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This phenomenal event at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN — THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF PINK: REORIENTING THE CAUSE — includes a screening of the documentary Pink Ribbons, Inc. (April 7), and a panel discussion with distinguished experts (April 15) on how breast cancer culture impacts both individuals and society. Organized by the Cancer, Culture, . . . → Read More: The Unintended Consequences of Pink: Reorienting the Cause, April 7 and April 15, 2013 
Announcing the Breast Cancer Consortium! The Breast Cancer Consortium is an international network of educators, researchers, artists, analysts, health practitioners, advocates, and others working to change the conversation on breast cancer. We examine public discourse, trends in awareness campaigns, the competing interests of advocacy groups and the medical system, the impact of commercialization, and . . . → Read More: BCC Quarterly is out! (2013, Issue 1) 
The METAvivor ~ Merendino Gallery Exhibition – A photographic exhibit of women with metastatic breast cancer, also featuring the photographs of Breast Cancer Consortium member Angelo Merendino. Angelo began documenting his wife Jen’s illness photographically shortly after her breast cancer diagnosis in 2008. It was just five months after they had gotten married that Angelo . . . → Read More: Portraits of Inspiration “Pink Ribbons, Inc.” Screening and Panel Discussion for International Women’s Day on March 5th, 2013
Breast cancer campaigns are all around us. Everything from marathons to bake sales are regularly organized to raise money for breast cancer. More and more companies have ‘pink ribbon products’ – teddy bears, perfume, and bras to name very few – with sales that allegedly result in donations to breast cancer programs and charities. But . . . → Read More: “Pink Ribbons, Inc.” Screening and Panel Discussion for International Women’s Day on March 5th, 2013 
ANNOUNCEMENT Selling Sickness 2013 Conference People Before Profits February 20-22, 2013 Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill Washington D.C. Selling Sickness 2013: People before Profits will bring together academic medical reformers, consumer activists, and health journalists to examine the current scope of disease mongering and to develop strategies and coalitions for change. Topics will include . . . → Read More: Selling Sickness 2013 Conference 
ANNOUNCEMENT Preventing Overdiagnosis 2013 Conference September 10-12, 2013 Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice The Preventing Overdiagnosis conference will take place on 10-12 September 2013 in the United States, hosted by The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in partnership with one of the world’s most respected medical journals, the BMJ, . . . → Read More: Preventing Overdiagnosis Conference 2013 ANNOUNCEMENT: “Call for Applications: 2013 NCHS/AcademyHealth Health Policy Fellowship” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and AcademyHealth are seeking applications for their 2013 Health Policy Fellowship. FELLOWSHIP GOALS The aim of the fellowship is to foster collaboration between NCHS staff and visiting scholars. The fellowship allows scholars . . . → Read More: Call for Applications: 2013 NCHS/AcademyHealth Health Policy Fellowship 
ANNOUNCEMENT Cancer Cultures Conference November 6-7, 2012 University College London United Kingdom This two day event at the University College London in the UK will bring together academics and postgraduate research students from across the social sciences to examine the diverse experiences and cultural or social engagement with the illness and disease of cancer. It . . . → Read More: International Conference on Cancer Cultures 
ANNOUNCEMENT Metastatic Breast Cancer Network Annual National Conference 2012 October 13, 2012, Northwestern’s Lurie Cancer Center, Chicago, IL, 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM The Metastatic Breast Cancer Network held its 6th National Conference – ”Moving Forward with Metastatic Breast Cancer” — at Northwestern University, Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center in Chicago, IL. The conference . . . → Read More: Metastatic Breast Cancer Conference 2012 |
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