Sarah Winawer-Wetzel, MBA, FACHE

Influenza vaccine campaign poster. There's a magenta background with words in white: "A flu vaccine can take flu from WILD (over a picture of a rhinoceros) to mild (over a picture of a pink plastic toy unicorn). In the bottom right is an orange box with white text saying "#Fight Flu" and below that the blue CDC logo with "CDC" and the HHS logo in white.

💉Reminder! Don't forget to get your yearly Flu and COVID vaccine. Cases of both will start increasing soon 📈

Check with your medical providers, local pharmacies, and/or local health departments for COVID vaccine availability.

#wildtomild

Samira Daswani's presentation is about how healthcare is designed. It is also one of the best designed presentations I've seen in years. The clarity and efficiency of the deck is literally reinforcing her point about the need for improved design in healthcare. #ASCOQLTY25

Just got my registration in before the early bird deadline closed for #ASCOQLTY25. Who else is going?

PC3I Welcomes New Faculty and Fellows - Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation The Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation proudly welcomes 6 faculty, 3 fellows, and 2 visiting faculty to the team.

We are thrilled to welcome 6 new Faculty, 3 Fellows, and 2 Visiting Faculty to PC3I! Stay tuned over the next few weeks as we introduce each new member!

"Where do those patients go when the last stop was your safety net hospitals? We don’t have another system to be able to take care of them."

Health Insurers Are Denying More Drug Claims, Data Shows

Patients with prior authorization requirements are more likely to have their access to #chemotherapy interrupted- facing a 10-day delay on average.

PC3I Faculty @michaelannica.bsky.social spoke with @nytimes.com on the effects of health insurers denying drug claims for patients.

Trans youth deserve the health care they need, no matter what state they live in.

Tell PA Lawmakers To Take Action To Avoid Catastrophic SEPTA Service Cuts and Fare Increases Due to state lawmaker inaction, SEPTA has announced plans to increase fares and enact painful service cuts.  Once fully implemented, this plan would:Make SEPTA fares the most expensive in the cou...

For our patients and our staff throughout the greater Philadelphia region, we need SEPTA.

www.votervoice.net/mobile/Chamb...

Medicaid Urge Congress to Protect Cancer Patients on Medicaid

Medicaid access isn't just important, it's essential for patients' cancer care. Contact your lawmakers today and urge them to protect Medicaid, ensuring uninterrupted care for those who need it most. @ascocancer.bsky.social #ACTNetwork

asco.quorum.us/campaign/115...

Abstract Submission is Open for ASCO Quality Care Symposium 2025 - OncoDaily Abstract Submission is Open for ASCO Quality Care Symposium 2025 / ASCO, ASCO25, ASCOQLTY25, cancer, OncoDaily, Oncology

Abstract Submission is Open for ASCO Quality Care Symposium 2025
@ascocancer.bsky.social

oncodaily.com/blog/asco-31...

#OncoDaily #Oncology #Cancer #Health #Medicine #MedEd #MedOnc #MedNews #ASCO #ASCOQLTY25 #QualityCareSymposium

My message to Trump’s NIH Director? No one in America wants us to do LESS cancer research.

No one is asking Trump to make it harder to cure Alzheimer's disease.

Yet Trump is cutting all of this NOW and demanding an $18 BILLION cut to NIH next year. Not on my watch.

PC3I Presents 32 Abstracts at the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting - Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation PC3I Faculty, Fellows, and staff present 32 Abstracts at the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting.

PC3I Faculty, Fellows, & staff will present 32 abstracts this weekend at the 2025 @ascocancer.bsky.social Annual Meeting.

PC3I's work focuses on delivering patient-centered care, addressing socioeconomic barriers in #oncology, & applying digital interventions to improve patient care. #ASCO25

Grilled by Congress, Kennedy defends NIH and NCI budget cuts, freezes, and RIFs To avoid “offending” pharma, NCI doesn’t study the causes of early-onset colon cancer, HHS secretary incorrectly alleges... In back-to-back congressional hearings earlier this week, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that the massive staff and budget cuts over which he has presided during his nearly four months on the job as well as even bigger cuts still looming on the horizon are a part of a single plan. To access this […]

Since being sworn in to lead HHS, Kennedy has overseen significant layoffs across its agencies and canceled billions of dollars in federal grants to universities and state public health departments.
https://cancerletter.com/capitol-hill/20250516_2/

This is devastating and deeply frustrating news:
-No updates to cancer.gov website or NCI social media.
-No updates to the Physician Data Query database.
-No one to answer the patient hotline.

