The GW Cancer Center is a training and technical assistance provider of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program.

Transform your data into actionable insights, design visually compelling dashboards, and fuel impactful decisions to propel your organization to the next level. In this webinar, we will review the data journey in clinical settings, from data collection to crafting insightful visualizations with guest speaker Devyn Woodfield.

The GW Cancer Center Technical Assistance Program (TAP) now has new social media handles on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. There, you’ll find everything you need to elevate your program’s or coalition’s cancer control work. 

This presentation will help explain the CY2024 CMS physician fee schedule (aka "CMS rule") as it pertains to Principal Illness Navigation, Community Health Integration, and Social Determinants of Health Risk Assessment codes.  Along with two other speakers, the webinar will also cover training and resources to position cancer patient navigators for success and provide examples of two states' CHW trainings and certification processes. Registration information coming soon! Visit our website for more information and keep an eye on our social media for registration information.

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month is an annual observance held throughout March. It was established in 2000 as an annual opportunity to raise awareness of colorectal cancer and to promote research into its cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, survivorship and cure. Visit the Colorectal Cancer Awareness Toolkit to learn about ways to tailor your messaging for your audience and how to your messages and content shareable.

February is Cancer Prevention Month! GW Cancer Center offers resources and materials to help your organization communicate modifiable health behaviors that can help people reduce their risk of getting certain cancers. Use our National Cancer Prevention Month & World Cancer Day Social Media Toolkit for research, communication tips, and ready-to-use graphics and messages. Our new prevention toolkit is coming soon, but here are great resources for prevention month to get you started from the Center for Disease Control, American Cancer Society, St. Jude, and GW Cancer Center.

Rhode Island's leading HPV vaccination rates (83%) are thanks to multi-level interventions that were started back in 2015. Visit their HPV page and state cancer plan for more details.

Feb. 13: NCI Office of Cancer Survivorship Webinar - Global Survivorship Care: Common Challenges, Common Solutions

Feb 21: SelfMade Health Network Webinar - Pathways to Health Equity: Expanding Community-Clinical Linkages to Improve Health Outcomes Among Low-Income Populations Nationwide

Feb 24: Michigan Public Health Institute - Young Breast Cancer Symposium

Feb 28: National Cancer Institute Symposium- Enhancing Capacity for Primary Care Research in Cancer Survivorship: A Workshop for Action

March 5: NCI Office of Cancer Survivorship Webinar - Partnership: A Mission and an Imperative for Health Equity-Focused Survivorship Research and Engageme nt

March 7: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Event - The Ways of Knowing Symposia

March 12: Health Outreach Partners Webinar - Transportation & Access to Care: Implementing a Quality Improvement Toolkit For Health Centers

March 14: Public Health Training Center at Rollins School of Public Health - Seeking Health Equity: Understanding and Taking Actions on the Root Causes of Health Disparities 

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This work was supported by Cooperative Agreement #NU58DP007539-01 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of CDC.

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