We are looking ahead with optimism to VeloSano 8 with a goal of providing opportunities to reunite our VeloSano community in a variety of safe and meaningful ways!

VeloSano is offering options for anyone to participate in any way they are most comfortable - whether riding with us during "Bike to Cure" weekend September 10-12; riding virtually, or by choosing your own activity to participate anytime, anywhere as a Virtual Fundraiser.

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Team Case CCC, will be joining VeloSano again this year and providing complimentary registration and jerseys for its riders. Please contact team captains Caroline El Sanadi or Mary Wright for the registration waiver or code with any questions!

Registration is now open for the Great Lakes Breast Cancer Symposium, to be held virtually October 25-26, 2021!

This annual symposium highlights ongoing basic, translational, clinical and population studies addressing the biological mechanisms, management and prevention of breast cancer. Researchers from participating institutions will share their exciting work with a goal to develop cross-institutional collaborations.

Helen Piwnica-Worms, PhD, will deliver a keynote at the symposium. Dr. Piwnica-Worms is Professor, Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology and Senator AM Aiken Jr. Distinguished Chair at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

This call for abstracts affords an exciting opportunity to highlight ongoing basic, translational, clinical and population breast cancer focused research. Abstracts must be submitted electronically by 5 pm ET on Friday, July 30.

Now in its third year, the 2021 Artificial Intelligence in Oncology Symposium: Precision Medicine and Cancer Disparities will bring together clinicians, biomedical engineers, computer scientists, executives, thought leaders, and entrepreneurs with expertise in precision medicine, AI, machine learning, and oncology. These experts will discuss technical advances in AI, the challenges and advancements in deploying AI in the clinic, the need for the use of AI to address health disparities, the current regulatory and reimbursement landscape for AI in medicine, and the potential of AI to impact global health.

For the health and safety of all attendees, this year's symposium will again take place virtually. Registration for the symposium is open now!

The Office of Diversity and Inclusive Excellence in the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is hosting “2021 Summer Vitals,” a virtual lecture series about health disparities and the effects of COVID-19. Lectures include:

This workshop being sponsored by the Developmental Therapeutics Program at the NCI will entail a series of 10 webinar-based lectures held Friday afternoons (12-2:30 pm ET) July 23, 2021 through December 10, 2021. The goal of this workshop is to provide researchers with an interactive setting in which they will gain an understanding of product development considerations for anti-cancer therapeutics, to facilitate successful translation from preclinical to clinical studies.

The Meredith A. Cowden Foundation, in collaboration with the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center and Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, created the GvHD National Symposium in 2010 to raise awareness about Graft vs. Host Disease (GvHD), to promote research to further our understanding of its cause, and to review cutting edge approaches to prevention and treatment. Due to COVID-19 restrictions and potential risks for symposium participants who may already be immunocompromised, the 2021 in-person meeting has been postponed and a series of short virtual symposia will be held to continue to serve the community.

The first event will take place Friday, July 30 at 10 am EST. This free, 2-hour event will consist of a clinical presentation “Recent Advances in the Management of Acute GvHD” by John Levine, MD from Mount Sinai, followed by a patient-centered Q&A panel hosted by the GvHD planning committee.

The Melanoma Research Foundation welcomes all to the 2021 Miles for Melanoma Cleveland 5K! This annual signature event will bring together local melanoma patients, survivors, care partners, supporters and healthcare heroes to fundraise and help continue the fight against melanoma.

The MRF is looking forward to seeing the Cleveland community in a safe, socially distanced 5K this year! This year, walkers and runners have the option to participate in-person at Edgewater Park or register as a virtual participant and join from anywhere. The event will follow all state and local protocols to ensure a safe and healthy Miles for Melanoma.

This accredited program, presented by Cleveland Clinic’s Genomic Medicine Institute (GMI) and the Center for Personalized Genetic Healthcare (CPGH), will provide the opportunity to review the latest advances in genetics and genomics. GMI and CPGH will provide state-of-the-art information to healthcare providers treating patients with hereditary cancer syndromes.

Expert Cleveland Clinic and guest faculty will present case- and research-based presentations highlighting the integration of genetics and genomics into clinical practice.

Invited are practitioners and healthcare professionals seeking to learn the latest developments in medical genetics, especially providers in Hematology/Oncology, Genetics, Internal Medicine and Subspecialties, Pediatrics, and Nursing. Trainees and students with an interest in expanding their knowledge of genomic medicine and related topics are also encouraged to attend.