CTN Subcommittee

Purpose

This subcommittee is a nurse advisory/working subcommittee to help facilitate the goals of the PSC. Examples of activities the subcommittee work on:

  • Reviews selective active protocols for clinically relevant nursing matters. 

  • Identify patient care issues that impact protocols. 

  • Identify nursing issues (symptom management and therapy administration) that impact patient compliance on protocols.

    Provide ongoing clinical oversight. 

  • Provide mentorship to members. 

  • Opportunity to serve as a NRG Oncology disease site or committee PSC liaison. 

  • Assist in identifying educational opportunities for meetings or newsletter articles by collaborating with Education & Training Subcommittee and Quality Control & Communication Subcommittee. 

  • Members will be expected to lead/co-lead educational and/or discussion/breakout sessions at NRG Oncology meetings as requested. 

  • Assist in the development of educational tools for NRG Oncology/CLASS.

 

CTN Subcommittee Leadership

Chair

Erin McCaig, RN, BSN

Vice Chair

Alison Ivey, RN, MS, OCN, CCRP

Vice Chair

Pamela Mason, RN, BSN, CCRP
Core Committee Members
  • Rebecca Baca, MBA, BSN, RN
  • Kimberly Caron, RN, BSN, CCRC
  • Cynthia Dwight, RN, ND, CCRC
  • Noriko Fujiwara, RN, PhD, CCRP
  • Michele Harmon, RN, BSN
  • Haley Kelly, RN, BSN
  • Stacey Lewis, RN, BSN, OCN
  • Jackie Ludwig, RN, BSN, CCRP
  • Cortney Montgomery, BSN, RN, CCRP, CBCN
  • Victoria Lynn Provido, DNP, MSN, RN, CCRC
  • Jessica Schnase, RN, MSN, CCRP
  • Nancy Fusco, RN, BSN- PSC Core
  • Cynthia Licavoli, RN, BSN, MHA- PSC Core
  • Mary Pat Matisko, RN, BSN- NRG Oncology Support Staff
Resources

For more information about the activities of the Protocol Support Committee, visit the Clinical Trial Resources section or contact NRG-PSC@nrgoncology.org


NRG Oncology Meeting Resources

For NRG 2025 Summer Meeting Resources, click here (login required).

For NRG 2025 Winter Meeting resources, please click here (login required).
For PSC presentations from past NRG Oncology Meetings, click here (login required).


“PSC Discuss With US” monthly series
Information about the PSC’s Discuss With Us series can be found here.

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PSC Columns in the NRG Newsletters


Listing of PSC Columns in the NRG Newsletter
Look for the PSC Column in the NRG Newsletter each month! We include several articles regarding topics of interest or current PSC updates.

Mentorship Program 

Information about the PSC Mentorship program can be found by visiting the Clinical Trials – Introductory Materials section.

For more information about the Protocol Support Committee Mentorship program contact PSCMentorship@nrgoncology.org.

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