Announcements-Upcoming Webinars and Recently Posted Training Courses
This page includes upcoming webinar announcements and links to recently posted training / educational materials. Materials are posted in the SWOG ExpertusOne or CTSU CLASS learning management systems, which require login. Login with credentials necessary to access secure NCI/CTSU IT systems.
Save the Date!
- S1800E Educational Webinar: 4/20/2026 | 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. CT.
- Next QA webinar: 6/30/2026 | 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. CT.
- Announcement and Registration information forthcoming.
Featured Training:
- January 2026 Best of SWOG (41 mins)
- Financiamiento en OPEN (15 mins)
- Fall 2025 SWOG NCORP Research Base Clinical Trials Workshop (75 mins)
- Take Action: Challenges, Strategies, and Solutions for Clinical Trial Engagement in Rural Settings (~2 hrs)
- FDA February 2026 meeting on Rare Diseases
- National Cancer Advisory Board Ad Hoc Working Group on Extramural Research Concepts and Programs February 2026 Meeting recording (5 hrs 20 mins) including presentations on the following DCP-supported research activities:
- NCI’s Approach to Evaluating Multi-Cancer Detection Assays for Cancer Screening: The Vanguard Study (Lori Minasian, M.D., FACP, deputy director, DCP)
- NCI Worta McCaskill-Stevens Career Development Award for Community Oncology and Prevention Research (Nastaran Zahir, Ph.D., acting director, Center for Cancer Training)
- The HEAL Initiative: Pain Management Effectiveness Research Network (Brennan Streck, Ph.D., RN, M.P.H., program officer, DCP)
Recently posted Study-specific Training:
Recently posted general information / training for participating sites:
- Financiamiento en OPEN: This presentation is in Spanish and provides an overview of the OPEN funding page and what information must be entered by participating sites to ensure that study-specific payments to sites are triggered, as detailed in the study memo.
- Mecanismos de Financiamiento: Financiamiento para Sitios Participantes NCTN y NCORP: This training is in Spanish and provides an overview of funding for NCTN and NCORP sites, including payment recipients, payment mechanisms, and the definition of a funding memorandum. As the presentation focuses on sites located outside the United States that are part of the NCTN, greater emphasis is placed on funding for NCTN sites. The presentation concludes with a 20-minute question-and-answer session.
- 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.
- Fall 2025 Take Action Symposium: Click here to review the symposium in its entirety (~2 hrs) or view the individual presentations below.
- Fall 2025 Site Operations Meeting Presentations: Click here to review the Site Operations Meeting in its entirety (68 mins) or view the individual presentations below.
- 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:
- 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)
