Wisconsin Cancer Collaborative

Gilda's Club Madison Cancer Transitions Young Adults
2024-11-20 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Chicago)
Gilda’s Club Madison Cancer Transitions Young Adults
4 Weeks on Wednesdays: 10/30-11/20 @ 6 pm – 7:30pm on Zoom

This 4 session workshop will offer space to learn more about life after treatment is over. Each session has a different focus:

Taking Control in Survivorship
Emotions & Relationships
Survivorship in Action
Medical Management in Survivorship
We will develop strategies, look at goals, and develop skills for the next stages.

This program is limited to 8 participants. You must be under 40, and 3 weeks to 3 years from treatment. Ongoing therapies (hormone therapy or maintenance) do not count. Please plan to attend all four sessions.

Questions? Email Kirsten Norslien at Kirsten@gildasclubmadison.org

| Gilda's Club Madison (gildasclubmadison.org)

UW-La Crosse HPV Immunization Clinic
2024-12-02 11:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago)
Free HPV vaccines available on UW-La Crosse’s campus at Miller Bluff, 2110 Student Union on Monday, December 2nd from 11AM-5PM.

ACS - Health Equity Across the Cancer Care Continuum: Indigenous Communities
2024-12-04 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago)
Please join the American Cancer Society for the final webinar in their virtual series titled Health Equity Across the Cancer Care Continuum. The final webinar, Health Equity Across the Cancer Care Continuum: Indigenous Communities will take place on Wednesday December 4, 2024, 4pm-5pm ET/3PM CT/2PM MT/1PM PT/12PM AK. Registration is open!

This webinar will provide the opportunity to:
✔ Learn about resources and messaging to meet indigenous communities with cultural competence.
✔ Mobilize leaders to engage in policy, systems, and environmental change activities in support of health equity in cancer screening, prevention, and treatment.
✔ Leverage partnerships and cross sector collaborations to advance health equity through the cancer lens.

Keynote Speakers:
☑ Dr. Sabrina Ford: Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Biology Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
☑ Melissa Buffalo: Chief Executive Officer, American Indian Cancer Foundation
☑ Kade Lenz, PhD, MPH, Program Director, Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Epidemiology Center (GLITEC)

CME Information:
MSU Health and Human Services has reviewed the Health Equity Across the Cancer Continuum Series and deemed it acceptable for up to 1.0 Live AMA CE credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

2024 Call to Action Webinar Series: "Building a Business Case for the Investment and Sustainability of Patient Navigation"
2024-12-11 13:00 - 14:15 (America/Detroit)
Join us on December 11, 2024 for 2024 Call to Action Webinar Series:
“Building a Business Case for the Investment and Sustainability of Patient Navigation”
This presentation will highlight the importance of building a strong business case for sustainable patient navigation, offer insights into key case components, and review tools for developing cases.
Webinar Presenters:
· Bonny Morris, PhD, VP of Pt Navigation at ACS
· Nicole Centers, MBA, BSN, RN, OCN, CBCN, BHCN, FNCBC, Executive Director Oncology Service Line, Nurse Leader
· Lindsey M. Reed, BSN, RN, OCN, ONN-CG, Division Director of Navigation, Sarah Cannon Institute

"Understanding the Impact of New Billing Codes on Patient Navigation: Survey Insights and Recommendations" Webinar
2025-01-07 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago)
“Understanding the Impact of New Billing Codes on Patient Navigation: Survey Insights and Recommendations”
Join us on January 7, 2025 at 1:00 pm ET for a webinar where the ACS National Navigation Roundtable (ACS NNRT) Policy task Group leads will share insights from a recent 2024 survey on the new CMS/PIN and AMA/CPT codes supporting reimbursement for patient navigation services. Learn about key findings and challenges for improving the adoption of these codes, as well as strategies to enhance their implementation.
Webinar Presenters:

Gladys Arias, MPA, Principal, Health Equity Policy Analysis & Legislative Support, ACS CAN
Katie Garfield, JD, Center for Health Law Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School

· Sarah Long, Project Manager, Survey Administration and Analysis ACS CAN

Gilda's Club Madison - Coping with Cancer (5 Week Series - Session 1)
2025-01-07 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Chicago)
Gilda’s Club Madison Coping with Cancer – 5 Week Virtual Series
Tuesdays: Jan 7, 14, 21, and 28, and Feb 4 from 12-1:30pm via Zoom

Join Gilda’s Club Madison to learn practical tools to manage the challenge of life with cancer and cope even in the darkest days. This 5-week curriculum includes:

Steadying yourself in the face of common cancer concerns
Making complicated decisions under stress
Managing powerful emotions without being overwhelmed
Navigating relationships with love ones, colleagues and health care professionals
Finding ways to live meaningfully with cancer

The group is facilitated by author of Coping with Cancer, Elizabeth Cohn Stutz, LCSW, Ronda Reitz, PhD, and Kirsten Norslien, MS, LPC.
Registration is required – call 608-828-8880 or visit this link.

