New clinical trial boosts treatment options for young people with advanced Hodgkin lymphoma
A groundbreaking clinical trial, which for the first time in the modern era included both adolescents and adults with advanced Hodgkin lymphoma, showed that 94 percent of the patients treated with an experimental immunotherapy plus chemotherapy were cancer-free or had no progression of disease after one year. The results are likely to change standard treatment for this type of cancer, says Wilmot Cancer Institute Director Jonathan Friedberg, senior investigator of the study and chair of the lymphoma committee at the SWOG Cancer Research Network, which designed the trial as a part of the National Cancer Institute-funded National Clinical Trials Network.
In today’s issue:
Workshop on ArcGIS Story Maps
Research faculty and staff can apply for clinical research coordinator support through the Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Wilmot Cancer Institute is cohosting an event for cancer survivors this weekend
“As eating-disorder specialists, when we hear all of this, we get really nervous,” says Shellie Yussman, a professor of pediatrics and chief of adolescent medicine. “[The concern is] something else is going to make people feel bad about their body weight, shape, or size.”
ArcGIS Story Maps is a web-based application that allows you to use maps to supplement narrative and multimedia content. Attend a workshop with digital scholarship’s Blair Tinker, the research specialist for GIS, on Thursday, June 15, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Humanities Center, to help cultivate spatial thinking, reasoning, and digital literacy skills among your students. Register to attend.
Apply for clinical research coordinator support
The Clinical and Translational Science Institute will have two human subject research coordinator trainees who will be available to work in two departments starting July 31. Research faculty and staff can apply for temporary part-time (0.5 FTE) coordinator support by filling out an application on the Clinical Research Center website by July 24. Departments will be notified by July 28.
Tuition waiver reminder
Those wanting to apply for the employee tuition waiver benefit must do so within 30 days of the start of the course. The deadline for the summer 2023 application window is fast approaching. If you have not yet submitted your application in HRMS, do so as soon as possible. Email TuitionBenefits@ur.rochester.edu with questions.
Coffee and conversation with Simon Business School
Learn more about Simon Business School’s full-time and part-time graduate business programs at Boulder Coffee Co. Café and Lounge, 100 Alexander Street, on Saturday, June 10, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. A program staff member will answer your questions in a casual environment, while you enjoy a pastry and beverage of your choice courtesy of Simon. Drop in at any time between the event hours.
Cancer survivor's event on June 10
Wilmot Cancer Institute’s Community Outreach and Engagement team and Ibero American Action League are collaborating for a Cancer Survivor’s Day on Saturday, June 10, from 1 to 4:30 p.m. at the International Plaza, 828 North Clinton Avenue. The event will include a panel discussion, music, and Wilmot’s inflatable colon display. All those who have been diagnosed or who support a loved one with a diagnosis, are invited to attend. Email Sarah_Merritt@URMC.rochester.edu with questions.
Expand your nursing role with the School of Nursing's RN First Assistant program
The RN First Assistant program prepares CNORs (Certified Nurse-Operating Room) to take on an expanded role and empowers APRNs (Advanced Practice Registered Nurses) to follow their surgical patients throughout the perioperative experience. Throughout a five-week intensive course of interactive online learning activities, a day of hands-on learning and simulation, and a 200-hour clinical internship, discover how to expand the impact of your nursing practice and improve patient care. Applications for fall 2023 are due July 15. Learn more about the program and application process at a virtual open house on Wednesday, June 21, from noon to 1 p.m. Register online. Direct questions to SONCLL@urmc.rochester.edu.
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