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
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
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 14, 2009).
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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