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Opportunities to Enhance Lung Cancer Screening in Nebraska using Person-Centered and Community-Engaged Approaches

Wednesday, November 17 - 12p-1p CT

About the Webinar: 

Join us for a presentation to provide an overview of the state and national landscape to support implementation of lung cancer screening. Learn more about the challenges and resources impacting implementation and how to evaluate effects of person-centered and community-engaged efforts in facilitation of lung cancer screening.

 Learning Objectives

• Outline the state and national landscape supporting implementation of lung cancer screening
• Explore challenges and resources impacting implementation of lung cancer screening
• Evaluate the impact of person-centered and community-engaged efforts to facilitate implementation of lung-cancer screening

About the Speaker

Dr. Jamie L. Studts is a Professor of Medical Oncology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Scientific Director of Behavioral Oncology. Dr. Studts also serves as the Co-Leader for the Cancer Prevention and Control program and Co-Director of the Population Health Shared Resource at the University of Colorado Cancer Center.  Dr. Studts is a licensed clinical health psychologist, and his interests address behavioral aspects of tobacco-related malignancies. His research develops and tests interventions to promote informed/shared decision making and behavior change among patients and clinicians regarding prevention, screening, and survivorship of lung and head/neck cancer. Dr. Studts is the Principal Investigator of the Kentucky LEADS Collaborative, and he previously served on the Institute of Medicine National Cancer Policy Forum addressing Implementation of Lung Cancer Screening. He is a Fellow of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, a member of the Scientific Leadership Board for the GO₂ Foundation for Lung Cancer, and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network’s Lung Cancer Screening and Smoking Cessation Guideline Panels. Dr. Studts serves as a member of the Steering Committee for the American Cancer Society’s National Lung Cancer Roundtable and Chairs the Survivorship, Stigma, and Nihilism Task Group. 

Zoom webinar link will be included at the bottom of your registration confirmation email

Special Thanks to Our Sponsor

Screening & Education Program

ScreenYourLungs.org is a campaign to increase awareness and encourage high risk patients to get an LDCT screening. The website offers free materials, resources, and tools to help patients:

• Find a local screening center
  
• Take a personalized screening quiz
  
• Get questions to ask their doctor about screenings
  
• Understand their screening results
  
• Quit smoking
  
  
  
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