Next Week: AACR to Host a Virtual Congressional Briefing to Unveil Latest Progress Report on Cancer Health Disparities
Event will feature policymakers, researchers, and patients, including music industry executive Mathew Knowles
WHAT:
Next week, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will host a virtual congressional briefing to unveil the AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2022.
This publication raises awareness of the enormous toll that cancer exacts on racial and ethnic minorities and other underserved populations, while highlighting areas of recent progress in reducing cancer health disparities. The report also provides specific recommendations for achieving health equity, a basic human right for all people, regardless of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic status, or community in which they live. It is the second AACR report on this topic.
WHEN:
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
1 p.m. ET
HOW:
This briefing will be presented virtually via Zoom. To register, please fill out this form.
WHO:
The briefing will include remarks from members of Congress and AACR leadership, as well as a panel discussion featuring cancer disparities experts and cancer survivors.
- U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virginia)
- U.S. Representative Brenda Lawrence (D-Michigan)
Speakers from the AACR include:
- Lisa M. Coussens, PhD, FAACR, AACR President; Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Knight Cancer Institute, OHSU School of Medicine
- Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc),AACR Chief Executive Officer
Additional speakers and panelists include:
- Lisa A. Newman, MD, MPH, FACS, FASCO, Chair, AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2022 Steering Committee; Member, AACR Board of Directors; NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine
- Steven R. Patierno, PhD, Co-Chair, AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2022 Steering Committee; Duke University Cancer Center
- Mariana C. Stern, PhD, Co-Chair, AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2022 Steering Committee; University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Mathew Knowles, MBA, PhD, patient featured in the AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2022
- Sandra Morales, patient featured in the AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2022
- Marlena Murphy, patient featured in the AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2022
The briefing will conclude with a Q&A session.