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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