The Department of Indigenous Cancer Health team is proud to announce a new partnership with Tuscarora Athletics, Inc. to support the Indigenous SIPin project, which creates a wellness program wrapped around athletics and lacrosse to improve health behaviors related to beverage consumption.
Community Outreach
Although 2021 proved to be a challenging year for many, our team worked together to address ongoing barriers created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Our community patient navigators had a fun side project over the past few months. They came together to create a video, with the help our colleague, Paul Hage, to promote the Indigenous & Rural Patient Navigation Program here at Roswell Park.
Colorectal cancer is curable if caught early, and the way to catch it early is through a colonoscopy.
"The mission of the COE is to assure that all cancer patients and communities in Western New York can benefit from, and have access to, all the clinical and scientific advances accomplished at Roswell Park.”
“It brings me joy because he feels joy when he gives back to others. That’s who he’s been since he was a toddler."
Engaging Two-Spirit and native LGBTQ+ relatives in the Department of Indigenous Cancer Health’s work
The Department of Indigenous Cancer Health is excited to announce our Two-Spirt project titled, “Adapting Colorectal Cancer Outreach and Screening for Two-Spirit and Native LGBTQ+ and Urban populations.” This project, funded by a one-year grant from the National In
Every day is a good day to be Indigenous, and this fall, the Department of Indigenous Cancer Health has had several opportunities to take part in celebrating the resiliency and strength of Indigenous Peoples and communities.
In the beginning of 2020, we announced our new Department of Indigenous Cancer Health at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. We knew our team was going to expand and more space was crucial as our programming developed.
The Department of Indigenous Cancer Health team at Roswell Park is growing. We’d like to introduce you to three new colleagues, Shannon Seneca, PhD; Corinne&nb
As we have reached the latter part of 2021, our patient navigators have undergone extensive training and have been hard at work in the field.
“We want to go from 70% of lung cancers being diagnosed when surgery is not an option to 70% diagnosed when most can be,” Dr. Reid says.