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!
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Breast Oncologist and HPRIR-collaborator, Dr. Amy Comander, will run her ninth consecutive Boston Marathon on April 18th! This year, she will be running in support of the Ellie Fund, a non-profit organization that provides essential support for those receiving treatment for breast cancer in Massachusetts. Read Dr. Comander’s full interview Read more…
Maria Lopes, B.A., has been selected as the recipient for the International Congress Diversity & Inclusion Scholarship. This scholarship will cover Maria’s registration fees for the the 2022 International Congress on Integrative Medicine & Health Conference. Congratulations, Maria!