Press Room
Register today for Advocate Grand Rounds to be held Feb 21st
Feb.04.2012
Research Advocacy Network will hold the next Advocate Grand Rounds on February 21st from 1-2 pm Central. The topic is DCIS Decision Making.
Research Advocacy Network’s Roadmap to Research Advocacy Updated
Oct.13.2011
RAN’s Roadmap to Research Advocacy has been updated to include opportunities for involvement in Comparative Effectiveness Research.
NCI Early Detection Network (EDRN) Webinar for Patient Advocates
Sep.16.2011
You are invited to attend the Early Detection Research Network’s (EDRN) Advocacy Educational Webinar. This web-based seminar is designed for members of cancer advocacy groups and the scientific community interested in learning more about how the EDRN is working on the development of clinical tests for early detection of cancer.
Date: Thursday, September 22, 2011 Time: 4:00pm ET/1:00pm PT
NCI Announces New Funding Opportunities
Aug.31.2011
The National Cancer Institute announces two new Funding Opportunity Announcements to support research projects designed to use sound and innovative research strategies to solve specific problems and paradoxes in cancer research identified by the NCI’s “Provocative Questions” (PQs).
October 15 declared Clinical Research Education Day in Illinois
Aug.27.2011
Governor Pat Quinn has proclaimed Saturday, October 15th, 2011 to be Clinical Research Education Day in Illinois in order to raise awareness and understanding of the importance of clinical research!
Do not miss out on this important event for Chicago!
NIH-funded study shows 20 percent reduction in lung cancer mortality with low-dose CT
Jun.29.2011
Scientists have found a 20 percent reduction in deaths from lung cancer among current or former heavy smokers who were screened with low-dose helical computed tomography (CT) versus those screened by chest X-ray. The primary research results from the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) were published online today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
NIH Council of Public Representatives Seeks New Members
Jun.23.2011
The Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking nominations to fill vacant appointments to the 2011 Council of Public Representatives (COPR) roster.
Advocate Grand Rounds: Genomics and Molecular Diagnostics
Jun.14.2011
The next Advocate Grand Rounds originally scheduled to be held Tuesday, June 21st at 1- 2 pm CENTRAL has been rescheduled to July 7th from 1-2pm Central. Our topic will be Genomics and Molecular Diagnostics for Individualized Decision Making. Steve Shak, MD, Chief Medical Officer from Genomic Health, Inc. will be our speaker.
Francis Collins, MD Interview with MedPage Today
Apr.16.2011
From fiscal battles to the role of the NIH in drug development, Francis Collins, MD, director of the National Institutes of Health, offered frank opinions as he reviewed the pressing issues challenging the nation’s premier research community with MedPage Today in this exclusive video.
Advocate Grand Rounds: Providing Results to Participants in Biospecimen Studies
Apr.05.2011
The next Advocate Grand Rounds session will be Tuesday, April 19, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CENTRAL Time Zone.
