Meetings and Trainings of Interest

These initiatives aim to unite healthcare professionals, researchers, and community leaders to exchange knowledge on cancer prevention and control, reducing the burden of cancer across New York State.

** Please use the New York State Cancer Consortium Member Meeting and Training (Event) form to submit any meetings, trainings or events to share with the New York State Cancer Consortium members**

ChangeLabs Solution: Exploring the Social Determinants of Health, Health Equity & the Law

*Virtual

Brought to you by ChangeLab Solutions and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Public Health Law Program, a new two-part series that offers insight into how public health laws affect social determinants of health and health equity.

PART 1: How Does the Law, Past and Present, Affect Health Equity?

PART 2:  How to Use Law and Policy to Affect Health Equity

SelfMade Health Network: Prostate Cancer Survivorship Series

*Virtual

Part 2:  Health Equity-Driven Approaches for Optimizing Outcomes in Low-Income Populations

December 4th, 1:00 pm - 1:40 PM

NutriCare Research Team: Food is Medicine in Oncology Care Symposium

* Virtual

December 5th, 9:30 AM

This one-day symposium aims to bring together researchers, healthcare providers, patient advocates, and community leaders to discuss the crucial role of Food is Medicine in oncology care.

Register Here

CancerCare Connect Workshop: Challenges Young Adults with Cancer Face: Coping Tips

*Virtual

December 6th, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

CancerCare Connect Workshop: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Biomarker Testing and Treatment Trends

December 10th, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Healthy People 2030 Webinar: Breaking Down Barriers to Health Care by Addressing the Social Determinants of Health

*Virtual

December 11th, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

This webinar will highlight progress to date on three Healthy People 2030 objectives:  

1. AHS-04: Reduce the proportion of people who can’t get medical care when they need it 
2. SDOH-01: Reduce the proportion of persons living in poverty
3. SDOH-02: Increase employment in working-age people (Leading Health Indicator)

Register Here 

Advocacy vs Lobbying: What’s the Difference?

*Virtual

December 12th, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Join to hear from two leading experts who will help you understand the difference between advocacy and lobbying, how to identify and utilize effective messaging strategies and identify data sources that can support advocacy efforts in cancer control.

Register Here

CancerCare Connect Workshop: Cancer in the Workplace, Health Insurance, Finances and Returning to School

December 13th, 1:30 pm - 2:30 PM

2024 Breastfeeding Grand Rounds

*Virtual

Rescheduled for December 18, 2024, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

The topic this year is The Impact of Social Media on Breastfeeding/Chestfeeding. The New York State Physical Activity and Nutrition (SPAN) Program supports New York State Women, Infants and Children (WIC) and the University at Albany Center for Public Health Continuing Education to produce this annual event for New York State and national audiences. 

*If you already registered, you would not need to re-register.*

To learn more about the event and register, visit https://www.albany.edu/impact-social-media-breastfeedingchestfeeding.

CancerCare Connect Workshop: Update from the 2024 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting

*Virtual

December 19th, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

National Cancer Institute Office of Cancer Survivorship (OCS): Interdisciplinary Network for Survivorship and Primary Care Research and Education (INSPiRE)

*Virtual

March 3, 2025, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Join to gain collaborative knowledge in advancing research on the integration of primary care and cancer survivorship that spans different research areas, disciplines, and organizations.