The educational aims of Georgia CORE are many including:

Increasing the skills and competencies of the cancer research workforce; Raising public awareness about the opportunities and benefits of clinical trials; Incorporating the perspectives of patients and survivors into clinical cancer research; Advocating for clinical trials financing, regulatory improvement and resource development; Promoting access to and enrollment in clinical trials; Stimulating dialogue and collaboration among multi-disciplinary cancer researchers.

In 2006 Georgia CORE offered the following educational programs:

Principal Investigator’s Training program co-hosted with GASCO and sponsored by Pfizer, Inc.;

Coordinated the first statewide meeting of cancer clinical trials research personnel. This meeting included development of statewide priorities for future education.

Board and staff made presentations to numerous professional meetings including:

The Winship Cancer Institute’s Future Directions in Hematology/Oncology Conference (F. Schnell)

The Georgia Chapter of the American College of Physicians (N. Paris, S. Peiper, J. Simone)

The Georgia Academy of Family Physicians (V. Assikis, R. Bordoni, N. Paris)

Cancer Summit 2006 for Pastors, Clergy & Religious Leaders (D. Hicklin)

GASCO Administrators Meeting (C. Jagielski)

Wellstar Annual Cancer Symposium (N. Paris)

Southern Association of Radiation Therapy Oncologists (N. Paris)

Georgia Cancer Coalition Summit (N. Paris)

Georgia Cancer Coalition Regional Programs of Excellence (N. Paris)