Honored to receive the @ASCO Young Investigator Award from the @ConquerCancerFd to investigate the role of contemporary mortgage/housing discrimination in driving poor cancer care and outcomes. Thanks to my mentors @cepollack @DrNogueiraL @DrRobinYabroff & @Hopkins_HemOnc.

At #ASCOQLTY25, Krista Chen (star med student @HopkinsMedicine) presented the latest from our team on oncology provider perspectives of legal barriers in cancer care. This is our 4th major study in our series on patient legal vulnerabilities, together, these projects are helping

I am honored to give the #ASCOQLTY25 Simone Award to @DrRobinYabroff today. Dr Yabroff has a profound impact as a researcher, policy advocate, & mentor. It's hard to find someone in health services research that hasn't been positively influenced by her intellect, wit, & warmth.🏆

John R Bassler, MS @ASCO #ASCOQLTY25: Neighborhood-level financial exclusion, reflected in mortgage denials, is a novel & consistent predictor of lower breast, CRC, and cervical cancer screening at all income levels.

Our team built a novel mortgage denial measure to study neighborhood-level financial exclusion. The finding: areas with higher home loan denial rates had lower cancer screening rates. Big congrats to DrPH candidate John Bassler for presenting our work at #ASCOQLTY25 and receiving

#ASCOAdvocacy enjoyed advocating for federal research funding with @RallyForNIH! Thank you @RonaldChenMD, @QasimHussainiMD, @thenasheffect, and @IshwariaMD for sharing your voices with lawmakers on why @NIH funding is a national priority.

⏰Discounted access to the 2025 @ASCO Quality Care Symposium is ending soon! Join us at #ASCOQLTY25 the premier meeting addressing quality, safety, & efficiency of cancer care delivery. 📆 Early Registration by: Wed, September 3 at 11:59 PM (ET)     👉 https://t.co/DBPIaAFgP0

Thank you ASCO member @QasimHussainiMD for speaking out on the importance of federal cancer research funding! #ASCOAdvocacy urges Congress to provide robust funding for @NIH @NCI in the FY26 budget. Take action with us:

Looking forward to leading this session tomorrow in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. I will discuss how broken systems erode public trust in healthcare, and share real patient stories where policy and legal systems shape outcomes as much as medicine itself.

Nearly 1 in 2 people with cancer face legal barriers in trying to access treatment, a number likely to increase in the coming years. Our new study, developed in close collaboration with @TriageCancer, whose navigation program made this work possible. @cancerrights

We’re grateful to @TriageCancer @cancerrights @CancerAttorney for making this analysis possible and to first author Krista Y. Chen, MPH, who led this work and will be on the residency interview circuit soon. 📄 Read the full open-access article here: https://t.co/44glxb8OfG Our

Our study lays a foundation for change: 🔍 Screening for legal barriers in oncology clinics 🤝 Integrating navigation services for patients and caregivers 🏛️ Policy reforms to reduce denials, protect employment and disability benefits, and ensure stable housing during treatment

Legal barriers may not just delay treatment, the accompanying administrative burden takes a toll on patients’ time, energy, and ability to heal as well. ⏳ Missed or disrupted care 💸 Loss of income and insurance coverage 📝 A heavy “paperwork penalty” with endless forms,

Most common primary legal barriers: 📌 Insurance navigation/appeals (28%) 📌 Financial assistance & housing (21%) 📌 Employment rights (19%) 📌 Disability insurance claims (19%) These are structural issues, not individual shortcomings. There were clear disparities by race,

We studied 5,810 calls made by patients, caregivers, and health professionals to a legal navigation program @TriageCancer (2021–2024) across all 50 U.S. states. Nearly half of patients faced two or more distinct legal barriers during their cancer journey

Cancer care doesn’t occur in isolation. It often collides with legal systems that complicate or block treatment. Patients face: 📄 Insurance denials and appeals 💼 Job loss or unsafe workplaces 📝 Delays in disability benefits 🏠 Housing insecurity ✍️ Estate planning and

⚖️🎗️ After years of building a research agenda at the intersection of law and oncology, our policy group is sharing a milestone today: the first nationwide analysis of legal barriers in cancer care in @JAMANetworkOpen. It builds on our team’s ongoing work to define, measure, and

Proud to announce🚨‼️ Dr Robin Yabroff, PhD, MBA is the winner of the 2025 Joseph Simone Quality Care Award given at #ASCOQLTY25. This award recognizes an extraordinary individual who has made multiple, significant, & enduring contributions to the quality & safety of cancer care.

Great work from @maryshenanigans with disappointing results: ~1000 recent medical debt lawsuits in St Louis, with low SES neighborhoods bearing the brunt of the legal action. @QasimHussainiMD & I had the opportunity to call out this predatory practice & call for change.

Food Insecurity, Housing Insecurity, and Transportation Barriers to Care Among #Cancer Survivors With Medical Financial Hardship. https://t.co/dswu8oYUD3 @ASCO @JCO_ASCO @JCOOP_ASCO #FinancialToxicity #SocialNeeds #CancerResearch @CharlesJiangMD @DrRobinYabroff

🧨 Slow news day? Here’s a PSA with purpose: ASCO Quality Care abstracts are due June 10. Got a trainee doing equity, policy, or QI work? Tell them to apply for a Merit Award (CV + LOR). It gives funding, visibility & momentum. Here’s how it helped me: 🔗 https://t.co/9ar0u98tmu