The Role of the Oncology Pharmacist

Learn from the Hematology Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA) and Cancer Support Community during this talk with an Oncology Pharmacist and patient representative who discuss the important role of the oncology pharmacist in cancer care. 

Justified Medical Mistrust: Righting the Wrongs

We highlight events and personal experiences that contribute to mistrust of the medical community while learning about strategies, programs, and initiatives that individuals and institutions within our healthcare system have developed to earn trust within communities of color, promote the benefits of participating in cancer clinical trials, and achieving inclusive, quality cancer care for all.  Our guests from the Black community are patient advocate Rev. Blane J. Newberry, hematologist Dr. Craig Cole, and radiation oncologist Dr. Karen Winkfield. 

Trailer - Justified Medical Mistrust: Righting the Wrongs

Acknowledging the Past to Change the Future, we highlight events and personal experiences that contribute to mistrust of the medical community while learning about strategies, programs, and initiatives that individuals and institutions within our healthcare system have developed to earn trust within communities of color, promote the benefits of participating in cancer clinical trials, and achieving inclusive, quality cancer care for all.

Bridging the Gap: Navigating the Practical Challenges of Cancer Caregiving

Bridging the Gap: Navigating the Practical Challenges of Cancer Caregiving + Enhancing Communication with Your Loved One with Nichole Goble and Christina Bach, MBE, LCSW, OSW-C, FAOSW

There are over 2.8 million cancer caregivers in the United States.  It’s a role that can be both joyful and overwhelming.  This webinar focuses on the practical impacts of cancer from a caregiver's perspective. You’ll learn tools and strategies to navigate these challenges and how to enhance communication between yourself and your loved one so you both feel heard and supported.

What You Need to Know About Mental Health and Cancer

In recognition of World Mental Health Day (10/10/2023), join the Cancer Support Community’s Senior Director of Education and Programs, Rachel Saks, for a talk with Dr. Brandon Knettel about navigating Mental Health & Cancer.

Loss and Grief: Personal Stories of Doctors and Other Healthcare Professionals

Healthcare professionals experience unrelenting demands superimposed on their personal lives and losses. Although trained to help others, all too often, they neglect their own mental, physical, and spiritual well-being. Loss is universal and inevitable, yet, sharing of loss is often hidden and stigmatized, and institutional infrastructure to support colleagues experiencing loss is often inadequate. This presentation will focus on the lost opportunities and the hard, yet healing, realities revealed by the narrators’ experiences with personal loss.  

How to Put on a Wig

Amy Gibson, a cancer hair loss expert and founder of CreatedHair, demonstrates how to put on a wig by following a few simple tips. "People ask me all the time what is the proper way to put on a wig cap," Amy says. "There actually is the right way."

Cancer Caregiving: Resources and Rights at Work

With Dr. Hoda Badr.

Caregiving for a family member or close friend with cancer can be particularly demanding for employed individuals who are juggling work responsibilities while providing care. This talk will describe the financial, work, and mental health impacts of cancer on employed caregivers, their rights in the workplace, and the resources that are currently available to support them.