Announcements-Upcoming Webinars and Recently Posted Training Courses

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From the ground up: Implementing QA at the site level: 3/6/2026 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. CT.
Part of the SWOG Quality Assurance Webinar Series
- Panelists:
  - LAPS: Mary Horak, MS, CCRP, Director Clinical Research Services, UPMC Hillman Cancer
  - NCORP: Tammie Mlodozyniec, BS, CCRP, Clinical Research Manager and NCORP Administrator, Essentia Health Community Cancer Research Program-NCORP Center
  - Main Member: Stephanie Scala, MA, CCRP, Manager, Research Quality Assurance Program, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
- Register prior to the start of the webinar at: Quality Assurance Webinar: From the ground up: Implementing QA at the site level:
- For more information, refer to: SWOG Quality Assurance Live Webinar Series | SWOG.

Featured Training Workshop:

Fall 2025 SWOG NCORP Research Base Clinical Trials Workshop

Recently posted Study-specific Training:

SWOG: S1800E Required Site Initiation Training (update posted: 1/15/2026)
SWOG S1900J Optional Site Initiation Training (update posted: 1/21/2026)
SWOG: S2433 Optional Site Initiation Training
SWOG: MYELOMATCH Required Site Initiation Training (update posted 12/2/2025)
SWOG: S2212 Optional Site Initiation Training
SWOG: S2101 Optional Specimen Requirements and Best Practices Training
SWOG: S2427 Optional Site Initiation Training

Recently posted general information / training for participating sites:

Navigating Adverse Events: What’s New in CTCAE v6 (Part of the SWOG QA webinar series; 1.0 hr CEU available)
El Consentimiento Informado en la Investigación Clínica: This training is provided in Spanish and explains informed consent in clinical research, focusing on the ethical background that shaped today’s protections and the federal rules (FDA 21 CFR Part 50) governing consent. Presented by Arcadia Cruz, Associate Administrative Director of Research Compliance at the University of California, San Diego.
Fall 2025 Site Operations Meeting Presentations: Click here to review the Site Operations Meeting in its entirety or view the individual presentations below.
- SWOG Administration and Funding Updates (6 mins)
- SWOG Quality Assurance Updates (5 mins)
- SWOG Training and Resource Updates (12 mins)
- SWOG Statistics and Data Management Center Updates (7 mins)
- NCI CTEP Updates (13 mins)
- NCI Pharmaceutical Management Branch (PMB) Updates (13 mins)
- NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) Updates (9 mins)
Fall 2025 Jeri & Noburu Oishi Symposium: Click here to review the Oishi Symposium in its entirety (2 hrs 15 mins) or view the individual presentations below.
Fall 2025 SWOG NCORP Research Base Clinical Trials Workshop to view the Workshop in entirety (1 hr 15 mins).
- Cancer Care Delivery Research:
  - NCI Cancer Care Delivery Research Updates (11 minutes) - presented by Kathleen Castro, MS, RN, AOCN, Nurse Consultant, Healthcare Delivery Research Program, NCI Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
- Clinical Trials:
  - The Role of Federal Sponsorship in Cancer Clinical Research (15 minutes) - presented by Joseph Unger, PhD, MS, NCORP Research Base Vice Chair, SWOG Statistics and Data Management Center
- Clinical Trial Perspectives, Participant Follow-up:
  - Participant Follow-up: Statistical Perspective (15 minutes) - presented by Michael LeBlanc, PhD, Group Statistician, SWOG Statistics and Data Management Center
  - Participant Perspective: Recruitment and Retention (12 minutes) - presented by Jamie Sundstrom, BS, Clinical Trials Recruitment and Retention Specialist, SWOG Statistics and Data Management Center
  - Participant Follow-up: A Site Perspective (10 minutes) - presented by Melyssa Foust, MSN, RN, OCN, Cancer Care Delivery Director, Upstate Carolina NCORP
  - Participant Follow-up: Quality Assurance Perspective (8 minutes) - presented by Laura Gonzales, BSN, MA, RN, OCN, Quality Assurance Manager, SWOG Network Operations Office
SWOG: Biospecimen Collection and Submission (Part of the SWOG QA webinar series; 1.0 hr CEU available)
SWOG: Biospecimen Tracking and Submission Training (An introduction to the SWOG Specimen Tracking System and Specimen Submission requirements)
Spring 2025 Jeri and Noburu Oishi Symposium to view the Symposium in entirety (2 hrs 15 mins)
- Cytogenetics (36 minutes) - presented by Min Fang, MD, PhD, Professor, Translational Science & Therapeutics Division Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, University of Washington
- Deciphering Chromosomes: Cracking the Code (34 minutes) - presented by Rose Ermete, RN, BSN, OCN CNR-BC, CCRP, Senior Quality Assurance Nurse Auditor, SWOG
Spring 2025 Site Operations Meeting Recording of all Presentations (42 mins)
Spring 2025 Take Action Symposium (1hr 42 mins)
- Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Patient Experience- Presented by Allison Rosen, MS, SWOG AYA Research Advocate & Lauren Fryzel, SWOG AYA Community Advocate (24 mins)
- Financial toxicity in AYAs - Presented by Tim Ohlsen, MD, MS, Acting Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle Children's Hospital (28 mins)
- How informatics tools can improve AYA retention and data collection - Presented by Kirk D. Wyatt, MD, MAS, Sanford Health (18 mins)