American Association for Cancer Research

Cancer Advocate Poster Session

Poster Section 22, Exhibit Hall ABC, Walter E. Washington Convention Center

Sunday, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

 

The cancer advocate presenters are participants in the AACR Scientist<->Survivor Program. The participating advocates' posters will share their organization's initiatives, missions and programs with attendees of the Annual Meeting.

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Board 2: ADV02 Black Voices on Health: Exploring Possibilities for Community-based Research on Cancer and Co-morbidities among Rural California Central Coast African Americans. Carmelita Austin-Schreher. African American Community Health Group of the Central Coast, Santa Cruz, CA

Board 3: ADVO3 My Breast Cancer Yellow Brick Road. Susan Axler. Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Philadelphia, PA

Board 4: ADV04 Wisconsin Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program. Mary Pat Berry. Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Middleton, WI

Board 5: ADV05 From Golf Course to Education, Outreach and Support for Prostate Cancer. Egbert Brown. Central Ohio Men against Prostate Cancer, Dublin, OH

Board 6: ADV06 The Power of Social Media in Patient Advocacy. AnneMarie Ciccarella. Independent Advocate, Glen Head, NY

Board 7: ADV07 Cancer Simplified: A Web-based Learning System for Newly-diagnosed Patients. Duncan Darrow. Independent Advocate, Sag Harbor, NY

Board 8: ADV08 Bridging the Gaps in Service. Mary Kay Dauria. Susan's Rally, Houston, TX

Board 9: ADV09 Bladder Cancer Basics. Vanessa Hoffman. Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN), Bethesda, MD

Board 10: ADV10 Fredricka Hunter. Independent Advocate, Missoula, MT

Board 11: ADV11 Cancer Communication to Minority Populations/ MOCHA Prostate Cancer Symposium. Sanford Jeames. Univ. of Massachusetts, Westfield, MA

Board 12: ADV12 Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center's Oncology Program. Bonita Jones. Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Chandler, AZ

Board 13: ADV13 Kure It Cancer Research. Karen Jones. Kure It Cancer Research, Newport Beach, CA

Board 14: ADV14 One Advocate's Journey: I went from Fighting for My Life to Now Fighting for Others. Kristin Keesen. Fight Colorectal Cancer, Centennial, CO

Board 15: ADV15 Survivors Teaching Students: Saving Women's Lives Program. Susan L. Leighton. Ovarian Cancer National Alliance, Huntsville, AL

Board 16: ADV16 Working Together to Advance Research, Support Patients and Create Hope. Scott Nelson. Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PANCAN), Woodbury, MN

Board 17: ADV17 A Journey from Diagnosis to Survivor to Advocate. Meredith Parks. Independent Advocate, Ellicott City, MD

Board 18: ADV18 American Indian Screening Initiatives: Gaining Trust-Reducing Disparities. Kim Powell. Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Missoula, MT

Board 19: ADV19 A Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Spore-wide Approach to Advocacy. Mark Rieder. Independent Advocate, Rochester, NY

Board 20: ADV20 For Constructing an Open Society to Cancer Recognition. Naomi Sakurai. Hope Project, NPO. Japan

Board 21: ADV21 Improving Quality of Life for Cancer Patients and Survivors. Amy Schutz-Geschwender. Independent Advocate, Lincoln, NE

Board 22: ADV22 Susan G. Komen Story Map. Rebecca Seago-Coyle. Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Rochester, WA

Board 23: ADV23 Bridging the Gap: An Advocate's Breast Cancer Journey. Desiree Walker. Independent Advocate, New York, NY

Poster 24: ADV24 Clinical Trials May be the Safer Option with Personalized Medicine. Jack Whelan. Jack-Whelen.com, Andover, MA

Board 25: ADV25 Relentless in the Fight Against Blood Cancer: The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Lauren Wilkerson. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Greater San Francisco Bay Chapter, San Francisco, CA