NAACCR talks are webinars on topics of interest to the NAACCR Community presented by members of the NAACCR Community. Topics include cancer surveillance, central registry operations, new technology, upcoming changes, and much more! Registration is free, but you must login using your MyNAACCR username and password. 

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  • RDU NAACCR Talks: Calculating Tract-Based Rates with Mortality Data
    Recorded On: 05/05/2025

    This "How To" webinar is a companion to our January 2025 NAACCR Talk on calculating tract-based cancer incidence rates. This talk will go through the specifics of creating census tract-level SEER*Stat mortality databases to support spatial analysis and small area research. This presentation will discuss the unique aspects of census tract-level population estimates and associated data (denominator and demographic estimates). This webinar is appropriate for registry analysts, academic researchers, and anyone interested in the use of cancer

  • Mentorship Roundtable: Data Quality
    Recorded On: 03/25/2025

    This session will explore strategies for enhancing the quality of cancer reporting through effective quality control measures. Expert panelists will share insights on key aspects of data quality in cancer reporting, including the development of data quality plans and the diverse approaches used by cancer registries.

    Key topics include:
    • Data Quality: The significance of accurate, consistent, and timely cancer data, along with best practices to ensure data integrity throughout the reporting process.
    • Data Quality Plans: Strategies for developing comprehensive data quality plans that align with regulatory standards and enhance reporting accuracy.
    • Comparative Approaches in Cancer Registries: Examining various methods adopted by different registries to maintain high-quality data, with a focus on opportunities for improvement and standardization.

    The session will also feature an interactive breakout discussion, allowing participants to share experiences, address challenges, and collaborate on solutions to improve cancer reporting practices.

    Alicia Smith, ODS - C

    Quality Assurance Team Lead

    Texas Cancer Registry

    Alicia joined the Texas Central Cancer Registry in June of 2022 as the Quality Assurance Team Lead. She completed an Allied Health Registered Nursing program focused on rural helathcare populations in 2017 & has been ODS certified since 2019. Prior to working in the public health space her cancer registry experience in the private sector includes contributing to & leading teams providing oncology registry services for small individual rural healthcare facilities & large urban health systems with CoC certified cancer programs. She enjoys giving back to the cancer registry community through volunteer activities. She currently coordinates the Texas Oncology Data Association’s Mentoring Initiative and served as the 2024 Midwest Nominating Committee Member with the National Cancer Registrar’s Association. She is grateful to be engaged in a profession that contributes to both advancing cancer treatment & improving cancer patient outcomes.

    Barbara Dearmon-Neyland, BS, ODS-C

    Quality Control Coordinator

    Florida Cancer Data Systems

    Barbara Dearmon Neyland, BS, ODS-C has worked in the cancer registry field since 1987. She received her BS in healthcare services from the University of Phoenix. Barbara is a Quality Control Coordinator at the University of Miami, School of Medicine at Florida Cancer Data Systems. She previously worked for Ascension Clinical Analytics-Registry Services Ascension Data Institute as the manager of abstraction quality. She worked in Oncology Support Services at Ascension, St. Vincent’s Healthcare in Jacksonville, FL, for 15 years. She has an extensive background in managing cancer registry operations, maintaining compliance with state reporting, and monitoring compliance with standards by the Commission on Cancer (CoC) and the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC). Barbara Dearmon-Neyland, BS, ODS-C is a certified cancer registrar and received her credentials in 1990 from the National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA). 

    Nancy Lebrun, BS, ODS-C

    Director of Cancer Information Systems

    Rhode Island Cancer Registry

    Nancy Lebrun began her career in cancer registry as an auditor for the comparative effectiveness research project in 2011 She received her certification in tumor registry (CTR) now ODS in 2013 and continued working for the Rhode island /cancer /registry as the ETC , enhanced data specialist and cancer registrar. She received her bachelor’s of science with a concentration in healthcare management from Fisher college in 2019 and is currently the director of Cancer information Systems for the Rhode Island Cancer Registry at the hospital association Rhode Island

  • RDU NAACCR Talk: Calculating Tract-Based Rates
    Recorded On: 01/27/2025

    This "How To" webinar is the NAACCR Version 24 update for creating census tract-level SEER*Stat databases to support spatial analysis and health equity research.This presentation will go through step by step how to handle the NAACCR Version 24 incidence data, census tract-level population estimates, and the area-based social measures data. Mortality data will also be touched on. This webinar is appropriate for registry analysts, academic researchers, and anyone interested in the use of cancer registry data.

