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The Overview: April 2024

The Overview: April 2024

Save the Date for OCRA’s International Gynecologic Cancer Conference OCRA’s annual conference returns September 25th – 27th with more expert presentations, interactive sessions, resources, and community connections to empower and inspire those facing gynecologic cancer.  OCRA’s online conference is the largest and longest-running conference focused on ovarian cancer, and now offers expanded sessions on related gynecologic cancers. Join people … Continued

Frieda Weeks, OCRA Supporter & Ovarian Cancer Activist, Recognized for Achievements

Frieda Weeks, OCRA Supporter & Ovarian Cancer Activist, Recognized for Achievements

Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance congratulates Frieda Weeks, a founding member of Hope for Heather and an OCRA Advocate Leader, on winning NewsChannel 9 WSYR’s Remarkable Women of Central New York contest. Frieda was recognized for her steadfast dedication to increasing ovarian cancer awareness and raising funds for research focused on this disease. In an interview … Continued

Transforming Music Into a Means to Help | OCRA Heroes

Transforming Music Into a Means to Help | OCRA Heroes

Get inspired by these OCRA Heroes who have tapped into live music’s incredible power to bring people together and transformed it into support for Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance (OCRA). They have organized multiple benefit concerts, which provide a meaningful avenue to honor the memory of their loved ones who passed away from ovarian cancer. Event … Continued

Celebrating Love, Resilience and Creativity in the Face of Cancer

Celebrating Love, Resilience and Creativity in the Face of Cancer

Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance brought together nearly 60 individuals impacted by a gynecologic cancer to participate in special programming earlier this season focused on the documentary “American Symphony,” which explores how the immense love and creative talents of an award-winning artistic couple have helped them cope with cancer’s impact on their lives and relationship. “American … Continued

Making a Difference One Dress at a Time | OCRA Heroes

Making a Difference One Dress at a Time | OCRA Heroes

Many brides count their wedding day as one of the most momentous occasions in their life. And now they have a way to make this milestone even more meaningful long after they have exchanged vows – all thanks to a team of OCRA Heroes who have raised funds for Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance by reselling … Continued

The Overview: December 2023

The Overview: December 2023

We took meaningful steps in the fight against ovarian and related gynecologic cancers this year, and we couldn’t have done it without your support. Join me for a look at this year’s most important updates, and please stand with us alongside patients, survivors and loved ones, with hope and commitment to a future without ovarian … Continued

The Overview: November 2023

The Overview: November 2023

OCRA’s Fall Advocacy Day Drives Change A sea of teal washed over the Capitol when more than 70 advocates from 30 states met with over 120 Congressional offices to push for legislative initiatives, including Medicare coverage of life-saving tools such as genetic testing, during OCRA’s 2023 Fall Advocacy Day.  “Advocacy Day is so important to … Continued

OCRA’s Sarah DeFeo Receives Andrew Godwin Award for Excellence in Community Outreach

OCRA’s Sarah DeFeo Receives Andrew Godwin Award for Excellence in Community Outreach

We are pleased to announce that OCRA’s Chief Program Officer, Sarah DeFeo, has been awarded the inaugural Andrew Godwin Award for Excellence in Community Outreach.  Presented by Ovarian Cancer Midwest Focus (OCMF) at University of Minnesota Medical School, the award recognizes DeFeo as an outstanding member in the gynecologic cancer community for her work leading … Continued

A New Generation Finds Purpose in Fundraising to Fight Ovarian Cancer

A New Generation Finds Purpose in Fundraising to Fight Ovarian Cancer

Madeleine and Emma Jean may be young, at ages eight and nine, respectively, but they are already focused on how to help create a future in which no families are impacted by ovarian cancer. These two OCRA Heroes have never met but they have a shared motivation for their efforts — losing their namesakes to … Continued

The Overview: October 2023

The Overview: October 2023

OCRA’s National Conference begins November 1st Join us virtually from November 1st – 3rd for three days of information, community and resources. Attendees will learn the latest updates in research, treatment and care, straight from the experts — in language you don’t have to be a doctor to understand. New this year, our experts will … Continued

OCRA’s Virtual Support Participants Find Real-Life Connection & Community

OCRA’s Virtual Support Participants Find Real-Life Connection & Community

Participants in OCRA’s virtual support programs came together for a face-to-face meetup in Chicago this weekend, deepening community connections and highlighting the importance of support programs for those with shared experience in facing gynecologic cancer — no matter how far apart they may live. Co-hosted by OCRA’s Vice President of Support & Education, Tracy Moore, … Continued

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