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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

December 13, 2022: Blending Survivorship and Palliative Care for People with Advanced Cancer in the Precision Oncology Era

Speakers

Laura A. Petrillo, MD 

Palliative Care Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Anne Charity Hudley, PhD

Cancer Survivor
Associate Dean of Educational Affairs and the Bonnie Katz Tenenbaum Professor of Education, Stanford University

January 24, 2023: Hear Today and Tomorrow: Unmet Needs and Opportunities for Improving Hearing Health in Cancer Survivors

Speakers

Dawn Konrad-Martin, PhD

Associate Director, VA National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery
Oregon Health & Science University

Deborah L. Berndtson, AuD

Cancer Survivor and Advocate
Audiologist (Retired)

February 28, 2023: Innovations in Survivorship Models of Care

Speaker

Ray Chan, RN, PhD, GAICD, FAAN, FACN

Director, Caring Futures Institute, Flinders University
Australia

March 21, 2023: Cancer Information Online: Misinformation and Other Pitfalls for Cancer Survivors

Speaker

Stacy Loeb, MD, MSc, PhD (hon)

Professor of Urology and Population Health, New York University Langone Health and Manhattan Veterans Affairs

Past Events

November 29, 2022: Living with Rare Cancer: Lessons from Survivors and Caregivers of Histiocytic Cancers

Speakers

Eli L. Diamond, MD

Associate Attending Neuro-Oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Deanna Fournier

Cancer Survivor
Executive Director, Histiocytosis Association

October 25, 2022: Beyond Prognostic Information – What Survivors Need

Speakers

Ronald Epstein, MD

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

Jill Feldman

Lung Cancer Survivor and Advocate

September 27, 2022: Cardio-oncology: Collaborating to Improve Cardiovascular Outcomes in Cancer Survivors

Speakers

Eric Chow, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Clinical Research and Public Health Sciences Divisions, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Sherry-Ann Brown, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA

Director of Cardio-Oncology
Assistant Professor
Medical College of Wisconsin

June 7, 2022: Biopsychosocial Factors and Cancer: Impact on the Tumor Immune Microenvironment

Speaker

Guillermo N. Armaiz-Peña, PhD

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

Kyle Orwig, PhD

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

Patricia A. Ganz, MD

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

Lixin Song, PhD, RN, FAAN

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

B.R. Simon Rosser, PhD, MPH, LP

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

Stephen Kimani, MD, MSc

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

Hermine Poghosyan, PhD, MPH, BSN

Visiting Associate Professor, Yale University School of Nursing

October 26, 2021: Involving Family Caregivers in Cancer Survivorship Care: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities

Speaker

Hoda Badr, PhD

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

Shawna Hudson, PhD

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