Dear SIOP Leaders,

Please take a few minutes to see the variety of activities offered last month as well as a few updates and opportunities.

Many thanks go to the 140+ SIOP leaders who worked in various Networks, WGs, Committees and Continents to offer the activities.

Highlights

Updates on the Wonderful Work and Initiatives across the Society

  1. The SIOP Women Leaders Network opened nominations for the 2025 Almanac of Women leaders (due Feb 3, 2025); see video here and more info and nominations here.
  2. The SIOP Scientific Committee opened the nominations process for 1 SC position (due Feb 11, 2025); experts in neuro-oncology, residing in Latin America or Oceania are strongly encouraged to apply.
  3. The SIOP Membership Committee registers 55% renewal rate in early January which is a great start for membership year 2025!
  4. The SIOP Survivorship Network held its first webinar on 1/15/25.
  5. The SIOP Supportive Care Network held a webinar on Vascular Access on 1/16/25 and is calling for volunteers for the development of a flipchart on vascular access devices.
  6. The SIOP Nutrition Network held a webinar on the “Role of Micronutrients in Children with Cancer” on 1/29/25.
  7. The SIOP Nursing Network held two webinars presenting work on Quality Improvement (1/23/25 and 1/30/25).
  8. The SIOP Psychosocial Wellbeing WG held a session on “Implementation of the Standards for the Psychosocial Care of Children with Cancer and Their Families” on 1/22/25.
  9. The SIOP Global Health Network held a quarterly meeting on 1/24/25 and offered DISPLEN webinar #2 on 1/31/25.
  10. The SIOP GHN Traditional and Complementary Medicine WG held a webinar on Integrative and Complementary Treatments in Supportive Care for Pediatric Oncology on 1/28/25.
  11. The SIOP GHN AYA WG launched a survey to collect vital data on the challenges, gaps, and existing practices in managing adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer patients.
  12. The SIOP Advocacy Committee developed an ICCD 2025 Toolkit Check out campaign graphics, posts, participation tips etc.
  13. SIOP and Onco-Daily are producing an Onco-Thon scheduled for 2/15/25. SIOP Asia is running elections for 4 Executive Board positions.
  14. SLAOP invites abstracts for its 2025 Congress here.
  15. SIOP Africa offered module 1 of its Education Series on 1/15/25.

Congratulations to:

  • Rawad Rihani, Carmen Uscatu, and Nisreen Amayiri on being elected SIOP WLPO Network SG Members.
  • Tatyana Khoremyan on being appointed Administrative Assistant to SIOP Asia

If you have offered any member activities in Jan 2025 and this summary does not capture it, please update the Secretariat so that we can highlight your work in the future! We look forward to your activities and member engagement offerings in Feb 2025! Feel free to reach out if you need any help with your activities.

Kind regards,

SIOP Secretariat