WEBINAR: Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Transitioning to Adulthood (Aune Lab)
REPOST from September 25th webinar originally broadcasted, September 25th, 2019
Childhood cancer advocates, families, researchers, and survivors are invited to join us for this Childhood Cancer Awareness Month event. We’ll have a robust discussion about the challenges facing childhood cancer survivors as they transition out of pediatric care and into young adulthood.
SPEAKERS:
Gregory Aune, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics at UT Health San Antonio’s Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute
Dr. Aune battled Hodgkin’s Lymphoma as a teenager, an experience that inspired him to become a pediatric oncologist. Today, he is a national and international leader in the field of childhood cancer survivorship and a staunch advocate for more funding and improved care of the nation’s 500,000 childhood cancer survivors.
Julia Rowland, PhD
Senior Strategic Advisor at Smith Center for Healing and the Arts
Dr. Rowland was formerly the Director of the Office of Cancer Survivorship at the National Cancer Institute, and she is widely recognized as a national and international scholar, researcher, and leader in the psychosocial aspects of cancer care broadly and cancer survivorship specifically. She was also the recipient of our 2018 Rosen Research Award.
Click HERE to listen to the webinar.
Since 2004, UT Health San Antonio, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute’s (Greehey CCRI) mission has been to advance scientific knowledge relevant to childhood cancer, contribute to understanding its causes, and accelerate the translation of knowledge into novel therapies. Greehey CCRI strives to have a national and global impact on childhood cancer by discovering, developing, and disseminating new scientific knowledge. Our mission consists of three key areas — research, clinical, and education.
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