We can no longer rely on the federal government to provide information that supports public health.

Implementation science grant terminations in the United States - Implementation Science

New editorial in @implementsci.bsky.social by @rsbeidas.bsky.social et al on NIH's #impsci grant terminations. This was important, peer-reviewed research on health equity, HIV, infectious diseases, etc. There will be long-lasting impacts.

implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Reminder to nominate yourself or someone else by April 18 to join PC3I's team of innovators in #cancercare!

Learn more: pc3i.upenn.edu/get-involved...

X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover

'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'

Want to be part of a fantastic community working to solve the most intractable problems in cancer care today? @pc3innovation.bsky.social is currently accepting nominees for faculty and fellows!

CC: @upenn.bsky.social, @pennmedicine.bsky.social, @penncancer.bsky.social

Butterflies on a blue sky

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The numbers are in. @bsky.app research sharing volumes vs X Formerly Twitter

In March 2024, on most days, Bluesky hosts more posts linked to research published in 2025 than X.

By quite a lot.

Release the Kraken...

#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
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"A hefty percentage of raw ingredients used to make major drugs come from China, and tariffs are expected to affect cancer and heart medicines as well as antibiotics, including amoxicillin."

Caught in the crossfire: The critical threats facing cancer centers, research, and patient care - The Cancer Letter NCI-designated cancer centers and academic medical institutions (AMCs) are facing unprecedented threats that jeopardize their ability to conduct groundbreaking research, deliver cutting-edge care, and sustain clinical trials essential to patient treatment. Funding instability, including freezes on federal grants and sudden cuts to indirect cost rates, is creating a ripple effect that disrupts the entire cancer […]

"Protecting these institutions is vital—not just for scientific advancement but for the millions of patients who rely on them for hope and cutting-edge care," write Shannon McWeeney (@wondermixtape.bsky.social) and Sorena Nadaf-Rahrov
https://cancerletter.com/guest-editorial/20250321_2/

CA-125 Levels at Time of Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis by Race and Ethnicity This cohort study uses National Cancer Database data to examine cancer antigen (CA) 125 levels at ovarian cancer diagnosis by patient race and ethnicity and whether elevated CA-125 levels are associat...

Anna Jo Smith, MD, MPH (@pc3innovation.bsky.social faculty) found that a blood test is more likely to miss #ovariancancer in Black & Native American patients—revealing critical disparities in early detection & the need for more equitable #cancercare. @jama.com

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Abigail André on LinkedIn: #data #federalgovernment #federalworkers #usaid #noaa #federalcuts #stories | 131 comments Here are updated forms for Federal Cuts Tracker Map project, live later this week. If you're new to the project, it is an interactive map that is tracking… | 131 comments on LinkedIn

Via Abigail André on LinkedIn - please spread the word.
Here are updated forms for Federal Cuts Tracker Map project, live later this week.

If you're new to the project, it is an interactive map that is tracking the impacts of federal cuts around the globe. 1/x
www.linkedin.com/posts/abigai...

Tracking Federal Cuts Mapping Project This form allows you to contribute to the Tracking Federal Cuts Map with local stories about how the cuts are impacting your community. The goal of this is to better inform the public about the impa...

From Abigail Andre over on LinkedIn:

Federal Cuts Tracker Map will be live next week.

It is an interactive visualization of impacts felt across the country as the result of federal firings, funding freezes and cuts, and program cancellations.

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New research from @erin_bange & @Ron_cology (@penncancer.bsky.social) out in @nejmcatalyst found that implementing a text message-based symptom reporting e-triage reduced time toxicity for patients with cancer @pc3innovation.bsky.social
catalyst.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Adherence to Annual Lung Cancer Screening and Rates of Cancer Diagnosis This cohort study examines adherence to annual lung cancer screening and whether adherence is associated with lung cancer diagnosis rates.

New publication in @jama.com Network Open: Annual #lungcancer screening adherence associated with increased lung cancer detection rates, but decreases annually after baseline screening.

Led by PC3I Faculty Roger Kim & Anil Vachani, w/ PC3I Director Kate Rendle.
#lcsm #oncsky #medsky

Signs at #standupforscience #standupforsciencephilly #standupforscience2025

Get in nerds! We’re going to science! #standupforscience2025 #NYC

Headed downtown with lots of others to #standupforscience in Philly!