Gilda's Club Madison - Coping with Cancer (5 Week Series - Session 2)
2025-01-14 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Chicago)

ACS - Cancer and Climate Change
2025-01-14 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago)
Climate change is increasingly recognized as a threat to both environmental and public health, with potential impacts across the cancer continuum. During this webinar, we will hear from speakers Leticia Nogueira, PhD, MPH, Scientific Director of Health Services Research at the American Cancer Society; and Gila Neta, PhD, MPP, Program Director with the Implementation Science team in the Office of the Director in the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). We will discuss how climate change can increase exposures to cancer risk factors, negatively impact food access and quality, disrupt cancer care treatment and exacerbate cancer disparities; as well as explore how cancer coalitions can address climate change in their cancer plan updates and implementation efforts.
Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bgMdO82oQLyQeLYLtq_2WQ#/registration

AICAF - Empowering Wellness: Honoring Women and the Vital Role of HPV Vaccination in Community Health
2025-01-16 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago)
Join the American Indian Cancer Foundation for a special Turquoise Thursday Cervical Cancer | American Indian Cancer Foundation webinar on January 16, 2025 12:00 PM CST, where you will learn about the vital role of HPV prevention in Native Communities.

Registration: Webinar Registration – Zoom

Gilda's Club Madison - Coping with Cancer (5 Week Series - Session 3)
2025-01-21 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Chicago)

Gilda's Club Madison - Coping with Cancer (5 Week Series - Session 4)
2025-01-28 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Chicago)

ACS - Improving Cervical Cancer Screening
2025-01-29 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago)
Join ACS on January 29, 2025 at 12PM CST for a webinar regarding the improvement of cervical cancer screening. This webinar will feature John Lin, a property and data manager for two trials implementing HPV self-collection at the University of Washington.
Webinar objectives include:

Discussing incidence of cervical cancer
Screening guidelines for cervical cancer
Emerging opportunities with self-collection

Advanced registration is required, and found at this link.
Cervical Cancer Screening Webinar 1.29.25

ACS - Cancer Prevention & Early Detection for Community Health Centers
2025-01-29 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago)
Please join the first session titled “Promising Practices to Increase Cervical Cancer Prevention and Screening” on January 29, 2025 1pm CST. This webinar will be hosted by American Cancer Society, American Cancer Society National Roundtable on Cervical Cancer, and American Cancer Society National HPV Vaccination Roundtable.

All are welcome to join this webinar. To register: Webinar Registration – Zoom

WCC - Lung Cancer in Wisconsin Webinar
2025-01-30 09:00 - 10:30 (America/Chicago)
WCC is hosting a special webinar on Thursday, Jan 30th from 9:00-10:30am about the state of lung cancer in Wisconsin. The webinar will explore lung cancer screening and prevention data from the recent Lung Cancer in Wisconsin report and will feature firsthand perspectives from a Wisconsin-based lung cancer screening program.
Please register for the webinar at: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtdemupj0qEtyuRI4wquxg_HPfR2l9zPDS#/registration

Triage Cancer - Medicare: What's New in 2025?
2025-01-30 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Chicago)
Wondering about changes to Medicare in 2025? On January 30, 2025 at 11AM-12:30PM CST, join Triage Cancer to learn about updated costs & coverage rules. Their experts will also share details about changes to the prescription drug benefit and the new Medicare Prescription Payment Plan.
Course Level: Beginner
Register at: https://triagecancer.org/webinarreg-medicare-whats-new#registration

Gilda's Club Madison - Coping with Cancer (5 Week Series - Session 5)
2025-02-04 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Chicago)

ACS - Public Awareness Strategies to Promote Colorectal Cancer Screening
2025-02-05 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago)
Jumpstart the new year with fresh ideas by learning how four diverse community organizations and health systems developed innovative public awareness strategies to promote timely colorectal cancer screening in the communities they serve. Note: this session will feature much of the same content shared in a concurrent session held on Thursday, November 21st at the 2024 ACS NCCRT Annual Meeting.
Speakers:

Mark Kennedy, MBA, Boston Public Health Commission​
Nathan Merriman, MD, MSCE, Intermountain Health​
David Russo, Cheeky Charity​
LaToya Brave Heart, MPH, Great Plains Tribal Leader’s Health Board

Registration is free and is open to NCCRT members, 80% Pledge partners, CDC grantees, ACS and ACS CAN staff, and other partners working to increase colorectal cancer screening rates. Pre-registration is required.
Register at: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zH3alGdUSuSA7nkQWKa10A#/registration

Tricia's Troops Cancer Connection - Survivorship Wellness Sampler
2025-02-08 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Tricia’s Troops Cancer Connection, 2140 Milwaukee St. #C, Delafield, WI, 53018, United States
Tricia’s Troops Cancer Connection will be doing an event around the time of World Cancer Day and World Cancer Prevention Month focused on a sample of each of the components of Project Connect: healthy eating, active living, stress management and social connection. See flyer for more details.

