Lauren Ghazal, PhD, FNP-BC

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🔥 @drrobinyabroff.bsky.social is the winner of the 2025 Joseph Simone Quality Care Award given at #ASCOQLTY25. This award recognizes an extraordinary individual who has made multiple, significant, & enduring contributions to the quality & safety of cancer care. @americancancersoc.bsky.social

Two women taking a selfie while smiling in the door of an elevator bc we forgot to take a photo in a more picturesque setting

Love academic meetings for catch up sessions with my amazing friends & collaborators. Dr @lghazal.bsky.social gave an important talk at #mascc25 on #financiaToxicity in #ayacsm. We do a tonne of research together about #priorAuth & healthy policy gaps. But we also just like to hang out. 😘

@pallonccop.bsky.social @fumikochino.bsky.social @lghazal.bsky.social

What an absolute honor to give Grand Rounds St. Jude today. I spoke on improving the health & quality of life of LGBTQ+ AYA cancer survivors. I also got to celebrate the legacy of Danny Thomas & the American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities by touring the campus. @urnursing.bsky.social

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FUMIKO 😂

Video: How Trump’s Cuts Are Stifling L.G.B.T.Q. Health Research The Trump administration has systematically stripped funding from research into the health of L.G.B.T.Q. people. Benjamin Mueller, a reporter covering health and medicine for The New York Times, descr...

www.nytimes.com/video/scienc...

LGBTQ Research Matters.

Today I'm finding out which people believe that if you're part of a population that is a small overall percentage of humans on the planet, it's okay to strip you of rights.

I wonder if they have considered how easy it would be to classify *them* into a small overall percentage, and do it to them.

Next time you’re in a meeting, look around the room. If your underrepresented early career scientists aren’t there, maybe ask yourself why & then find the answers. We need even more support right now.

HHS will not enforce gender and sexual orientation requirements for medical records HHS will not enforce standards that medical records be able to capture patients’ sexual orientation and gender identity.

In 2026, HHS was set to require fields for sexual orientation and gender identity in EHRs, supporting research and better care for LGBTQ+ patients.

Now, HHS won't enforce those requirements. Read in @statnews.com about impacts on providers and EHR vendors: www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/h...

This is a sad but interesting question. How many grad students will leave and where, if anywhere will they go ?

Baldwin Leads Forum on Trump and Musk’s Cuts to Cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease Cures YouTube video by Senator Tammy Baldwin

👇🏼 please watch this. Thanks to all who advocated for early career scientists, cancer researchers & the LGBTQ community.
www.youtube.com/live/JofqSdW...

SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, MORELLE ANNOUNCE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS FEDERAL CANCER CENTER DESIGNATION FOR WILMOT CANCER INSTITUTE | U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer of New York Designation Will Boost Clinical Opportunities, Reputation, And Research $$ For U Of R’s Wilmot...

Sharing some good news: Wilmot Cancer Institute is now an NCI designated cancer center! Proud to be a member of the Cancer Prevention & Control group!!

www.schumer.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...

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@ascocancer.bsky.social #JCOOP podcast with Dr @michaelannica.bsky.social on #priorAuthorization

"I just think that there's a huge opportunity to do better here… I want to do better for our patients. I want to feel prouder of the healthcare system that I'm a part of." #fixPriorAuth

NIH puts former Sexual & Gender Minority Office employees on administrative leave After reassignment to other NIH jobs in December, employees of the Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office were recently put on administrative leave.

This office didn’t give out specific funding for research, but really helps to build capacity of junior researchers like myself. Another horrific cut to LGBTQIA+ research at NIH.

www.statnews.com/2025/03/06/n...

Walked into my office this morning to find this fantastic shirt gifted from an incredible colleague @urnursing.bsky.social

Another NIH grant rescinded -

The Epidemiology of Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias in Sexual and Gender Minority Older Adults: Identifying Risk and Protective Factors - 1K01AG056669

Just received notice that our grant was terminated. 5R24AG066599-03
TheRiseRegistry.org

Overview of President Trump’s Executive Actions Impacting LGBTQ+ Health | KFF This tracker examines Executive Actions taken by the Trump administration that have the potential to impact LGBTQ+ people’s health. It lists the action taken by date, provisions relevant to LGBTQ+ hea...

Overview of President Trump’s Executive Actions Impacting LGBTQ+ Health

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As a pt advocate, I’m gutted that more people aren’t talking about the dismantling of SOGI data collection. We know SOGI data collection is important; LGBTQ+ patients w/ cancer (like myself) experience health & health care disparities. And yet we’re allowing for its erasure. 🌈

Any supervisors of cancer survivors on here? We’re in a final push for recruiting supervisors and HR professionals for this study. #ayacsm

If you need patient perspective from US, happy to! :)

Rejections on narrative pieces sting even more ❤️‍🩹

Cross-State Travel for Cancer Care and Implications for Telehealth Reciprocity - PubMed In this cross-sectional study of Medicare claims data, a notable proportion of cancer services occurred across state lines, particularly for rural-residing patients. These results highlight the need f...

Informative paper that addresses a question I have always had: What proportion of people with #cancer (PWC) in the US cross state lines for care?? 1/4
#oncsky #medsky

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39982726/

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#HodgkinLymphoma survivors can face difficult tx decisions & financial tradeoffs. We want to better understand how cancer (& cancer-related costs) have affected your life so that we can provide better resources in the future.

🚨Last push for our #lymsm #ayacsm #survonc survey.
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LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Rises to 9.3% LGBTQ+ identification among U.S. adults has increased to 9.3%.

news.gallup.com/poll/656708/...

We started this a month ago and have added 39 of some of my favourite people/organizations!

If you work and/or advocate in the field of #AYACancer #ChildhoodCancer please let me know! I’ll add you! Let’s max it out at 150 people from around the 🌏!

#BTSM #BCSM #AYACSM #TYACancer #Youth #LCSM