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Nadia Johnson on Oncofertility Education and Policy

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Categories: Blog, Education, General, In the news, Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy
Tags: education, Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy, OSA, publication, Young Womens Leadership
Recently my colleague and office buddy, Nadia Johnson, was featured in the Spring 2012 issue of Inquiry, Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy’s (SESP) quarterly magazine, in an article entitled, “Higher Education Student Nadia Johnson: Motivating Girls to Study Science.” Nadia is the…
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2012 Chicago Oncofertility Saturday Academy at Northwestern University is Another Great Success!

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Education, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: cancer, clinical research, education, ethics, Fertility Preservation, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy, OSA, Young Womens Leadership
By Nadia Johnson, Co-Director of the Oncofertility Saturday Academy On Saturday, February 18th, 31 high school girls hailing from six different local Chicago high schools celebrated the culmination of the sixth annual Oncofertility Saturday Academy (OSA) with a family day and graduation event. OSA is…
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Oregon Science Academy Graduates with Honors in Fertility Preservation

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Categories: Blog, Education, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility Saturday Academy
Tags: cancer, education, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy, OSA
It’s only March and two of the Oncofertility Saturday Academies (OSA) have already completed their graduation ceremonies. With this newest class, the Oncofertility Saturday Academies have educated more than 240 students across the US. Last weekend, Mary Zelinski, PhD, who heads one of the Oncofertility Consortium‘s research…
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Launch of the 2012 Oncofertility Saturday Academies

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Education, fertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy
Tags: education, Oncofertility Saturday Academy, Oregon OSA, OSA
It is only January and already the Oncofertility Saturday Academies (OSA) are off to a busy start. Last weekend, Mary Zelinski, PhD, who heads one of the Oncofertility Consortium’s research projects, launched this year’s Oregon academy at the Oregon Primate Research Center (ONPRC). A group…
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Cancer Smashers Visit the Woodruff Lab at Northwestern University’s Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center!

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Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, In the news, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, cancer, Cancer Smashers, education, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, OSA, Research, Woodruff Lab
In case you haven’t heard about the Cancer Smashers, you must continue reading and get to know this fantastic group of young people banning together to raise money to eradicate cancer. Let me begin by telling you who they are and what they’re all about.…
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Oncofertility Saturday Academy Pioneers Bioethics Education: Part 1

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Fertility Preservation, In the news, Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy
Tags: cancer, ethics, Fertility Preservation, Laurie Zoloth, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy, OSA, social science, Young Womens Leadership
Recently there has been a lot of attention brought to the concept of collaboration in academia, specifically in the sciences. Gone are the days (at least in our niche) where disciplines drew a dividing line in the sand – scientists keep to one side of…
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Oncofertility Saturday Academy: Two Graduations in Two Weeks

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Categories: Blog, General, Oncofertility Saturday Academy
Tags: Oncofertility Saturday Academy, Oregon OSA, OSA
The last two weekends saw graduation events from Oncofertility Saturday Academies more than 2,000 miles apart. On February 26, the academy based out of Oregon Health & Science University graduated 10 freshmen through senior high school students. The young men and women in the program…
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Oncofertility Summer Research Internships

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Categories: Blog, General
Tags: alumni, fellowship, internship, Oncofertility, OSA, Research, summer, teachers, video
Oncofertility Summer Research Experience 2009 With support from the federal stimulus package Northwestern received from the National Cancer Institute, two teachers and two undergraduates gained hands-on experience in a working lab devoted to providing new fertility options for cancer patients! The money allowed Northwestern to…
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Oncofertility on Eight Forty-Eight!

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Categories: Blog, General
Tags: cancer, clinical research, Fertility Preservation, Institute for Women's Health Research, Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy, OSA, Woodruff Lab
Recently, WBEZ Chicago’s Eight Forty-Eight came to the Oncofertility Consortium to interview Dr. Woodruff about fertility preservation for cancer patients.  While the interview mainly discussed new techniques that will provide hope for cancer patients facing potential infertility, the interview also discussed the Illinois Women’s Health…
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The BE WiSE Program Highlighted in the Del Mar Times

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Categories: Blog, In the news, Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy
Tags: Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy, OSA
The OSA counterpart in San Diego, the Be WiSE (Better Education for Women in Science and Engineering) Young Women in Cancer Research Oncofertility Academy, was highlighted in the Del Mar Times. Twelve young women representing 10 high schools were at the event on July 25 to learn…
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The OSA: Sisters in Science Premiere

