On Sunday, 9/18, Team HPRIR SurvivorCares ran the MGH Cancer Center’s Eversource Everyday Amazing Race to raise funds for our clinical programs, the Smokefree Support Service (SSS) and the SMART Resiliency Groups! In total, HPRIR SurvivorCares raised over $15,000! Go, HPRIR!
HPRIR Director, Elyse Park, PhD, speaks with Oncology Tube about the ASCO ’22 abstract, “A health insurance navigation intervention tool (HINT) for survivors of childhood cancer: randomized pilot trial results from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.” Summary: The Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS) will look into the long-term impact of Read more…
The National Gold Together Champions Campaign brings awareness and funding to childhood cancer in the month of September, childhood cancer awareness month! This Zoom kickoff covers why families facing childhood cancer need our support and how we can make an impact. HPRIR Director, Elyse Park, PhD, shares her ACS funded Read more…
Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Rheumatology, Dr. Earl Silverman, speaks with Daniel L. Hall and Zachary S. Wallace about their article “The Association of Illness-related Uncertainty With Mental Health in Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases.” You can watch the interview here – https://www.jrheum.org/content/viewingrheum For the full article: The Association of Illness-related Uncertainty With Mental Read more…
“Exploring the Experiences and Outcomes from a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Intervention Among Cancer Survivors” will be presented at the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Conference this November. HPRIR intern Raissa Li led the abstract under the mentorship of Dr. Daniel Hall. Congratulations to Raissa and team! Full citation: Read more…
Congratulations to HPRIR Executive Team member, Daniel Hall, Ph.D., and teams on the publications of two papers in The Journal of Behavioral Medicine and in AIDs and Behavior! Hall, et al., “A spotlight on avoidance coping to manage fear of recurrence among breast cancer survivors in an eHealth intervention” now Read more…
Congratulations to HPRIR faculty member, Efren Flores, MD, on his selection to the Council of Medical Specialty Services (CMSS)-National Academy of Medicine (NAM)-World Health Organization (WHO) Advisory Board. This distinguished and diverse group of experts will guide the development of a globally relevant, expanded set of principles applicable to potential Read more…
The Smokefree Support Study 2.0 study protocol paper, “Study protocol for a hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation trial testing virtual tobacco treatment in oncology practices,” is now available to read online at BMC Public Health! Persistent smoking among patients diagnosed with cancer is associated with adverse clinical outcomes, yet an evidence-based Read more…
Congratulations to HPRIR faculty member Daniel Hall, PhD, who has been invited to speak at the MGH Cancer Center Oncology APP Education Series! A focus group of oncology APPs partnered with GU medical oncologist Phil Saylor in October 2018 to develop the Oncology APP Education Series. The series has been well Read more…
Last week, at the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group annual conference, project director Dr. Brett Goshe (pictured above) presented trial updates for the EAQ171CD Smoke Free Support Study 2.0. The Smoke Free Support Study 2.0 is a trial designed to examine the effectiveness and implementation of a virtually-delivered, evidence-based tobacco treatment Read more…