April 12, 2012: Survivors Teaching Students®: Telling Your Story
November 16, 2011: Drug Shortages: Status and Next Steps
August 18, 2011: What is Research Advocacy?
Cancer survivors have unique insight into the research process, and can offer valuable advice to programs like the Defense Department’s Ovarian Cancer Research Program. This 90-minute session will teach you how to get involved in the peer review process at the national or local level.
July 21, 2011: What is Research Advocacy?
Cancer survivors have unique insight into the research process, and can offer valuable advice to programs like the Defense Department’s Ovarian Cancer Research Program. This 90-minute session will teach you how to get involved in the peer review process at the national or local level.
June 16, 2011: Ovarian Cancer News from the 2011 ASCO Meeting
More than 30,000 oncology professionals recently gathered in Chicago to share their latest research and findings at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting. Join us as Dr. Deborah Armstrong of The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine reviews the most important findings from the ASCO meeting and how they could affect women with ovarian cancer.
May 13, 2011: How Can I Get Involved in Ovarian Cancer Clinical Trials?
This session covered the basics of cancer clinical trials, including key risks and benefits, myths about clinical trials and how people can be referred to a cancer clinical trial. The webinar was led by Margo Michaels, Executive Director and President of the Education Network to Advance Cancer Clinical Trials.
March 2, 2011: Getting Involved with Partner Members
Our 50 Partner Members are the eyes and ears of the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance, providing support and resources to communities across the United States. In this webinar, Sue Ellen Moore and Robin Cohen talk about the work their local organizations do, and how women and men affected by ovarian cancer can get involved.
February 17, 2011: Ovarian Cancer: What’s New? What’s Basic?
Dr. Robert Coleman, Professor of Gynecologic Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses what is known about ovarian cancer and what research is being done to advance the prevention and treatment of this disease.
February 10, 2011: Young Survivors Rock!
Young cancer survivors face unique challenges, including questions about fertility and genetic testing, and a lack of support services. Chana Garcia, advocate, blogger and ovarian cancer survivor, joins Lindsay Avner, the founder and director of Bright Pink, an organization dedicated to young survivors of breast and ovarian cancer, to talk about young women and cancer.
January 25, 2011: Clinical Trials 101.
Dr. Ronald Alvarez, a gynecologic oncologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, provides an overview of clinical trials in this presentation. He discusses who is doing clinical trials, why they are important for our understanding of ovarian cancer and how to get involved in a trial.
January 12, 2011: Developing and Integrating Fundraising into your Annual Plans
Every nonprofit organization depends on fundraising to stay afloat. Three experienced development professionals—Delba Riddick, Teresa Smith and Robbin Wilson—talk about how to plan and implement successful fundraising initiatives.
December 16, 2010: Health Reform: Illusion, Delusion or Reality.
Experts from Washington joined us December 16 to talk about how health reform will affect screening and treatment of ovarian cancer. Panelists included Tina Tchen, Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement and Executive Director of the White House Council on Women and Girls; Dr. Leonard Lichtenfeld, Deputy Chief Medical Officer of the American Cancer Society; and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro.
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