Patient Advocate Committee
The Alliance Patient Advocate Committee has three specific aims: 1) to promote patient advocate participation as full members of Alliance disease and modality/discipline committees; 2) to communicate individually with constituent patient populations to maintain currency of input and validity of voice for the collective patient experience; and 3) to allow Alliance patient advocates to remain current on the science of cancer research.
Committee Members
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Patricia Spears, Chair
Raleigh, NC
Committees:
Breast, Ethics & