Ellen Lewis Stovall Early Career Leaders Working Group Fund
Ellen Stovall, a founding member of the International Cancer Expert Corps, had great vision and an unsurpassed understanding of the needs of people with cancer and their families, friends and colleagues. She was a decisive leader in the cancer survivorship community and for nearly two decades served as President and CEO of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship.
Recognizing the enormous gap in cancer care for the underserved worldwide in Lower- and Middle-Income Countries and also among the indigenous and geographically isolated peoples in the United States and other resource-rich countries, Ellen joined the ICEC Board of Directors to help develop the unique ICEC approach to global mentorship and to help bring altruistic human service careers to the fore in cancer care.
This challenge provides an enormous opportunity for creativity, investigation, service and determination to reduce the burden of cancer on millions of people. To be successful and to reach the scale of action necessary, there is a need for a career-long effort that requires sustainability and continuity so that person-to-person partnerships can be established and maintained. Ellen astutely recognized the importance of mentorship and support from leadership for those individuals who displayed a genuine interest in this area of pioneering global health work.
In honor of Ellen’s transformational role in cancer survivorship, the ICEC has established the Ellen Stovall Early Career Leaders Working Group Fund. These leaders are trainees and early career academic faculty and private practitioners with demonstrated global health interests who have joined ICEC. These leaders will dedicate their efforts to 1) implementing ICEC’s unique mentorship model to develop sustainable cancer care in underserved communities worldwide and 2) establishing person-to-person relationships with people on the ground. Working with and supporting these leaders of the next generation, ICEC will help sustain careers in global health and service to the underserved in general, which is somewhat challenging in the current healthcare environment.
Contributions to this fund to honor Ellen’s efforts may be made online to the Ellen Stovall Early Career Leaders Working Group Fund or by completing and mailing in a downloadable donation form. Persons, practices or academic centers who have an interest in applying for support, or to become an ICEC Hub, Expert, Center or Associate should complete an ICEC application found on the ICEC website at iceccancer.org/apply/.
Further information on the ICEC model is on the ICEC website and in Science Translational Medicine.
Photo Credits
Ellen Stovall – Connie Rieder
Establishing global health cancer care partnerships across common ground: Building on nuclear security, cancer disparities, education and mentorship
/in Latest News, PresentationsDr. C. Norman Coleman delivered the presentation, “Establishing global health cancer care partnerships across common ground: Building on nuclear security, cancer disparities, education and mentorship” at the Consortium of Universities for Global Health meeting in San Francisco in April 2016.
Bringing together ongoing efforts is critical and best done with formal collaborations between existing programs, allowing for individual recognition and a range of approaches while keeping competition that can dissuade investment to a minimumPartnerships are developing among: early stage career cancer experts committed to global health; experts in the private practice sector; organizations interested in supplying refurbished equipment; oncologists addressing health disparities among indigenous populations in resource-rich countries; retirees seeking opportunities to use their skills to help the underserved; linear accelerator manufacturers; and government agencies and foundations working to eliminate dangerous nuclear material, especially in unstable countries.
CUGH-April-2016-Presentation-Establishing-global-hc-partnershipsUganda’s sole radiotherapy unit fails
/in Latest NewsThe BBC reports that Uganda’s only radiotherapy machine breaks and is likely beyond repair forcing thousands of patients to seek very limited radiotherapy options in Kenya or outside of Africa. Of the estimated 44,000 people diagnosed with cancer in Uganda and neighboring countries, nearly three-quarters of them are candidates for radiotherapy treatment. Read more.
Treatment, Not Terror: Strategies to Enhance External Beam Cancer Therapy in Developing Countries While Permanently Reducing the Risk of Radiological Terrorism
/in Articles / PublicationsStrategies to Enhance External Beam Cancer Therapy in Developing Countries While Permanently Reducing the Risk of Radiological Terrorism
In the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, governments across the globe have shown increased concern that terrorists could gain access to high-activity radiological sources that could be used in dirty bombs. Despite efforts to increase their security and detect/prevent their smuggling, the problem has persisted because these radiological materials are in such widespread use in commercial applications across the globe. As a result, proposals to permanently reduce the risk by replacing the use of these materials with less dangerous alternatives have been gaining traction in the international community.
One of the more challenging cases of replacement is that of substituting cobalt-60 devices in external cancer radiation treatment in poorer countries where cancer treatment is grossly inadequate. This has been the case in Africa, a continent which has also seen a documented rise in terrorist activity.
On September 1-2, 2015, the Stanley Foundation and the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, with input from experts of the National Cancer Institute’s Radiation Research Program and the University of Witwatersrand, organized a workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa, to discuss ways for policymakers to reduce the threat of radiological terrorism while also trying to improve cancer care in Africa and other developing countries.
This report presents key themes of the discussion and provides actionable recommendations for the United States, other donor countries, and the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The International Cancer Expert Corps establishes the Ellen Lewis Stovall Early Career Leaders Working Group Fund
/in Latest NewsEllen Lewis Stovall Early Career Leaders Working Group Fund
Ellen Stovall, a founding member of the International Cancer Expert Corps, had great vision and an unsurpassed understanding of the needs of people with cancer and their families, friends and colleagues. She was a decisive leader in the cancer survivorship community and for nearly two decades served as President and CEO of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship.
Recognizing the enormous gap in cancer care for the underserved worldwide in Lower- and Middle-Income Countries and also among the indigenous and geographically isolated peoples in the United States and other resource-rich countries, Ellen joined the ICEC Board of Directors to help develop the unique ICEC approach to global mentorship and to help bring altruistic human service careers to the fore in cancer care.
