President’s Message
Dear AOSW Members! As your new president, let me introduce myself. I am Dr. Linda Mathew. I have been an oncology social worker for 24 years. My full-time job is that of a manager at a large cancer center on the East Coast.
President's Message
President’s Message
“If you want to hear the Universe laugh, tell it your plans.” I heard a version of this saying a couple of years ago. I remember thinking how well and how simply it summed up life. As I move toward the end of my year as AOSW president and into the beginning of my third …
President’s Message
I am going to say somewhere around 100. That’s how many friendships I have made or nurtured through AOSW conferences. My first conference was not all that long ago, and I still remember the first AOSW member I met in person, the “new member welcome breakfast,” and the first session I attended. I don’t have …
President’s Message
By Michael Grignon, LMSW, CCM, MBA AOSW President Carlos Santana, the Rolling Stones and Nina Simone. I have many other therapists too, but this group of artists have created my three go-to songs for when I am feeling frustrated, overwhelmed, defeated and/ or a little burned out. Sometimes I use them quite liberally and frequently …
President’s Message
This is my final “President’s Message” and I’ll begin by noting that serving as president of AOSW is an extraordinary privilege and opportunity and one I’ve been grateful to have. It has at times, also been an unnerving responsibility, and deeply humbling experience. As I prepare for my last month and get ready to transition …
President’s Message
In full disclosure, when asked to write about gratitude for this newsletter my initial response was more reluctant than grateful. It had been a particularly challenging day with innumerable sad and stressful moments. I was not in the mood to write about let alone admit feeling gratitude and yet I knew that gratitude had played …
President’s Message
In this issue of Connections, you will read about financial toxicity and a myriad of ways in which it impacts the well-being of patients and their families. It is a subject near and dear to my heart, a frequent source of distress in my clinical work, and something I am grateful to see written about …
President’s Message
In preparation for this issue of the newsletter I sat down with Dr. Lailea Noel, current AOSW Director for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, to discuss our history, our current-day, and our future.
President’s Message: A Call to Community
As the AOSW Board of Directors met in early October to engage in a strategic planning process, we heard from one another about the ways that AOSW has shaped our paths and provided a professional home to us. We heard about transformational experiences at the AOSW conference, friendships and networks that have sustained us over …
Making Space for Partnerships: Direct Practice, Research and Advocacy
The Association of Oncology Social Work (AOSW) recently convened for our first in-person conference since 2019. This thrilling event took place June 15-17 in Raleigh, North Carolina, just days after the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) held its in-person return in Chicago. In Raleigh, there were many happy reunions, many new faces, and time …
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