By Pauline Horton, Communications Manager, The University of Kansas Cancer Center You’ve been assigned an exciting new project at work, and you feel a bit intimidated and overwhelmed. Don’t worry – take a deep breath and (to quote “Veep,” one of my favorite television shows), “flex that rolodex, pal.” When you don’t know where to…
By Matthew Huesser, MBA, DBA, vice president for cancer research administration at Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center – Jefferson Health Out of more than 3,500 cancer centers nationwide, only 72 are currently National Cancer Institute-designated. If your cancer center is NCI-designated or attempting to achieve designation, the Cancer Center Support Grant, or CCSG, tells an incredible…
Hello friends and colleagues! I hope everyone is soaking up the last few weeks of summer and settling into the new routines this time of year brings. The PAMN steering committee has been busy since returning from our planning meeting with NACCDO and the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City in July. We spent…
Jane Kollmer is the director for communications at the University of Chicago Health Comprehensive Cancer Center. She joined PAMN in 2018. What led you to work in cancer communications? I kind of fell into working in cancer communications, but I have stayed with it so long because of my personal connection with the purpose and the…
By Des Sandoval, MA, Content Strategist at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah Drug shortages can pose significant challenges to patient care and treatment outcomes. It is the responsibility of health systems to communicate with patients about drug shortage and how they may affect care. Together, communicators and providers can work to share…
By Karen Gehrman, Associate Direction of Communications, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center From chatbots to voice transcription to data review, our centers are already using AI to expedite common processes. Like many of my colleagues, I see AI working its way into my role managing digital communications for cancer at UCSF. At this…
Kanna Rook is a associate director of strategic communications at Siteman Cancer Center. She joined PAMN in 2022. What led you to work in cancer communications? I had a background in nonprofit (American Cancer Society) and healthcare communications, so this role at Siteman Cancer Center seemed to be the perfect blend of both – and…
A record-setting 671 participants came together April 24-27 in Atlanta for the annual NACCDO-PAMN conference, hosted by Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. This year’s conference had up to 9 concurrent tracks offering specialized content, making it our most robust programming ever. PAMN also debuted new Affinity Groups, designed to offer members year-round networking opportunities…
Madeline Brophy is a communications program coordinator at Siteman Cancer Center. She has been a PAMN member for one year. What led you to work in cancer communications? My background is in public health and film/media so it was a tale of two love stories coming together – and I couldn’t be happier helping people…
Kayla Clay is a Senior Marketing Specialist at the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center. She has been a PAMN member for just over a year. What led you to work in cancer communications? I began my journey in health care supporting public relations for a national, publicly traded post-acute care company. During my five years…