Programs We Fund

 

The Connecticut Challenge was founded in June 2005 with the goal of creating a cancer survivorship clinic to serve the residents of Connecticut. In partnership with Yale Cancer Center, that clinic opened in October 2006. 

 

Since that time, the Connecticut Challenge has expanded its support to Survivorship clinics and programs across the State; funding grants for clinical research, continuing education programs for healthcare professionals, and educational programs for survivors and their families.

 

Survivorship Clinics & Programs

 

In 2009, The Connecticut Challenge provided ongoing grant support for the following survivorship clinics and programs and in addition, made 3 mini grants to two developing survivorship programs and one community cancer support center.

 

Connecticut Challenge Survivorship Clinic at Yale Cancer Center

  Read the Survivorship Clinic brochure 

 

HEROS Clinic at Yale University

  Learn more about the HEROS Clinic

 

Reach for the Stars Survivorship Program at Connecticut Children's Medical Center

  Learn more about Reach for the Stars

 

Survivorship Program at St. Vincent's Medical Center

  Learn more about St. Vincent's Medical Center

 

2009 Mini Grants Awarded

 

The Harold Leever Regional Cancer Center

  Learn more about the Leever Cancer Center

 

Ann's Place, The Home of I Can

  Cancer Support Services

 Learn more about Ann's Place

 

Day Kimball Hospital

  Learn more about Day Kimball


2009 -2010 Survivor Health & Wellness

 

In the fall of 2009, the Connecticut Challenge launched a pilot program to improve the physical fitness of survivors by offering personal training and nutritional consultation to any cancer survivor who registers to ride in the 2010 CT Challenge Bike Ride.

 

The Connecticut Challenge has partnered with Chris Thomas of Personal Training Professionals (PTP), in Southport, CT and Lifesport Coaching. Survivors can take advantage of a series of one-on-one sessions at PTP or choose to participate in an online training program offered by Lifesport, through PTP.

Learn more about this program


Research

 

The Connecticut Challenge provided grant funding for four projects in 2008.

 

Effectiveness of a Cancer Survivorship Program Intervention in Changing Exercise and Nutrition practices and Quality of Life of Patients after Completing Cancer Treatments       

Investigator:  Melinda Irwin, PhD, MPH    

Read more about this research

 

Brief Psychological Treatment and Internet-based Support Interventions for Childhood Cancer Survivors
and their Families

Investigator:  Nina Kadan-Lottick, MD, MPH

 

Assessing the Return to Work Experiences of Ovarian Cancer Survivors

Investigator:  Sheila Santacroce, Asst. Professor of Nursing, Yale School of Nursing

 

Cancer Survivorship and the Promise of Peer Services

Investigator:  Dave Sells, Asst. Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine

Read the original press release announcing these research grants

 

Professional Education

 

Since 2007, the Connecticut Challenge has underwritten a survivorship symposium at Yale Cancer Center for healthcare professionals from across the region. These symposiums offer CME credits for healthcare professionals.

 

2007:  Issues in Survivorship    

Watch interviews with the expert speakers

 

2008:  Psycho-Oncology of Cancer Survivorship

 

2009:  Creating an Outstanding Survivorship Program

 

Survivor and Family Education

 

The Connecticut Challenge supports events that promote awareness of survivorship issues and help survivors and their families celebrate their post-cancer lives.

 

Ready, Set, Go...The Journey Forward After Childhood Cancer Treatment (March 2009 & March 2010).  

 

Presented by the CT Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, this event was created to help young children and their families understand the challenges they may face during their life after cancer.    
See the brochure for this event    Read the press release   

 

Yale Cancer Center Survivors Day 2009

 

Located at the new Yale West Campus (formerly Bayer Corporation), this event welcomed 250 cancer survivors to lunch and to hear noted authority on nutrition and cancer prevention, Dr. David Katz. The popular Dr. Mel Goldstein, WTNH-TV meteorologist and cancer survivor, hosts this annual event.  

 

Cycle of Life 2009

 

This celebration of life for hundreds of childhood cancer survivors took place on Saturday, June 7th at St. Joseph's College in West Hartford.  Hosted by the Reach for the Stars Survivorship Program at CT Children's Medical Center, Cycle of Life was open to all pediatric cancer survivors and their families.    
Learn more about Cycle of Life, 2009

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