January 11, 2022

Evolution of Cancer Registry Data and its Usage

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Please join us as we present this interactive webinar on Evolution of Cancer Registry Data and its Usage with speaker Kelly Merriman, MPH, PhD, CTR

This program is targeted to all interested. In this presentation, Kelly will review how registry data is being used and some of the challenges that registrars face regarding timeliness of reporting. We will demonstrate how ONCOLog can help in addressing these issues.

Date: Wednesday, January 19th, 2022

Time: 2:00 pm EST

Presented By: Kelly Merriman, MPH, PhD, CTR

Webinar Goals:

  • Provide a brief history of cancer registry’s and the tumor registry at MD Anderson.
  • Review robust ways of using data now.
  • Review current challenges cancer registrars have with maintaining timeliness of reporting.
  • Demonstrate how ONCOLog can address the problem with real-world examples

REGISTER BY CLICKING THE LINK BELOW:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6190546652715660046

About the Presenter:

Dr. Kelly Merriman attended Colorado State University in Pueblo, Colorado. She completed a Bachelor of Science with concentrations in both Biology and Chemistry. She obtained her Doctorate in Epidemiology at the University of Texas, School of Public Health in Houston, Texas after working with her Master’s in Public Health in HIV/AIDS research.       

She has been employed at MD Anderson Cancer Center for the last 28 years, and currently is the director of the Tumor Registry department. She has published extensively with clinical faculty using the Tumor Registry data, authoring over 25 articles.  She led a subset of Informatics committee members in publishing a manuscript entitled “Evolution of the Cancer Registrar in the Era of Informatics” in JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics in 2021.  She is currently the chair of the NCRA Informatics Committee and has been actively involved with the Texas Cancer Registry Advisory Committee. She is very passionate about cancer registries and informatics throughout the United States and Internationally. 

*****1 CEU is being offered*****

*Note that in order to receive the 1 NCRA CE credit, you must have registered and viewed the LIVE webinar on the day scheduled.