Manhattan Veterans Affairs
February 28, 2023: Innovations in Survivorship Models of Care
Speaker
Director, Caring Futures Institute, Flinders University
Australia
January 24, 2023: Hear Today and Tomorrow: Unmet Needs and Opportunities for Improving Hearing Health in Cancer Survivors
Speakers
Associate Director, VA National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery
Oregon Health & Science University
Cancer Survivor and Advocate
Audiologist (Retired)
December 13, 2022: Blending Survivorship and Palliative Care for People with Advanced Cancer in the Precision Oncology Era
Speakers
Palliative Care Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Cancer Survivor
Associate Dean of Educational Affairs and the Bonnie Katz Tenenbaum Professor of Education, Stanford University
November 29, 2022: Living with Rare Cancer: Lessons from Survivors and Caregivers of Histiocytic Cancers
Speakers
Associate Attending Neuro-Oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Cancer Survivor
Executive Director, Histiocytosis Association
October 25, 2022: Beyond Prognostic Information – What Survivors Need
Speakers
Professor of Family Medicine, Oncology and Medicine (Palliative Care)
American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor
Co-director, Center for Communication and Disparities Research
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Lung Cancer Survivor and Advocate
September 27, 2022: Cardio-oncology: Collaborating to Improve Cardiovascular Outcomes in Cancer Survivors
Speakers
Associate Professor, Clinical Research and Public Health Sciences Divisions, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Director of Cardio-Oncology
Assistant Professor
Medical College of Wisconsin
June 7, 2022: Biopsychosocial Factors and Cancer: Impact on the Tumor Immune Microenvironment
Speaker
Associate Professor, Division of Pharmacology, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Ponce Health Sciences University, Puerto Rico
Member, Division of Cancer Biology and Women’s Health, Ponce Research Institute, Puerto Rico
May 10, 2022: Fertility Preservation for Cancer Survivors
Speaker
Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
April 26, 2022: Revisiting the IOM Report “Cancer Care for the Whole Patient: Meeting Psychosocial Health Needs”
Speaker
Distinguished Professor, UCLA Schools of Public Health & Medicine
Associate Director for Population Science Research, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
March 22, 2022: Using Technology to Improve Supportive Care for Cancer Survivors and Their Family Caregivers
Speaker
Associate Professor and Beerstecher-Blackwell Distinguished Scholar, School of Nursing and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
February 15, 2022: Disparities Among Sexual and Gender Minority Cancer Survivors: Studies on Prostate Cancer in Gay and Bisexual Men
Speaker
Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
January 25, 2022: Missed Opportunities for Supportive Care across the Cancer Care Continuum in Malawi: Perspectives from Survivors of Lymphoma and Breast Cancer
Speaker
Assistant Professor, Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah
November 30, 2021: Smoking Behaviors among Cancer Survivors: Challenges and Opportunities for Tobacco Treatment
Speaker
Visiting Associate Professor, Yale University School of Nursing
October 26, 2021: Involving Family Caregivers in Cancer Survivorship Care: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities
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Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
Leader, Cancer Prevention and Population Science Program, Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
September 21, 2021: Cancer Survivorship Healthcare Delivery: Challenges and Opportunities Integrating Primary Care
Speaker
Professor, Research Division Chief and Henry Rutgers Chair of Family Medicine and Community Health
Director, Center Advancing Research and Evaluation for Patient-Centered Care (CARE-PC)
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Co-Director of Community Engagement, NJ Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science (NJ ACTS)
Member, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey