Announcements

CTSA adds classes to Clinical Trials Training for Investigators and Coordinators curriculum

Clinical Trials Coordinators and new Principal Investigators can take the following classes from the CTSA grant's Clinical Trials Training for Investigators and Coordinators curriculum. Classes are offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Classrooms seat about 40 people. No food will be provided so please bring your own lunch.  More information: Yvonne.Kellar-Guenther@ucdenver.edu.

Aug. 18, 9 am to 1 pm, ED2-North, Room 2301

Submitting to COMIRB

This is a 4-hour course that will cover identifying the different types of review, how to fill out an IRB application and how to report adverse events. Students will learn the difference between Exempt, Expedited and Full Board reviews and what an adverse event is and how to fulfill COMIRB reporting requirements. Students will also walk through the COMIRB application. 

Aug. 18, 1:30 to 2 pm, ED2-North, Room 2301

Submitting to the Institutional Biosafety Committee

This half-hour course will cover human gene transfer research, the NIH guidelines of performing this type of research, and the role of the IBC.

Nominations sought for Colo. Cancer Coalition Leadership Awards

The Colorado Cancer Coalition is accepting nominations for outstanding organizations and individuals in the field of cancer prevention and control. The purpose of the Colorado Cancer Coalition Leadership Awards is to acknowledge outstanding cancer prevention and control efforts throughout Colorado. The award presentations will be held at the 8th Annual Colorado Cancer Summit, October 6-7 at the Double Tree Hotel in Grand Junction, CO.

Make your nomination online by Aug. 18. We want to thank you for taking the time to nominate an outstanding person and organization.

The following are the Categories and Criteria in which we are looking for those outstanding individuals and organizations.

  • Outstanding Healthcare Professional-5th Annual Tim Byers Achievement Award: Award will be given to an exemplary healthcare professional who has dedicated much of their career to improving cancer prevention and control for Colorado citizens, especially the medically underserved.
  • Outstanding Community Health Educator/Advocate: Award will be given to an individual or organization that has exemplified outstanding outreach, navigation, and education to underserved communities in the area of cancer prevention and control.
  • Outstanding Volunteer/Community Volunteer Activist: Award will be given to a dedicated cancer-focused volunteer and/or volunteer organization, which has made a significant impact within their community.
  • Outstanding Innovative Project: Award will be given to a project that has utilized innovative approaches to promote healthy communities by developing information and services to help consumers cope with cancer while improving the quality of the their lives and/or using research or technology to make an impact on the well being of Colorado citizens.
  • Outstanding Researcher/Research Project: Award will be presented to a researcher or research project that has made significant strides in addressing the cancer burden as articulated in the Colorado Cancer Plan.
  • Outstanding Youth Advocate: Award will be presented to a youth who has made significant efforts in the fight against cancer for their community.

Call for Abstracts for Colorado Cancer Summit

Colorado Cancer Coalition has a call for poster and panel presentation abstracts for the 2008 Colorado Cancer Summit, to be held in October in Grand Junction. Specifically, the Summit will focus on survivorship in these four areas:

A: Physical Effects of Cancer and Treatment

B: Psychological and Social Issues in Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

C: Cancer Research/Clinical Trials

D: Practical Matters Surrounding a Cancer Diagnosis

You can find more information and submit abstracts on the Coalition website.

SOM Dean seeks exhibits for 125th Anniversary Gala

Dean of the UC Denver School of Medicine is looking for creative interactive exhibits for the 125th Anniversary Gala. Lisa Stanford in the Dean's Office is hosting an exhibit consultant July 22 from 8 am to 12 pm in Academic Office 1, Room 4104, to answer design suggestions and logistical support for these exhibits. It would be great to have several cancer-related exhibits at the event. At the last anniversary gala, Bryan Haugen, MD, and the thyroid team were giving free thyroid checks when they discovered that the son of a faculty member had a nodule. Then a teenager, he has since recovered from thyroid cancer. That's what I call an interactive exhibit. You can find out more from Lisa, lisa.stanford@ucdenver.edu.

Submit announcements to Lynn Gorham, 303-724-3160.