    Christopher Johnson, MPH

    Epidemiologist, Idaho SEER Principal Investigator

    Cancer Data Registry of Idaho

    Chris Johnson has worked as an epidemiologist for the Cancer Data Registry of Idaho, a program of the Idaho Hospital Association, since 1998. Mr. Johnson received a Master of Public Health degree in biostatistics from the University of North Carolina, a long time ago. He has been involved with NAACCR since early in his career as a cancer epidemiologist, and his main contributions to NAACCR today are on the Virtual Pooled Registry Cancer Linkage System and as lead editor for the NAACCR Cancer in North America (CiNA) survival and prevalence volumes.

    CDRI’s involvement in this project was funded in whole with Federal funds from the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. HHSN261201800006I, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, under Cooperative Agreement NU58DP007160 to the Cancer Data Registry of Idaho, Idaho Hospital Association.

    The findings and conclusions in this presentation are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the National Cancer Institute or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

    Steve Scoppa, BS

    Senior Systems Analyst,

    Information Management Services

    Steve Scoppa, Senior Systems Analyst at Information Management Services focuses on the design and implementation of biomedical computer systems.  He has extensive experience and expertise in systems design and object-oriented programming, focusing mainly on desktop applications. Mr. Scoppa is a lead developer and designer of several systems, including the SEER*Stat, SEER*Prep, and HD*Calc software.  Mr Scoppa holds a BS in Computer Science from James Madison University.  He has been with IMS since 1990.

    Recinda Sherman, MPH, PhD, CTR

    Program Manager of Data Use and Research

    NAACCR

    Dr. Sherman Program Manager of Data Use & Research, NAACCR received her PhD from University of Miami Miller Medical School and her MPH from Oregon Health & Sciences University. Prior to her role at NAACCR, she worked at the Oregon and Florida registries. 

  • Mentorship Roundtable: Cohorts
    Recorded On: 12/10/2024

    Join us for a special roundtable discussion on the NAACCR Mentorship Program's newest offering: Mentorship Cohorts. These small, facilitator-led groups provide a unique, interactive space for growth, learning, and mutual support. Each cohort fosters an environment of active participation, allowing members to guide and inspire each other along their career paths.

    During this roundtable, we'll cover:

    • Objectives of Mentorship Cohorts
    • Proposed Cohort Structures
    • Guidelines for Participation
    • Small Group Discussion Opportunities

  • 2024 NAACCR Call for Data (CFD) Instructional Webinar
    Recorded On: 08/26/2024

    This instructional webinar will cover the NAACCR Call for Data process and will highlight critical changes for this year, including new data items and the required tumor-level de-duplication protocol.

    This webinar will be  available for review on the Call for Data Page.

     Call for Data Timeline 2024:

    • Aug 26th CFD Instructional Webinar
    • Sept 1st CFD Resources available on the NAACCR Call for Data Webpage: https://www.naaccr.org/call-for-data/
    • First week of Sept: Match*Pro ver 2.5 release
    • First week of Oct: NAACCR*Prep release (also File*Pro)
    • Nov 1st CFD Portal Opens
    • Dec 3rd NAACCR CFD Due

     If you have any questions, please reach out Recinda Sherman, Program Manager of Data Use and Research. 

    Recinda Sherman, MPH, PhD, CTR

    Program Manager of Data Use and Research

    NAACCR

    Dr. Sherman Program Manager of Data Use & Research, NAACCR received her PhD from University of Miami Miller Medical School and her MPH from Oregon Health & Sciences University. Prior to her role at NAACCR, she worked at the Oregon and Florida registries. 

    Will Howe, BS

    Senior Programmer/Analyst

    Information Management Services

    Mr. Howe is a Senior Programmer/Analyst at Information Management Services, Inc. (IMS) and the creator of Match*Pro.  He has over 10 years of experience in conducting record linkages and studying record linkage concepts/theory.

    Jim Hofferkamp

    Program Manager of Education and Training

    NAACCR

    Jim is the NAACCR Program Manager of Education and Training and NAACCR Edits Metafile Administrator

    Don Green. BS

    Senior Systems Analyst

    Information Management Services

    Mr. Green has over 30 years of experience with IMS, providing biomedical computing support to the National Cancer Institute. Currently, Mr. Green is the manager that oversees the development of the VPR-CLS web portal and the VPR linkage tool Match*Pro. Mr. Green also manages a group of computer programmers supporting NAACCR products including the CINA publication and CiNA*Explorer. Mr. Green is also the task leader for the NCI's Joinpoint software and has worked as a senior systems analyst for NCI's SEER*Stat, TNM and Collaborative staging.

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