E-Newsletter - June 2018

 

2018 Alliance Spring Group Meeting Session Videos Now Available on Alliance Website 

All videos from the Alliance Community Oncology Committee meeting, Clinical Research Professionals (CRP) sessions, and New Investigator Course that were held during the 2018 Alliance Spring Group Meeting are now available on the member side of the Alliance website - click this link to select videos to view. 
 
Here's a quick list of the videos for reference.

Community Oncology Meeting

- Alliance A211401 Trial: Ivana Croghan, PhD, Mayo Clinic 
- Alliance A211801 Trial: Judy Garber, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 
- Alliance A221504 Trial: Pankaj Gupta, MD, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System
- Alliance A221505 Trial: Matthew Poppe, MD, Huntsman Cancer Institute
- Alliance A221602 Trial: Rudolph Navari, MD, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Alliance A231602CD Trial: Rena Conti, PhD, University of Chicago
- AFT 25 (COMET Trial): E. Shelley Hwang, MD, MPH, Duke Health  

These videos can also be found on respective protocol pages. 

Clincial Research Professional (CRP) Sessions

- Sarah Whitlock: Alliance Patient Advocate
- Alliance Protocol Template Overview: Michael Kelly, MA, Alliance Director of Protocol Operations
- How to Write an Acceptable CAPA: Barbara Barrett, Alliance Director of Audit Program
- RECIST/irRECIST: Scott Okuno, MD, Chair, Alliance Audit Committee
- Breast Cancer Overview and Update: Anna Weiss, MD, AFT Executive Officer
- Alliance A221505 Trial: Matthew Poppe, MD, Huntsman Cancer Institute
- IPEC??? Everything you Want to Know: Panel Discussion

New Investigator Course

- Welcome to the Alliance: Monica Bertagnolli, MD, Group Chair, Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
- Alliance NCORP Research Base: Jacqueline Lafky, MS, Mayo Clinic, Program Manager, Alliance Cancer Control Program
- Alliance NCORP Research Base: Charles Loprinzi, MD, Mayo Clinic, Chair, Alliance Symptom Intervention Committee
- AFT Trials: Suzanne George, MD, Vice Group Chair, Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
- Alliance Patient Advocates: Patty Spears, Chair, Alliance Patient Advocate Committee & Coleen Crespo, Vice Chair, Alliance Patient Advocate Committee
- Translational Research: Secondary Specimen Use Proposals: Yujia Wen, PhD, MD, Director, Alliance Translational Research Operations
- Investigator Panel: Clinical Trial Obstacles and Overcoming Them
      Michael J. Morris, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
      Jennifer A. Ligibel, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Center
      Matthew P. Goetz, MD, Mayo Clinic & Group Discussion
- Industry Negotiations (Trials and Pitfalls)
      Linda Sluman, MD, Alliance Executive Officer
      David Kozono, MD, PhD, AFT Executive Officer
      Otto Metzger, MD, AFT Executive Officer
      Shira Dinner, MD, Alliance Executive Officer
      Priya Kumthekar, MD, Alliance Executive Officer
- Alliance Statistics
     Jennifer Le-Rademacher, PhD, Faculty Statistician, Alliance Statistics and Data Center
     Shauna Hillman, MS, Statistician, Alliance Statistics and Data Center
     Fang-Shu Ou, PhD, Faculty Statistician, Alliance Statistics and Data Center


 

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