Award for Excellence in Psychosocial Oncology
This annual award is presented to a member of the Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology (CAPO) to acknowledge the important work of psychosocial oncology professionals. CAPO members are invited to submit abstracts, for the annual CAPO conference. Abstracts may reflect clinical practice, education or research related to the neuro-oncology population.
Award Amount: $1,500.00 (along with a framed recognition certificate)
2010 CAPO Award Winner
Congratulations to the recipient of the 2010 award: Dr. Kim Edelstein, a Neuropsychologist with Princess Margaret Hospital for her work researching the neurocognitive late effects of treatment in adult survivors of childhood cancer.
2009 CAPO Award Winners
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2009 award: Dr. Robert Olson, Hannah Carolan, Ann-Lousie Ellwood, Maureen Parkinson, Kyle Ferguson, Dr. Grant Iverson and Michael McKenzie for their research, Comparison of Two Cognitive Screening Measures, the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), in patients with brain tumours.
Identifying cognitive impairment is important in patients with brain tumours. Because neuropsychological evaluations are usually not available, brief screening measures are often used. The Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) is most commonly employed, despite no validation in this setting. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is an alternative. In this study, the research team compared the sensitivity and specificity of these screening measures for identifying cognitive impairment.
The recent Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology Conference was held in Vancouver, British Columbia during the week of April 1st, 2009. Congratulations and thank you so much to all of the psychosocial oncology professionals who do so much in the fight against brain tumours.
2008 CAPO Award
In May 2008 Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada Award in support of Psychosocial Oncology Excellence was presented to Dr. Guy Pelletier and Tracey Wornsbecker at the Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology national conference.
The duo received their award for their research entitled, Quality of Life of Spousal Caregivers of Primary Malignant Brain Tumour Patients. The cross-sectional study documented negative outcomes such as emotional distress and relationship adjustment problems experienced by the spouses of patients with primary malignant brain tumours and also explored the determinants of the problems and the extent to which they correlated with each other.Congratulations to Dr. Pelletier and Ms. Wornsbecker.
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