LTFU’s new HINT [Health Insurance Navigation Tools] Study is examining new ways to help cancer survivors understand, obtain, and take advantage of all their health insurance has to offer. “Health insurance coverage is a real stressor for long-term survivors,” explains Elyse Park, PhD. Visit LTFU to read more.
Congratulations to Giselle Lougee-Perez, Ph.D., who was selected to participate in the MGH Disparities Solutions Center Secondary Mentorship Program for Diverse Research Faculty. This one-year Pilot Program begins late June 2022 and will continue through June 2023. The Program pairs 4 junior faculty members, at MGH, from historically under-represented groups, Read more…
Congratulations to Doug Levy et al. on the publication of article “Cost-effectiveness of Implementing Smoking Cessation Interventions for Patients With Cancer”. The objective of study was to estimate the incremental cost per quit (ICQ) of adopting an intensive smoking cessation intervention among patients undergoing treatment at cancer care clinics, from Read more…
This month, a paper examining illness-uncertainty, among rheumatology patients, was published in the Journal of Rheumatology, led by Dr. Zack Wallace of the MGH Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology with HPRIR faculty Dr. Lucy Finkelstein-Fox and Dr. Elyse Park as co-authors, and Daniel Hall as senior author. It was Read more…
Elyse R. Park, PhD, MP.H and Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School presented at the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting on the findings of the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. The Study is a collaboration with the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study and is a pilot randomized trial assessing a virtual patient Read more…
Dr. Angela Walter presented on neighborhood disadvantage and tobacco use among adults with cancer in the U.S. at the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology [ASCO] Annual Meeting in Chicago. The results Dr. Walter presented span 10 ECOG-ACRIN trials which found that socioeconomic factors influence access and utilization of tobacco Read more…
On Thursday, June 23rd from 4:00pm-5:00pm, Dr. Giselle Perez will discuss the importance of attending to the post-treatment psycho-social needs of patients with cancer. Dr. Perez will summarize the Cancer Center’s current efforts to improve patient’s coping and resiliency after cancer treatment. Register here: massgeneral.org/survivorconference