Flyer for Project Connect Sampler

The event takes place on Saturday, February 8th 2025 from 9 am-12 pm at Tricia’s Troops Cancer Connection, located on 2140 Milwaukee St. #C, Delafield, WI, 53018. To sign up, visit: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050C4AAFAD22ABF49-54375142-survivorship

PHMDC - School Vaccination Clinics (Madison, WI)
2025-02-08 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | Holtzman Learning Center, 333 Holtzman Road, Madison, Wisconsin
February 8, 2025 (Saturday) from 10:00am to 2:00pm: Holtzman Learning Center (333 Holtzman Rd, Madison)
In partnership with SSM Health, GHC, UW-Health, Madison Metropolitan School District, Sun Prairie Area School District, and Verona Area School District:

The vaccines are free.
For school aged kids 5 and older.
Appointments are strongly recommended.

They can vaccinate you if you:

Do not have insurance
Are under 19 and are Alaskan Native or American Indian
Have BadgerCare
Have Quartz, GHC, or Dean insurance

School Vaccination Clinics | Public Health Madison & Dane County

ACS - Genetic Risk and Knowing Your Family History Webinar
2025-02-11 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago)
This virtual webinar on February 11, 2025 at 12PM, hosted by ACS, will cover topics including:

What is familial cancer?
What does a genetic counselor do?
When should you seek genetic testing?
Genetic testing and your insurance?

Keynote Speaker: Jennifer Geurts, MS, CGC
Director, Genetic Counseling Program; Assistant Professor, Institute for Health & Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin

To register: Meeting Registration – Zoom

Gilda's Club Madison - Young Adult Cancer Transitions Program (Session 1)
2025-02-19 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago)
This edition of Cancer Transitions is designed specifically to address the needs of young adults (ages 18-45). From navigating “new normal”, to relationships, school/work, meaning making and medical followup – this program covers so much. There is also time to set goals and make positive changes.
Topics include:

Taking Control in Survivorship – Session 1
Emotions & Relationships
Survivorship in Action
Medical Management in Survivorship

Learn more and register:

Wednesdays, February to 19 to March 12 @ 6-7pm CT via Zoom

Gilda's Club Madison - Young Adult Cancer Transitions Program (Session 2)
2025-02-26 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago)
This edition of Cancer Transitions is designed specifically to address the needs of young adults (ages 18-45). From navigating “new normal”, to relationships, school/work, meaning making and medical followup – this program covers so much. There is also time to set goals and make positive changes.
Topics include:

Taking Control in Survivorship
Emotions & Relationships – Session 2
Survivorship in Action
Medical Management in Survivorship

Learn more and register:

Wednesdays, February to 19 to March 12 @ 6-7pm CT via Zoom

St. Jude HPV Cancer Prevention Program - Vaccines in the U.S.: A Journey Through History
2025-03-03 12:00 - 13:15 (America/Chicago)
The St. Jude HPV Cancer Prevention Program is hosting a series of five virtual seminars on March 3rd-7th from 12-1:15PM CST leading up to International HPV Awareness Day on March 4, 2025. These include seminars on vaccination history in the U.S., HPV vaccination policy, best practices for rural communities, Southeast regional elimination planning, and HPV cancer prevention among men.

Vaccines in the U.S.: A Journey Through History: This virtual seminar will explore the fascinating history of vaccines and vaccination in the U.S. while highlighting their important contributions to the health and safety of our communities.

To register for one or all seminars, visit: Register Program – Webex

Triage Cancer - Online Insurance & Finance Intensive
2025-03-04 09:30 - 18:00 (America/Chicago)
Join Triage Cancer for an all-day intensive on March 4th, 2025 from 9:30AM-6PM CST.
This session’s agenda includes:

Introduction to Cancer-Related Legal Issues, Cancer Survivorship, & Advocacy
An Overview of the U.S. Health Care System
Employer-Sponsored & Individual Health Insurance
Government Sponsored Health Insurance
Navigating Disability Insurance & Appeals

Content Level: Beginner
Audience: Advocates and health care professionals
To register and find more information, visit: Insurance & Finance Intensive – March 2025 | Triage Cancer

St. Jude HPV Cancer Prevention Program - Promoting HPV Vaccination Policy to Prevent HPV Cancers
2025-03-04 12:00 - 13:15 (America/Chicago)
The St. Jude HPV Cancer Prevention Program is hosting a series of five virtual seminars on March 3rd-7th from 12-1:15PM CST leading up to International HPV Awareness Day on March 4, 2025. These include seminars on vaccination history in the U.S., HPV vaccination policy, best practices for rural communities, Southeast regional elimination planning, and HPV cancer prevention among men.

