LIvES (Lifestyle Intervention for Ovarian Cancer Enhanced Survival)

02/17/2020

The West Valley Ovarian Cancer Alliance (WVOCA) held its 12th Annual Teal Ribbon Golf Tournament in Sun City, AZ last Thursday. Principal Investigator Dr. Cynthia Thomson gave a study update and our coaches accepted a $15,000 check to the UA Cancer Center. We love attending the tournament every year and we are so grateful for the generosity, hard work, and support of the WVOCA in supporting ovarian cancer research and the LIvES Study!

09/30/2019

As many of you know, September is National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. As September comes to a close, the LIvES team wanted to take a moment to thank our participants!
Our team is appreciative of all our participants’ efforts towards research, what they teach us through our calls together, and their advocacy in their daily lives. Here at LIvES, we remain dedicated to research to improve ovarian cancer survivorship. LIvES has enrolled 1,205 women since the trial began in 2012. We look forward to September of 2020, where we hope to be able to announce the completion and results of the LIvES!
Did you know? President Obama declared September as National Ovarian Cancer Awareness month in 2015. President Obama’s mother passed from ovarian cancer in 1995, at 52 years old. Read the full Presidential Proclamation here: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/08/31/presidential-proclamation-national-ovarian-cancer-awareness-month-2015

04/12/2019

We are so proud of Sophia, our graduate research assistant, who presented her pilot study looking at the acceptability of lifestyle behavior text messages to survivors and their caregivers. She graduates with her Master’s in Public Health this May.

02/28/2019

Even though it rained, there were still an amazing turnout of attendees. We are so grateful to the West Valley Ovarian Cancer Alliance for their continued support of the LIvES trial. The funds this annual event raises helps support the student coaching staff.

2019 donation to support a large ovarian cancer lifestyle clinical trial. Do diet and activity level extend a remission? The trial has closed to new patients, however we hope data will be shared next year. Once a trial closes to accrual, it continues until the last patient has completed the protocol.

11/16/2018

Natasha, a LIvES coach graduate, visited the call center today! She’s currently working as a Program Outreach Manager at the American Lung Association in Dallas, TX. We love visits from our old coaches and especially love seeing how much LIvES continues to influence them even after they graduated.

10/31/2018

Inspired by all the super women we get to talk to and work with on a daily basis! Happy Halloween from the LIvES team!

09/28/2018

The LIvES Study team had a huge presence at the University of Arizona Cancer Center Scientific Retreat today. Each of these ladies presented posters about their research related to female cancers. From left to right: Sophia Yatsenko, Angela Yung, Samantha Slack, Dr. Tracy Crane, Meghan Skiba, Melissa Lopez-Pentecost, and Kelly Carroll.

08/21/2018

Kelly, one of our LIvES coaches, at the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Consortium (UROC) awards ceremony presenting her poster which examined physical activity and neuropathy. We are so proud to see what you accomplished this summer Kelly!

07/18/2018

We got a wonderful surprise visit from two of our former LIvES coaches Loretta and Alyssa! Alyssa is now a full-fledge dietitian and will be going to Africa to work with malnourished children. Loretta is studying for her dietitian exam and will be looking to join the workforce soon. We are so excited for them!

05/09/2018

We had a party to celebrate the LIvES graduates and everyone's dogs were invited! Big congratulations to our graduates this year who are going on to graduate school and dietetic internship programs! We will certainly miss them but are excited to see where they go next!

03/06/2018

The LIvES Study is grateful for the support of the West Valley Ovarian Cancer Alliance. The 10th Annual Teal Ribbon Golf Tournament in February raised $15,000. Not only does it raise money but it also raises awareness in the community. You can visit their page to learn more about this organization: www.westvalleyoca.org

10/04/2017

Everyone's schedules are very different this semester so we did an after hours gathering including a game of Scientific Pictionary! Words including activity monitor, principal investigator and randomized controlled trial. What can we say--we love research! 😊