UC Irvine Athena Breast Health Network

UC Irvine Athena Breast Health Network The merge between improved clinical care and ground-breaking research on breast health Learn more at http://www.athenacarenetwork.org/.

UC Irvine is proud to be a founding member of the Athena Breast Health Network, a joint project of the University of California's five medical centers to unite California women, physicians and researchers in an effort to prevent breast cancer and improve screening and treatment of the disease. Mammogram patients at all of our UCI clinics are invited to participate in the Athena Study, an observati

onal study in which >100,000 women statewide will be followed for decades to enable researchers to identify new and better ways for breast cancer prevention, screening, treatment, and survivorship. Women between the ages of 40-74 who have never been diagnosed with breast cancer are invited to participate in the Wisdom Study, a clinical trial to test the safety and acceptability of personalized breast screening compared to annual screening. Learn more at www.thewisdomstudy.org. For information on becoming a research participant or philanthropic opportunities to support the Athena Breast Health Network or the Wisdom Study, please contact the UCI Athena/Wisdom Program Director, Hannah Lui Park, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pathology, at [email protected] or the UCI Athena/Wisdom Principal Investigator, Hoda Anton-Culver, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Medicine, at [email protected].

08/04/2022
07/21/2022

Join us for our next WISDOM Study Community Forum on MON JULY 25th at 4pm PST. Recently quoted in the The New York Times, come learn more about "Breast Cancer in Later Adulthood" from Dr. Mara Schonberg at Harvard Medical School!

Register online at: tinyurl.com/wisdomcommforum

07/08/2022

Ensuring that trial participants come from diverse backgrounds will mean that the next generation of screening — personalized screening — might have a shot at helping people regardless of their ancestry.

06/29/2022

Cancer doesn’t affect only the person with the illness. It affects their family members and friends as well. Good Morning America anchor and breast cancer survivor Robin Roberts discusses stepping down from her daytime duties to take care of herself and her partner, Amber Laign. Read more: https://bit.ly/3yuaNtT.

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06/10/2022

Nearly half of Black patients with metastatic breast cancer are never informed about clinical trial participation, despite the fact that most are open to the idea. https://bit.ly/3x9YzGg

Increased participation in studies like WISDOM will give more Black women access to research. Talk with your sisters, mothers, aunts & friends about trials so that we can improve treatment and prevention of Black breast cancer.

06/10/2022

The Wisdom Study is grateful to Safeway and their generous customers who donated to the Breast Cancer Research and Treatment fundraising campaign. We plan to use our grant to continue to generate data that will inform clinicians and women on the best way to screen and prevent ! Thank you, Safeway!

https://www.thewisdomstudy.org/learn-more/

05/13/2022

National Women’s Health Week is a time to empower yourself and women around you to live their healthiest lives.

Preventive screenings such as PAP smears and mammograms are the most effective ways to recognize early changes in your body and to get early treatment, if needed. Unsure when to get your mammogram? Join The Wisdom Study to learn about your risk for breast cancer: www.thewisdomstudy.org

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Office on Women's Health - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Regina Hampton, MD, FACS Dr. Susan Love Foundation for Breast Cancer Research Tigerlily Foundation Ricki Fairley BlackDoctor.org NIEHS Sister Study Touch, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance Lyndsay Levingston Jamil Kali Rivers Kiarra King Debra Stafford Erika Stallings

05/03/2022

May is Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage Month- a time to celebrate the contributions and sacrifices members have made to our country and communities.

Check out https://asianpacificheritage.gov/ for a list of exhibitions throughout the month including short films, poems, music, and meditations.

04/16/2022

Please join us Monday, April 25th from 4-5pm PST, for the WISDOM Study monthly community forum! This month we will discuss genetics including information on breast cancer specific genes, family history, and what it means for you and your family's care.

Featuring guest speakers:
-Dr. Lisa Madlensky, board-certified genetic counselor at UC San Diego and lead geneticist for The Wisdom Study.
- Marion Harris, practicing community health nurse, ministry leader, and health education professional at Glad Tidings International Church of God in Christ and UCSF Abundant Life Health Ministry.

Moderated by:
Dr. Jennifer James, Assistant Professor at the Institute for Health & Aging at UCSF.

One-time Registration: https://tinyurl.com/wisdomcommforum

04/14/2022

The Wisdom Study is working to determine the safest and best way to detect .

We are comparing screening all women annually starting at the age of 40 to a personalized approach based on a woman’s individual risk factors for breast cancer.

If you are in the personalized arm of the study, you are given a screening plan based on your risk factors for breast cancer such as your age, genetics, and family history. https://www.thewisdomstudy.org/faqs/

04/06/2022

The Wisdom Study's Dr. Laura Esserman will be speaking this SAT 4/9 around 3:30PM PST for TEDxBerkeley's 2022 Kaleidoscope event! Dr. Esserman's talk will cover advancing breast health risk assessments, screening, and prevention.

🎟 Use code "DRESSERMAN20" for 20% off tickets: https://tedxberkeley.org/speakers

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