How does Pharma address clinical research #CancerEquity considerations so we can make sure our trials reflect actual reality of cancer patients? Panelists @ndenduluri1 @AstraZeneca Lisa Lewis @JanssenGlobal Patricia Velone @Novartis Meghan McKenzie @genentech & Dr. Colin Weekes
.@seunogunwobi taking precision medicine to the next level, as he detail how non-coding RNA can match unmet needs to address #CancerEquity through a multi-scale lens so lab work meets real applications for cancer patients.
.@CesarDepaz on how partnerships to enable language-and culturally-effective engagementβand making screening affordable to Latino/a communitiesβare practice ways faith communities can be a locus of support for #CancerEquity outreach w healthcare providers.
.@pastorglo as a physician-minister bring exhortation and data (h/t to #radonc @TracyABalboni) on meeting real needs of patients so spiritual care & cancer care work to, as @jjmlouis says, βcome alongsideβ our patients journey to enable #CancerEquity
Are we holistically caring for cancer patients by understanding their spiritual needs? How should we partner w faith communities for #CancerEquity? @pastorglo @CesarDepaz @jjmlouis & Karen Burns-White define best practices and unmet needs: When we know betterββDo better!β
Drs. Robert Winn, William Blackstock, & Ruben Mesa panel at @MGHMedicine #CancerEquity Colloquium is a leadership seminar, delivering a vision & practical path for @theNCI Cancer Centers to actually deliver DEI interleaved as praxis w research, care and career development.
I feel like our US healthcare system is just so bad at getting effective care for everyone in the abstract, but the shared experience of these caregivers/families in the face of inequity in cancer care delivery is heartrending. @MGHMedicine #CancerEquity
.@MGHMedicine #CancerEquity Colloquium getting into the data w @UMassChan MD-PhD candidate Keeley Preval: Early *components* of pre-med URM mentorship increase application efficacy re: med school
CRT: Mentorship drives benefits for mentors as well as menteesβ¦but white mentors can sometimes be βcollectorsβ of URM traineesβimportant pitfall for #CancerEquity workforce development.
The great CRT @DHMC_RadOnc: #CancerEquity is facilitated by deliberate, stage-specific mentoring, using tools for self-assessment
The legendary Dr. Charles R. Thomas, Jr, sharing his wisdom on proactive, engaged mentorship as a path to #CancerEquity @MGHMedicine Colloquium: βMentoring can be a team approachβ
.@DrWinkfield : βWe have to restructure the way we think of precision careββmultiscale and holistic measures are needed to achieve #CancerEquity.
βWhen we are precise, we see sub-populations @ riskβ.
.@DrWinkfield at the @MGHMedicine #CancerEquity Colloquium on Equity in Precision Medicineβfantastic presentation, bringing slide after slide of π₯ π₯; incisive and inspiring. Precision medicine is more than targeted drugs!! #radonc