Caregivers, Friends, & Family! In honor of you AMAZING caregivers out there, who tirelessly devote your time to care for another, we want to be sure you are taking care of YOU as well.
Caretaking is hard work. Often the duties involved prevent us from fully being able to take care of ourselves in the process. Hear from others who completely understand you and share your story.
ASK QUESTIONS!
We will have multiple speakers at our event, so you'll be able to ask whatever you would like, without fear of the subject matter. Get the answers you've been looking for but were afraid to ask.
2026 KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Jennifer Nosker
Clinical Neuropsychologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Instructor in Neurology at Harvard Medical School
“When Cognition Changes: Practical Tools and Strategies for Supporting Your Loved One”
In her presentation, Dr. Nosker will provide education to caregivers about the different types of cognitive changes that can occur in brain tumor patients, while simultaneously giving practical tools to help navigate these challenges. By teaching caregivers how cognition can be impacted and tools to navigate these challenges (i.e., memory compensatory strategies, etc.), it can help to normalize such difficulties, while also supporting daily functioning and quality of life.
Dr. Nosker is a clinical neuropsychologist and scientist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Instructor in Neurology at Harvard Medical School. She runs two clinics at the Center for Brain Mind Medicine, with her primary focus on patients diagnosed with primary and secondary brain tumors. Her work entails comprehensive neurocognitive assessment (memory, attention/executive functioning, language, visuospatial abilities) to identify areas of weakness and strength for rehabilitation purposes. She works as part of a multidisciplinary team with providers and physicians at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute to provide assessment and treatment of neuropsychology patients.
To address persistent gaps in survivorship care, she developed and implemented a virtual, group-based Goal Management Training (GMT) program tailored specifically for adult brain tumor survivors experiencing executive dysfunction and other cognitive weaknesses. The inaugural 9-week cohort of patients was in September 2025, and the program is now being offered multiple times annually, expanding access to structured cognitive rehabilitation services for survivors who otherwise have limited options for evidence-based cognitive interventions and longitudinal neuro-oncology survivorship care.
Her research focuses on leveraging digital cognitive assessment platforms to expand access to neuropsychological evaluation and to improve measurement precision in neuro-oncology. In conjunction with Dr. Lakshmi Nayak, they are studying the validity of digital, self-administered, cognitive assessment platforms and whether they are sensitive to detecting cognitive changes in patients diagnosed with low grade glioma or primary nervous system lymphoma.
Learn more about Dr. Nosker's presentation.
2026 SPEAKER
Malori Wooten
Former Caregiver for her husband, Dustin, through his battle with GBM
“Self-Care for Caregivers"
Malori Wooten is a Coordinator of Grants, Federal Programs, and Special Projects for a public school district outside of the Dallas, Texas area and a recovering elementary school principal. She is a widow, mother of two daughters, and a woman of faith who served as sole caregiver for her husband, Dustin, through his battle with glioblastoma before his passing in May of 2026. She finds steadiness in the small, ordinary rhythms of daily life with her daughters and their animals.
Malori is sharing lessons from her own caregiving journey, including how she has found moments of self-care even in the hardest seasons, in hopes that it offers something useful to other caregivers. She hopes her honesty gives other caregivers permission to define self-care on their own terms.
2026 SPEAKER
Sherry Gensemer
Optune Gio Patient
"My Patient Story & Tips/Tricks for Using the Optune Gio Device"
Bio coming soon
2026 SPEAKER
Eric Peltzer
Optune Gio Patient
"My Patient Story & Tips/Tricks for Using the Optune Gio Device"
Bio coming soon
View Individual Speaker Videos from Our Most Recent Caregiver's Event in November 2025
ENDBRAINCANCER INITIATIVE | CHRIS ELLIOTT FUND
Enhancing patient outcomes by expanding FDA-approved treatment modalities and fueling research in the pharma/bio/life sciences, device & diagnostic industries and by closing the existing GAP from initial diagnosis to IMMEDIATE AND EXPANDED ACCESS to specialists, researchers, advanced & innovative treatments, clinical trials and critical care with the ultimate goal of improving patient outcomes through updating and improving WHO & NCCN Guidelines and clinical practices related to Standard of Care for brain cancer patients.
