Our April CAC2 All-Member webinar hosted by Donna Ludwinski (Solving Kids Cancer) introduced Drs. Jeremy Schraw and Philip Lupo of Baylor College of Medicine who spoke about their research on nonchromosomal cancer predisposition. Cancer in Children with Birth Defects: What Can We Learn from Population-Based Studies Studies show that birth defects […]
Our February CAC2 All-Member webinar focused on the role that tumor tissue can play in childhood cancer research efforts. Katie Gnatt from Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation and Ginny McLean from Swifty Foundation welcomed Dr. Patrick Reynolds, Director of The Childhood Cancer Repository, and Dr. Angela Waanders, Director of Precision Medicine Oncology […]
We were pleased to invite CAC2 members, associate members, student members, supporting organizations to our December CAC2 All-member webinar where Susan Weiner (Children’s Cancer Cause) hosted Dr. Gilles Vassal, chair of ACCELERATE, an international nonprofit. Dr. Vassal discussed ACCELERATE and its fresh approach to addressing the complex challenges of developing innovative pediatric cancer […]
We were pleased to join with the Alliance for Childhood Cancer to invite members of the two coalitions and the wider community this Community webinar presented by Dr. Peter Adamson, Chair of the Children’s Oncology Group. Dr. Adamson shared information the COG has received along with a perspective on childhood […]
We were pleased to invite CAC2 members, associate members, student members, supporting organizations to our October CAC2 All-member webinar. We hosted TpAML co-founder/advocate Julie Guillot and Dr. Gwen Nichols, Chief Medical Officer, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, who highlighted the energy and work behind putting — and keeping — the patient at the […]
In celebration of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we hosted Melisse Skelton (CureSearch) and Oscar Ortiz (SebastianStrong) who used the occasion of our September CAC2 All-member webinar to explain the latest project that is developing in the CAC2 Project Incubator. We learned about a new project proposed by CAC2 members to create a […]
Our May CAC2 All-member webinar hosted Dr. Robert B. Noll, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dr. Noll introduced and explained the Bright IDEAS problem solving technique for families facing the stress of diagnosis, treatment, and beyond. This presentation reviewed the history of efforts to […]
Our April CAC2 All-member webinar was hosted by Amanda Haddock (Dragon Master Foundation) who welcomed and introduced fellow CAC2 member Dr. Warren Kibbe, Chief of Translational Biomedical Informatics in the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, and Chief Data Officer at Duke Cancer Institute. Dr. Kibbe helped us all understand why we […]