Breast Cancer Partnerships

Breast cancer survivors sitting together

Through multiple programs, we seek to enhance outcomes for breast cancer patients by helping to coordinate services that are tailored to this population and its unique needs.

Project Connect Online

Are you a woman with metastatic breast cancer? Are you interested in creating a personal website to communicate with friends and family about your experience. Take part in Project Connect, a study to test the usefulness of a program to help women create personal webpages to communicate with others during breast cancer.

Eligibility

You may be eligible to participate, if:

  • You have been diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer
  • You live in the Los Angeles or Orange County
  • You are willing and able to attend a three-hour workshop held at a location near you

How to Participate

For more information about Project Connect, please contact Vickie Williams, MPH, via email or (310) 794-5818

About Project Connect

Project Connect is conducted by Dr. Annette Stanton and Dr. Patricia Ganz, the UCLA Department of Psychology and UCLA Department of Psychiatry/Biobehavioral Sciences, and the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center's Center for Cancer Prevention and Control Research.

UCLA Research Study for Young Women Survivors of Breast Cancer

Are you a young survivor of breast cancer? Would you like to consider participating in a research study that focuses on wellness after breast cancer? UCLA is conducting a study to examine two group programs for young breast cancer survivors:

  • Mindfulness meditation classes
  • Survivorship education classes

We would like to compare these two group programs on meeting the common needs of young survivors. Classes will meet for six weeks and are held at UCLA. We will also ask you to come to UCLA for three in-person appointments throughout the duration of the study.

Eligibility

You may be eligible to participate, if:

  • You were diagnosed with breast cancer at age 50 or younger, and
  • Are within five years of your diagnosis

How to participate

If you are interested in participating or would like more information, please contact:

Los Angeles CA
University of California, Los Angeles
Barbara Kahn-Mills via email or at (310) 825-2520

Boston MA
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Please email [email protected] or call (617) 582-9706

Baltimore MD
John Hopkins University
Please email [email protected] or call (410) 614-1361

About this study

This is a collaboration between the University of California, Los Angeles ( UCLA), the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) and Johns Hopkins University (JHU). It is being conducted by:

Patricia A. Ganz, MD, UCLA' UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Julienne Bower, PhD, UCLA Psychology
Catherine Crespi, PhD, UCLA Biostatistics
Ann Partridge, MD, MPH, DFCI Medical Oncology
Hadine Joffe, MD, MSc., DFCI Psychiatry
Antonio Wolff, MD, JHU Medical Oncology
Katherine Smith, PhD, JHU Behavioral Science
Elissa Bantug, MHS, JHU Health Communication

The research is funded by the National Cancer Institute.

Additional resources

If you would like more information on additional resources for young women survivors of breast cancer, please visit the Young Breast Cancer Survivorship Program via their website or Facebook.

The Wisdom Study

We need your help! Join the Wisdom study and help end mammogram screening confusion. Partner with University of California medical researchers in a study designed to end the confusion about when to start and how often to have a mammogram.

  • Learn about your personal risk for breast cancer
  • Receive genomic results for free
  • Help us clarify mammogram guidelines for ourselves, our sisters, our daughters and future generations

About the study

  • It's simple. Participation can mostly be done from home, and there are no additional medical visits required.
  • It's safe. Your health is our top priority. Everyone in the study receives high quality care.
  • It's scientific. Team up with medical researchers to discover the best mammogram guidelines.

Eligibility

You may be eligible to participate, if:

  • You are a woman 40 to 74 years of age, and
  • You have not had breast cancer or DCIS

How to participate

Join the study by clicking on this link to go to the Wisdom Study website. If you are interested in participating and would like more information, you can contact the local UCLA Wisdom Study team at (310) 794-0981 or via email. 

About this study

This research is being conducted by:

Arash Naeim, MD, PhD, a professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology.

Neil Wenger, MD, MPH, a professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine and Medical Division of General Internal Medicine.