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, Meetings, Oncofertility Saturday Academy
Tags: Oncofertility Saturday Academy, OSA, Young Womens Leadership
Victor O’Halloran ——— Last night was the world premiere of OSA: Sisters In Science, a documentary detailing the Oncofertility Saturday Academy. This documentary told the story of what happens when young women from a small South side Chicago high school gets introduced to an emerging science…
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The Chicago Tribune Reports on the Inaugural Session of the Cardiology Summer Academy

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Categories: Blog, General, In the news, Oncofertility Saturday Academy
Tags: Institute for Women's Health Research, Oncofertility Saturday Academy, OSA, Young Womens Leadership
The inaugural session of the Cardiology Summer Academy just ended. It gave seniors from the Young Women’s Leadership Academy Charter School a chance to experience the world of the heart through real-life experiences at Northwestern Memorial’s Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute. The program’s success was noted in an article by the Chicago…
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Obama gives money for Oncofertility research

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, In the news, Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy, Research
Tags: clinical research, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy, OSA, Young Womens Leadership
Two high school graduates from the Young Women’s Leadership Charter School will be able to do hands-on research on Oncofertility this summer, thanks to President Obama’s stimulus money, the Chicago Tribune reported today. The stimulus money is coming from the National Cancer Institute and will…
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Dr. Jeffrey Chang wins San Diego Partnership Award

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Categories: Blog, General, In the news, National Physicians Cooperative, Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy
Tags: Awards, Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy, OSA
Dr. Jeffrey Chang wins the San Diego Science Alliance Partnership Award at a ceremony on May 21st, 2009. He is accompanied by SDSA Executive Director Nancy Taylor and SDSA Preseident Rick Beach. Photo courtesy of SDSA. Dr. Jeffrey Chang, the principal investigator of the National…
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Robotic Surgeries for Hysterectomies

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, Meetings, Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy
Tags: cancer, hysterectomy, Northwestern University, ob/gyne, Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy, OSA, surgery
Northwestern Memorial Hospital is hosting a half-day conference on Saturday, May 17th called “State-of-the-Art Hysterectomy: The Robotic Surgical Option.” Dr. Patrick Lowe will be one of the speakers at this event. He was one of the doctors who participated in the Oncofertility Saturday Academy, teaching students from…
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The Girl Power Benefit Luncheon for the Young Women’s Leadership Charter School of Chicago

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, Meetings, Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy
Tags: Oncofertility, OSA, Young Womens Leadership
Teresa Woodruff was an honorary co-chair at the Girl Power Benefit Luncheon for the Young Women’s Leadership Charter School of Chicago last Wednesday at the Hyatt Regency. The event honors women and leadership and highlights those who have made great efforts to be future leaders.…
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Parent Oncofertility Saturday Academy (POSA)

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Categories: Blog, General
Tags: OSA, Young Womens Leadership
One of the main goals of the Oncofertility Saturday Academy (OSA) of Chicago is to provide a multifaceted support network to the high school female participants that will help prepare and foster their academic and career pursuits. The support network provided directly from Northwestern University…
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Oncofertility Saturday Academy

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Categories: Blog, Oncofertility Saturday Academy
Tags: Northwestern University, Oncofertility, OSA
With the emergence of the new interdisciplinary field of the oncofertility, how can we expose, inspire, and support the future generations of oncofertility scholars? Consider the Oncofertility Saturday Academy (OSA) of Chicago science education program model. OSA Chicago is a collaborative effort between Northwestern University and Young…
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Oncofertility Saturday Academy

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Categories: Blog, Oncofertility Saturday Academy
Tags: Northwestern University, Oncofertility, OSA
With the emergence of the new interdisciplinary field of the oncofertility, how can we expose, inspire, and support the future generations of oncofertility scholars? Consider the Oncofertility Saturday Academy (OSA) of Chicago science education program model. OSA Chicago is a collaborative effort between Northwestern University…
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Oncofertility Saturday Academy

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Categories: Blog, Oncofertility Saturday Academy
Tags: Northwestern University, Oncofertility, OSA
With the emergence of the new interdisciplinary field of the oncofertility, how can we expose, inspire, and support the future generations of oncofertility scholars? Consider the Oncofertility Saturday Academy (OSA) of Chicago science education program model. OSA Chicago is a collaborative effort between Northwestern University…
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Oncofertility Saturday Academy

By: Oncofertility Admin -
Categories: Blog, Oncofertility Saturday Academy
Tags: Northwestern University, Oncofertility, OSA
With the emergence of the new interdisciplinary field of the oncofertility, how can we expose, inspire, and support the future generations of oncofertility scholars? Consider the Oncofertility Saturday Academy (OSA) of Chicago science education program model. OSA Chicago is a collaborative effort between Northwestern University…
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