The purpose of the meeting, the second of four regional meetings, was to examine barriers to progress in translating cancer research into reductions in suffering and death due to cancer. The President’s Cancer Panel (PCP, the Panel) is seeking input to help develop its recommendations to the President of the United States, the U.S. Congress, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the broader community of researchers, policy makers, advocates, and others.
President’s Cancer Panel (PCP)
LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S., Chair
Margaret Kripke, Ph.D.
Lance Armstrong
National Cancer Institute ( NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Maureen O. Wilson, Ph.D., Assistant Director, NCI, and Executive Secretary, PCP
Sarah Birckhead, M.S.W., Special Assistant, Office of the Director, NCI
Heather Kapp, M.S.W., M.P.H., Communications Fellow, PCP
Karen Parker, M.S.W., Special Assistant, PCP
David Pugach, J.D., Legislative Analyst, NCI
Abby Sandler, Ph.D., IRO, NCI
Lucile Adams-Campbell, Ph.D., Director and Professor of Medicine, Howard University Cancer Center Bill Bro, CEO, Kidney Cancer Association
Michael A. Caligiuri, M.D., Professor and Director, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center–Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute
Mark Clanton, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Director, Cancer Care and Delivery Systems, National Cancer Institute
Robert L. Comis, M.D., President and Chairman, Coalition of National Cancer Cooperative Groups/Group Chair, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
Stanton Gerson, M.D., Director, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and Ireland Cancer Center of University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University
Gary Gordon, M.D., Ph.D., Divisional Vice President, Global Oncology Development, Abbott Laboratories
Scott Gottlieb, M.D., Senior Advisor to the Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Michael R. Grever, M.D., Associate Dean for Medical Services, Professor and Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Medical Center
Catherine D. Harvey, R.N., Dr.P.H., AOCN, Chair, Board of Directors, National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
Ronald B. Herberman, M.D., Director, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Clifton Leaf, Executive Editor, FORTUNE Magazine
Homer L. Pearce, Ph.D., Distinguished Research Fellow, Eli Lilly and Company
Stephen M. Prescott, M.D., Executive Director, Huntsman Cancer Institute
Eddie Reed, M.D., Director, Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center
Paul L. Schaefer, M.D., Principal Investigator, Toledo Community Oncology Program
Harold C. Sox, Jr., M.D., Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine
K. “Vish” Viswanath, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medical Oncology, Center for Community-Based Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Steven N. Wolff, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Meharry Medical College
Lisa J. Zimmerman, M.S., Director, Quality Assurance and Regulatory Compliance, Duke Clinical Research Institute