Webinar: From Hidden Strength to Strategic Advantage: How Fox Chase Cancer Center Transformed Research Visibility by Elsevier

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From Hidden Strength to Strategic Advantage: How Fox Chase Cancer Center Transformed Research Visibility

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Hospital-based research centers face a quiet crisis: their groundbreaking work often goes unseen—buried under outdated systems, inconsistent researcher profiles, and limited visibility into real impact. At Fox Chase Cancer Center, this wasn’t just an operational issue—it risked funding, recruitment, and reputation.

In this webinar, hear how Fox Chase flipped the script by adopting a research information management system as a strategic asset. You’ll learn how they:

Reduced the burden of research reporting from hours to minutes

Built accurate, engaging researcher profiles that drive collaboration, attract postdocs, and engage patients and referring physicians

Aligned research outputs with institutional goals and facility usage for high-stakes evaluations

If your institution struggles to clearly showcase its research community—especially the depth and breadth of clinical and scientific expertise—this session will challenge your assumptions and reveal how a better approach to research management can deliver outsized impact.

When

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 · 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (US & Canada) (GMT -4:00)

Presenters

Beth Lewis

Director of Library and Media Services, Institutional Archivist

Beth Lewis has served as library director for the last 15 years and directs all aspects of library services at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. Fox Chase is one of the first NCI-designated cancer centers in the United States; meaning that research and evidence -based patient care are main priorities. To this end, Talbot Research Library serves clinicians and researchers engaged in basic science, clinical science, epidemiology, and behavioral science. Talbot Research Library is also entrusted with compiling and archiving all of the publications that Fox Chase personnel have authored. One of Beth’s favorite aspects of her position is sharing Fox Chase’s rich and long history with colleagues and scholars who are interested in medical history. Beth earned her MLS degree from University of North Carolina in Greensboro and her AB from Davidson College, also in North Carolina.

David Scherer

Solutions Engineer, Pure – North America, Elsevier

David Scherer is a Solutions Engineer for Pure in North America at Elsevier, where he partners with institutions to implement research information management systems that support strategic decision-making and institutional goals.

Prior to joining Elsevier, David served as the Scholarly Communications and Research Curation Consultant at Carnegie Mellon University Libraries. With a strong background as an academic librarian, David brings deep expertise in scholarly communications, research information management, scholarly impact, open access, and copyright.

David’s experience spans digital content development, data governance, strategic planning, grant review, and user-centered outreach and training. He has a proven track record of fostering collaboration across researchers, administrators, and institutional leadership to deliver enterprise-level solutions that address complex, institution-wide research challenges.

His mission is to help institutions unlock the full potential of their research ecosystems through integrated, sustainable, and forward-thinking

Bushra Patni, Moderator

Customer Success Consultant, Research Intelligence - Pure, Elsevier

She works closely with Pure customers to expand on use cases and ensure that they get the most value out of Pure. Prior to joining Elsevier, she worked at JPMorgan Chase & Co. as a Quality Assurance Engineer in Mumbai, India. Her educational background comprises of a Master’s Degree in Management Information Systems and a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering.

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