The Importance of Patient-Powered Osteosarcoma Research: Count Me In 

Dr. Katie Janeway, a pediatric hematologist-oncologist of Dana Farber/Boston's Children Hospital, and Benjamin Zola, a Project Manager at Count Me In (CMI), will be joining to share more insight into Count Me In's patient- powered Osteosarcoma research project, and the potential outcomes for discoveries that can have a direct impact on the future osteosarcoma.  Count Me In (CMI) is a nonprofit research initiative on a mission to make every patient's experience count in the effort to understand and overcome cancer. Founded in 2018 by Emerson Collective,  Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Count Me In engages patients and enables them to accelerate cancer research by sharing their samples, clinical information, and voices. From their contributions, Count Me In analyzes and shares de-identified data freely to catalyze discoveries across cancer. Data generated by Count Me In is shared regularly via scientific platforms so that it can be harnessed by researchers everywhere to make impactful discoveries. All individuals living with cancer, including those from marginalized communities who have historically been excluded from research, no matter where they live, can contribute to breakthroughs and increase the pace of biomedical research. -- Dr. Katie Janeway received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 2000. She subsequently completed her residency in Pediatrics at Children's Hospital, Boston. She was a Chief Resident at Children's Hospital, Boston, and then completed her fellowship in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Children's Hospital, Boston. In 2007, Dr. Janeway joined the staff of Dana-Farber and Children's Hospital, Boston, where she is a pediatric hematologist-oncologist and investigator with a research focus of pediatric sarcomas. Ben Zola (he/him) is a Project Manager with Count Me In, a nonprofit research initiative that enables patients to accelerate cancer research by sharing their samples, their clinical information, and their voices. Ben has been with the team for over 2 years, and specifically manages Count Me In's projects in Osteosarcoma (osproject.org) and Leiomyosarcoma (lmsproject.org). Ben has a Bachelors Degree from Rutgers University in Biomedical Engineering, with a minor in Psychology. In his free time, Ben is a fitness instructor and also enjoys being outside and taking pictures of nature. ---- What We Do at MIB Agents: PROGRAMS: End-of-Life MISSIONS Gamer Agents Agent Writers Prayer Agents Healing Hearts - Bereaved Parent and Sibling Support Ambassador Agents - Peer Support Warrior Mail Young Adult Survivorship Support Group EDUCATION for physicians, researchers and families: OsteoBites, weekly webinar & podcast with thought leaders and innovators in Osteosarcoma MIB Book: Osteosarcoma: From our Families to Yours RESEARCH: Annual MIB FACTOR Research Conference Funding multiple $100,000 and $50,000 grants annually for OS research MIB Testing & Research Directory The Osteosarcoma Project partner with Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard ... Kids are still dying with 40+ year old treatments. Help us MakeItBetter. https://www.mibagents.org​ Help support MIB Agents, Donate here https://give-usa.keela.co/embed/YAipuSaWxHPJP7RCJ SUBSCRIBE for all the Osteosarcoma Intel