The Schedule

Addressing Cancer Together during COVID-19

The ChicagoCHEC Partnership

Day One

Thursday, Sept. 17th, 2020

11AM - 1PM

11:00 AM - 11:35 AM

[35 minutes]

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Henrietta Barcelo, ChicagoCHEC Community Steering Committee (CSC) Co-Chair & Healthcare Liason, Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy (IHSCA)

Joanne Glenn, MBA, RN, ChicagoCHEC Community Steering Committee (CSC) Co-Chair & Founder, Women on Top of their Game (W.O.T.) Foundation, Inc.

Esther Corpuz, Chief Executive Officer, Alivio Medical Center

Linda Rae Murray , MD, MPH, FACP, Governing Council Speaker, American Public Health Association, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Illinois School of Public Health


11:35 AM - 12:10 PM

[35 minutes]

The Cancer Experience during COVID-19: The Community and Patient Voice

Joanne Glenn, MBA, RN, ChicagoCHEC Community Steering Committee (CSC) Co-Chair & Founder, Women on Top of their Game (W.O.T.) Foundation, Inc.

Rosa Miranda , LPN, Clinical Supervisor, Norwegian American Hospital

Tatisa Joiner, Founder, Tatisa C. Joiner Foundation

Candace Henley, Founder, The Blue Hat Foundation


12:10 PM - 12:40 PM

[30 minutes]

ChicagoCHEC 5 Year Partnership, Progress & Lessons Learned

Aida Giachello, PhD, ChicagoCHEC Core Co-Lead, Northwestern University

Jeanine Ntihirageza, PhD, ChicagoCHEC Core Co-Lead, Northeastern Illinois University


12:40 PM - 12:50 PM

[10 minutes]

Raffle Winner Announcement


12:50 PM - 1:00 PM

[10 minutes]

Closing Remarks

Allison Arwady, MD, MPH, Commissioner, Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH)


Day Two

Friday, Sept. 18th, 2020

11AM - 1PM

11:00 AM - 11:10 AM

[10 minutes]

Opening Remarks

Juan Salgado, Chancellor, City Colleges of Chicago

11:10 AM - 11:40 AM

[30 minutes]

Quality of Life

Patricia Moreno, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medical Social Sciences, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

11:40 AM - 12:15 PM

[35 minutes]

Healthy Lifestyle, Nutrition, & Physical Activity for Those Impacted by Cancer

Angela Dennison, RD, LDN, ServSafe Certified, Oncology Dietician, Wellness House

Jadyn Chipman, ACSM GEI, ACSM/ACS CET, Oncology Exercise Specialist, Wellness House

12:15 PM - 12:50 PM

[35 minutes]

Telehealth and Cancer during COVID-19

Susan Hong, MD, Director of the Program for Innovations in Cancer Survivorship, the University of Illinois Cancer Center

12:50 PM - 1:00 PM

[10 minutes]

Closing Remarks & Raffle Winner Announcement

Terry Mason, MD, Retired physician and champion of community medicine