from left-to-right; Steve Wosahla, CEO of Children’s Cancer Cause; Pamela Hinds, RN, PhD, FAAN; Adam Rosen, board chair; Susan Scherr, event co-chair; Susan Weiner, PhD, founder @childrenscause Congrats to Pamela Hinds, RN, PhD, FAAN, nurse researcher at Children’s National Hospital, the recipient of our 9th annual Leonard M. Rosen Memorial Research Award! Leonard’s son Adam Rosen - our current board chair - presented the award to Dr. Hinds earlier this month in NYC. #childhoodcancer #pediatriconcology ♬ original sound - childrenscancercause We were honored to be joined earlier th ..read more

  Cierra Morgan is a University of Southern California senior studying journalism and health and human sciences. She’s guest blogging for Children’s Cancer Cause in the fall of 2024 as part of a course internship. “I plan to pursue journalism and a law career. But for now, I love what the average 21-year-old girl loves: shopping, traveling, and having a good time with my friends. I also had childhood cancer myself, which is why working with Children’s Cancer Cause is even more special to me.” As I continue my guest blog series for Children’s Cancer Cause, I’ve been going straight to the ..read more

  The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Oncology Center of Excellence recently hosted its 2024 Pediatric Oncology Forum, an opportunity for members of the advocacy community to hear from the FDA and then to share perspectives on current issues affecting patients and their families. As CEO of Children’s Cancer Cause, I attended the Forum and provided remarks on a topic that we’ve been closely involved with for a very long time: the passage, implementation, and monitoring of the RACE For Children Act. I wanted to share some of my remarks here so you can also follow along with this issue ..read more

  Cierra Morgan is a University of Southern California senior studying journalism and health and human sciences. She’s guest blogging for Children’s Cancer Cause in the fall of 2024 as part of a course internship. “I plan to pursue journalism and a law career. But for now, I love what the average 21-year-old girl loves: shopping, traveling, and having a good time with my friends. I also had childhood cancer myself, which is why working with Children’s Cancer Cause is even more special to me.” This week, I wanted to dive deeper into a topic we’ve been talking about in my first two posts ..read more

  As the 2023 Survivorship Champion’s Prize term comes to an end for the City of Hope Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Survivorship Program, Rusha Bhandari, MD, MS, Medical Director, shares with us how the award made a difference in their survivorship services over the past year - and the lasting impact it will leave moving forward. The Survivorship Champion’s Prize is a component of the Stewart Initiative for Childhood Cancer Survivors, an educational program of the Children’s Cancer Cause. Since its inception in 2020, the Survivorship Champion’s Prize has awarded $85,0 ..read more

  Cierra Morgan is a University of Southern California senior studying journalism and health and human sciences. She’s guest blogging for Children’s Cancer Cause in the fall of 2024 as part of a course internship. Read her first post here. “I plan to pursue journalism and a law career. But for now, I love what the average 21-year-old girl loves: shopping, traveling, and having a good time with my friends. I also had childhood cancer myself, which is why working with Children’s Cancer Cause is even more special to me.” This week I wanted to get a little more personal with you guys by shar ..read more

  Cierra is a University of Southern California senior studying journalism and health and human sciences. She’s guest blogging for Children’s Cancer Cause in the fall of 2024 as part of a course internship. “I plan to pursue journalism and a law career. But for now, I love what the average 21-year-old girl loves: shopping, traveling, and having a good time with my friends. I also had childhood cancer myself, which is why working with Children’s Cancer Cause is even more special to me.” Hey everyone, I’m Cierra Morgan, and I’ll be guest blogging for Children's Cancer Cause this fall! I’m ..read more

  Throughout our 25th anniversary year, we’re featuring 25 advocates who’ve been nominated by the childhood cancer community for their outstanding contributions toward our mission of improving the lives of children with cancer and survivors.  We hope you'll take a moment to read on and learn about the first four advocates we've recognized. Each of these individuals has made a powerful impact, and we're so grateful to have their voices in our corner. Would you like to nominate someone for recognition? Let us know using the form at the bottom of this post! Our first featured advocate ..read more

  We've just launched our annual Summer Survey of Survivors, and we hope you’ll share it with any teen or young adult survivors of childhood cancer that you may know. This survey helps ensure that we are best representing the unique needs of childhood cancer survivors in our program planning and in our policy work on Capitol Hill. As a thanks for sharing valuable time and insights with us, survivors who complete the survey have the opportunity to enter a drawing for a $50 Amazon gift card. This survey is exclusively for survivors of pediatric cancer who are currently age 13 or over. Ther ..read more

  When reading stories of courage and resilience from childhood cancer survivors during June, which is National Cancer Survivors Month, do you wonder, “What can I really do to make a difference?” We have six ideas for you to consider: Be a voice for children with cancer, survivors, and families. Use our free Legislative Action Center to find your Members of Congress and contact them about key pieces of legislation affecting children with cancer and survivors. Visit our Stewart Initiative for Childhood Cancer Survivors website. Check out the free, mobile-friendly courses we have avail ..read more