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Clearing the Path: A Novel Approach to Overcoming Financial Barriers Through Enhanced Patient Support
No full textPre-Intake Navigationhttps://openworks.mdanderson.org/acif25/1010/thumbnail.jp
Melissa Hudson
No full textMelissa Hudson, M.D., is a member and director of the Cancer Survivorship Division in the Department of Oncology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. She joined the St. Jude faculty in 1989 and became director of the After Completion of Therapy (ACT) Clinic in 1993.
During her tenure as director, the ACT Clinic evaluation evolved to include a series of focused educational interventions aiming to increase survivor knowledge about cancer and its associated health risks and motivate the practice of health protective behaviors. The ACT Clinic has served as a paradigm of optimal risk-based survivor care, within a research setting, that provides a screening and prevention plan that integrates the cancer experience with health care needs. The ACT Clinic has also provided a forum for numerous research initiatives evaluating complications after childhood cancer and methods of health promotion. It now monitors more than 8,000 long-term childhood cancer survivors treated at St. Jude.
Dr. Hudson disseminated the St. Jude model of risk-based survivor care through her activities in the Children’s Oncology Group as co-Chair of the COG Long-Term Follow-Up Guidelines for Survivors of Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer (2002-2023), and co-chair of the International Late Effects of Childhood Cancer Guideline Harmonization Group (2010-present). She is the Principal Investigator of the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study and a member of the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study Executive Committee. Dr. Hudson has collaborated with CCSS and COG investigators in a variety of outcomes investigations and health promotion initiatives targeting childhood cancer survivors. She has published widely on late health outcomes of childhood, adolescent and young adult pediatric cancer survivors.
Dr. Hudson completed her fellowship in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. She earned her medical degree from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston and her undergraduate degree from Texas A & M University in College Station, Texas.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/kleinermanbios/1002/thumbnail.jp
Intro remarks
No full textIntroduction remarks by:
Ernest Hawk, MD, MPH
Vice President, Division Head Cancer Prevention and Population Science
Tin Can Garden, 2025
No full textArtist(s): Danielle Litosky
Materials: Aluminum, wire, ink
This piece is a butterfly and flower sculpture created from the following materials: soda cans, tin can, plant twigs, leftover jewelry wire; alcohol ink and glue was used for color and adhesivehttps://openworks.mdanderson.org/recycledart2025/1014/thumbnail.jp
Thinking, 2025, detail-view
No full textArtist(s): Afsaneh Morteza
Materials: Bottles, plastics, papers, metals, leaves, clothes, wire, glasshttps://openworks.mdanderson.org/recycledart2025/1027/thumbnail.jp
Childhood Memories, 2025
No full textArtist(s): Camila Xavier
Materials: Plastic, paper, foil
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This canvas set is designed using recycled materials typically left over after birthday parties—plastic cups and plates, napkins, foil, and pieces of used gift wrapping paper. The scene depicts a child\u27s playful day in Hermann Park.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/recycledart2025/1028/thumbnail.jp
Rock\u27n Research, 2025, tuning pegs
No full textArtist(s): Andrew Burkhardt
Materials: Found wood and spare guitar parts
This is a fender style guitar with all reclaimed/ recycled wood and parts. The top, neck, finger board and head are composed from wood I harvested from oak trees removed to support the construction of the new South Campus Research Building 5 (SCRB5). The building is currently under construction at the corner of Old Spanish Trail and Bertner Ave, thank you Vaughn Construction for helping me claim the wood. The back of the guitar is poplar wood from a discarded piano I found on the side of the road.
HUGE thank you goes out to South Paw Guitars (https://southpawguitars.com/) and Rockin’ Robin Guitars and Music (https://www.rockinrobinguitars.com/) and guitar luthier Clarence for their amazing support in providing all the hardware for this build. All parts are recycled from other guitars and are functional.
Though this should not be considered a new guitar is it very much playable and if someone likes to play they will enjoy this piece. It is also an awesome display piece to connect one to the amazing mission here at MD Anderson – Making Cancer History!https://openworks.mdanderson.org/recycledart2025/1112/thumbnail.jp
Radiating Peacock, 2025
No full textArtist(s): Amelia Fitzpatrick
Materials: Thermoplastic radiation immobilization mask, construction paper, plastic spoons, glass marbles, food picks, acrylic paint, tapehttps://openworks.mdanderson.org/recycledart2025/1093/thumbnail.jp
Our Royal Zoo The Earth, 2025, elephant
No full textArtist(s): Lauren Smith
Materials: Aluminum cans, cardboard, metal, fabric
The idea of Our Royal Zoo can be a powerful metaphor for the moral imperative to protect Earth\u27s ecosystems and their inhabitants. It underscores the interconnectedness of all living things and the need for responsible stewardship. This project was made from old Amazon boxes that I used to draw and make the cardboard animal cut outs. Each royal on this life-raft is uniquely adorned with leftover fabric from small bags that my tea leaves came in or the end roles of special occasion wrapping paper or gift bags that could not be used. The raft is made from recycled coke zero cans and old National Geographic covers since it is one of the only publications widely subscribed to that covers matters related to our ecosystem and broadens awareness. The flowers by which the raft is buoyed are made from crumbled tissue paper. The jewels that adorn both the elephant and sealion are from old recycled metal earrings that had broken and a unique ribbon that came with a gift of spices I\u27d received from a loved one who visited India.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/recycledart2025/1085/thumbnail.jp
Our Royal Zoo The Earth, 2025, detail
No full textArtist(s): Lauren Smith
Materials: Aluminum cans, cardboard, metal, fabric
The idea of Our Royal Zoo can be a powerful metaphor for the moral imperative to protect Earth\u27s ecosystems and their inhabitants. It underscores the interconnectedness of all living things and the need for responsible stewardship. This project was made from old Amazon boxes that I used to draw and make the cardboard animal cut outs. Each royal on this life-raft is uniquely adorned with leftover fabric from small bags that my tea leaves came in or the end roles of special occasion wrapping paper or gift bags that could not be used. The raft is made from recycled coke zero cans and old National Geographic covers since it is one of the only publications widely subscribed to that covers matters related to our ecosystem and broadens awareness. The flowers by which the raft is buoyed are made from crumbled tissue paper. The jewels that adorn both the elephant and sealion are from old recycled metal earrings that had broken and a unique ribbon that came with a gift of spices I\u27d received from a loved one who visited India.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/recycledart2025/1082/thumbnail.jp