This challenge provides an enormous opportunity for creativity, investigation, service and determination to reduce the burden of cancer on millions of people. To be successful and to reach the scale of action necessary, there is a need for a career-long effort that requires sustainability and continuity so that person-to-person partnerships can be established and maintained. Ellen astutely recognized the importance of mentorship and support from leadership for those individuals who displayed a genuine interest in this area of pioneering global health work.
In honor of Ellen’s transformational role in cancer survivorship, the ICEC has established the Ellen Stovall Early Career Leaders Working Group Fund. These leaders are trainees and early career academic faculty and private practitioners with demonstrated global health interests who have joined ICEC. These leaders will dedicate their efforts to 1) implementing ICEC’s unique mentorship model to develop sustainable cancer care in underserved communities worldwide and 2) establishing person-to-person relationships with people on the ground. Working with and supporting these leaders of the next generation, ICEC will help sustain careers in global health and service to the underserved in general, which is somewhat challenging in the current healthcare environment.
Contributions to this fund to honor Ellen’s efforts may be made online to the Ellen Stovall Early Career Leaders Working Group Fund or by completing and mailing in a downloadable donation form. Persons, practices or academic centers who have an interest in applying for support, or to become an ICEC Hub, Expert, Center or Associate should complete an ICEC application found on the ICEC website at iceccancer.org/apply/.
Further information on the ICEC model is on the ICEC website and in Science Translational Medicine.
Photo Credits
Ellen Stovall – Connie Rieder
ICEC remembers Ellen Lewis Stovall
/in Latest NewsThe International Cancer Expert Corps remembers Ellen Lewis Stovall, member of the ICEC Board of Directors.
It is with great sadness that the International Cancer Expert Corps (ICEC) joins the cancer care, research and survivorship communities in honoring Ellen Stovall who passed away January 5th. Ellen had great vision and an unsurpassed understanding of the needs of people with cancer and their families, friends and colleagues. She was a pivotal leader in the cancer survivorship community and for nearly two decades served as President and CEO of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship.
Ellen Lewis Stovall with Dr. Richard Pazdur
White House – Establishment of the NCI Office of Cancer Survivorship
In a memorial service on January 10, 2016 in Honesdale, PA, Ellen’s hometown, Dr. Norman Coleman presented a eulogy of Ellen’s professional and personal contributions.
Read remarks delivered by Dr. C. Norman Coleman
Ellen Stovall
In honor of Ellen’s transformational role in cancer survivorship, the ICEC has established the Ellen Stovall Early Career Leaders Working Group Fund. These leaders are trainees and early career academic faculty and private practitioners with demonstrated global health interests who have joined ICEC. These leaders will dedicate their efforts to 1) implementing ICEC’s unique mentorship model to develop sustainable cancer care in underserved communities worldwide and 2) establishing person-to-person relationships with people on the ground. Working with and supporting these leaders of the next generation, ICEC will help sustain careers in global health and service to the underserved in general, which is somewhat challenging in the current healthcare environment.
Further information on the ICEC model is on the ICEC website and in Science Translational Medicine.
Other Obituaries for Ellen Stovall can be viewed below
The Cancer Letter
New York Times
ASCO
Oncology Times
NCCS
Washington Post
USA Today
Photo Credits
Ellen Stovall – Connie Rieder
White House – White House Photographer
Ellen Stovall/Rick Pazdur – NCCS
The Time is Now: Solutions to reduce the global cancer burden exist
/in Articles / Publications“If only one effective radiation treatment unit is commissioned every week, it will take a century to solve this problem.” — Gap projections by the IAEA
Dr. C. Norman Coleman’s and Dr. Bruce D. Minsky’s comment, “The Verdict is in: The Time For Effective Solutions to the Global Cancer Burden is Now,” supports the need assessment and economic analysis by Rifat Atun and colleagues, found in the September issue of The Lancet Oncology. Coleman and Minsky offer that there are opportunities for innovative technologies to cope with and dramatically improve the challenging infrastructures in low-and middle-income countries as well as with indigenous populations in resource-rich countries. Experts around the world are both available and eager to mentor, train and sustain health care professionals in these areas. As a society we can no longer ignore this problem; the verdict is in—and the time is NOW.
The Lancet Oncology: Radiotherapy critical to improving global cancer care
/in Articles / PublicationsIn the September issue of The Lancet Oncology, a team of international experts released data indicating expanding access to radiotherapy is a worth while investment in low income countries. Many of these experts are involved in the International Cancer Expert Corps efforts to reduce mortality and improve the quality of life for people in low- and middle income countries and regions worldwide. Read the summary of The Lancet Oncology article, “Expanding Global Access To Radiotherapy“.
Call to improve radiotherapy access around world
/in Articles / PublicationsData compiled by a team of international experts to expand global access to radiotherapy will be presented in Vienna at the European Cancer Congress. Radiotherapy is an important element of comprehensive cancer treatment and care for many common cancers, and is essential for effective treatment. Unfortunately, the majority of people in low-income countries have no access to much needed radiotherapy treatment. Research indicates increasing the accessibility of radiotherapy treatment is possible and a highly cost-effective investment.
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Global Challenges in Radiation Oncology
/in Articles / PublicationsIn the United States, much of the research is focused on developing new and very expensive technologies and drugs – often without a major therapeutic benefit. In resource limited countries, basic oncology care is frequently lacking. In addition, the benefits of various chemo-radiotherapy combinations for a number of malignancies are unknown as these populations have not been adequately investigated.
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Consortium of Universities for Global Health, Annual Meeting
/in MeetingsMarch 26 to March 28
Boston, MA United States