Wake Forest NCORP Research Base Quarterly Call
September 3, 2025 @ 3 PM ET
Check Study Matters and email reminders for links to add to your calendar
A “Join” link will appear here on the day of the call
Wake Forest NCORP Research Base 12th Annual Meeting
October 6 – 8, 2025
Renaissance Hotel, Asheville, NC
You must book your hotel room by 9/12/2025 to receive the discounted conference rate
Final registration deadline is 10/1/2025
Our Keynote Speaker will be Shellie Ellis, PhD. Dr. Ellis is a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin and is the Director of the Dissemination & Implementation Launchpad. She has implemented screening and treatment interventions in various primary and specialty settings, spanning federally qualified health centers, hospital-owned outpatient clinics, and private practices in rural, urban, and suburban settings. She is a health services researcher and implementation scientist. She has expertise in quantitative and qualitative methodologies and decades of experience assessing behavioral determinants to design effective and efficient implementation strategies.
Half-Day New Investigator Workshop
This half-day new investigator workshop is open to all interested in learning more about how studies are developed through the WF NCORP RB and how ideas evolve with feedback from multiple perspectives. This session will focus on enhancing understanding of NCORP operations/support, feasibility assessment, and approval processes, with breakout sessions offering opportunities for feedback on new potential NCORP study ideas.
Training for WF-2401-STEPS BC
Study specific training for coordinators; includes overview of study workflow and hands-on guidance for required patient physical assessments.
You must be a registered member to view the registration link
- Once you register, you will be sent a confirmation email. Within this email is the link to the hotel for room reservations.
- You must register for the meeting in order to receive the hotel reservation link.
- If you plan to attend the Community Engagement Committee, you must register as space is limited to 60.
- If you plan to attend the half day sessions offered on Wednesday, October 8, we ask that you register for these as well so that we know how many will be attending for planning purposes. The sessions offered are:
2025 WF NCORP RB Annual Meeting Travel Awards
- Awards will be given to the top accruing community site for WF-1806 (M&M), WF-1901 (IMPACTS) and WF-2301CD (CONNECT)
- Awards are worth up to $1,000 to cover travel and hotel expenses.
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Wake Forest NCORP Research Base
The Wake Forest NCORP (NCI Community Oncology Research Program) Research Base is one of seven research bases funded by the NCI to develop and implement cancer prevention and control research for the NCORP community oncology research network. We partner with NCORP Community and Minority Underserved Community Sites across the county to test new approaches to cancer care delivery and the treatment, prevention and detection of cancer-related symptoms. Our goal is to conduct practice-changing cancer research that will improve patient outcomes.
Open Protocol Summaries
- WF-2304-A172401 Complementary Options for Symptom Management In Cancer (COSMIC): Assessing Benefits and Harms of Cannabis and Cannabinoid Use Among a Cohort of Cancer Patients Treated in Community Oncology Clinics
- WF-2303CD Understanding and Enhancing Health-related Social Needs (HRSN) Screening Among Community Oncology Practices
- WF-2301CD Multi-site Community Oncology Planning for the CONNECT Intervention Targeting Lung Cancer Caregivers
- WF-2202 Optimizing Psychosocial Intervention for Breast Cancer-related Sexual Morbidity: The Sexual Health and Intimacy Education (SHINE) Trial
- WF-2201 Comparing Single vs Multiple Dose Radiation for Cancer Patients With Brain Metastasis and Receiving Immunotherapy (HYPOGRYPHE)
- WF-1901 IMPACTS Internet-delivered Management of Pain Among Cancer Treatment Survivors
- WF-1805CD Implementation and Effectiveness Trial of HN-STAR
- WF-1806 Myopenia and Mechanisms of Chemotherapy Toxicity in Older Adults with Colorectal Cancer: The M&M Study