Promoting HPV Vaccination Policy to Prevent HPV Cancers: This virtual seminar will focus on promoting HPV vaccination policies to prevent HPV cancers. To fully realize the potential and benefits of the HPV vaccine, it is essential to pursue policy changes that address the systemic barriers to vaccination coverage in the U.S.

To register for one or all seminars, visit: Register Program – Webex

St. Jude HPV Cancer Prevention Program - Realizing a Regional Plan to Eliminate HPV Cancers, Starting with Cervical Cancer, as a Public Health Concern in the Southeast
2025-03-05 12:00 - 13:15 (America/Chicago)
The St. Jude HPV Cancer Prevention Program is hosting a series of five virtual seminars on March 3rd-7th from 12-1:15PM CST leading up to International HPV Awareness Day on March 4, 2025. These include seminars on vaccination history in the U.S., HPV vaccination policy, best practices for rural communities, Southeast regional elimination planning, and HPV cancer prevention among men.

Realizing a Regional Plan to Eliminate HPV Cancers, Starting with Cervical Cancer, as a Public Health Concern in the Southeast: This virtual seminar will describe the progress and potential of implementing a regional plan to eliminate HPV cancers, starting with cervical cancer as a public health concern, in the Southeastern U.S. as part of the HPV Vaccination Roundtable of the Southeast.

To register for one or all seminars, visit: Register Program – Webex

Gilda's Club Madison - Young Adult Cancer Transitions Program (Session 3)
2025-03-05 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago)
This edition of Cancer Transitions is designed specifically to address the needs of young adults (ages 18-45). From navigating “new normal”, to relationships, school/work, meaning making and medical followup – this program covers so much. There is also time to set goals and make positive changes.
Topics include:

Taking Control in Survivorship
Emotions & Relationships
Survivorship in Action – Session 3
Medical Management in Survivorship

Learn more and register:

Wednesdays, February to 19 to March 12 @ 6-7pm CT via Zoom

St. Jude HPV Cancer Prevention Program - Closing the HPV Vaccination Gap and Preventing HPV Cancers from Boys to Men
2025-03-06 12:00 - 13:15 (America/Chicago)
The St. Jude HPV Cancer Prevention Program is hosting a series of five virtual seminars on March 3rd-7th from 12-1:15PM CST leading up to International HPV Awareness Day on March 4, 2025. These include seminars on vaccination history in the U.S., HPV vaccination policy, best practices for rural communities, Southeast regional elimination planning, and HPV cancer prevention among men.

Closing the HPV Vaccination Gap and Preventing HPV Cancers from Boys to Men: This session will explore strategies to continue to narrow the HPV vaccination gap between boys and girls to reinforce efforts to prevent growing rates of HPV cancers in men

To register for one or all seminars, visit: Register Program – Webex

Gilda's Club Madison - Cancer Transitions Program (Session 1)
2025-03-07 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Chicago)
This edition of Cancer Transitions is designed to address the needs of adult cancer survivors. Topics include:

Get Back to Wellness: Take Control of Your Survivorship – Session 1
Emotional Health
Eating Well and Staying Active
Medical Management Beyond Cancer: What You Need to Know

*Please plan to attend all four sessions.
Learn more and register:

Fridays, March 7-28 @ 10 – 11:30am CT via Zoom

St. Jude HPV Cancer Prevention Program - Harvesting Best Practices to Prevent Rural HPV Cancers
2025-03-07 12:00 - 13:15 (America/Chicago)
The St. Jude HPV Cancer Prevention Program is hosting a series of five virtual seminars on March 3rd-7th from 12-1:15PM CST leading up to International HPV Awareness Day on March 4, 2025. These include seminars on vaccination history in the U.S., HPV vaccination policy, best practices for rural communities, Southeast regional elimination planning, and HPV cancer prevention among men.

Harvesting Best Practices to Prevent Rural HPV Cancers: Rural life is a choice made by 1 in 5 people, but they do not choose to be at higher risk of cancers, including HPV cancers. HPV vaccination is cancer prevention. This virtual seminar will explore progress to prevent HPV cancers with rural communities in the U.S.

To register for one or all seminars, visit: Register Program – Webex
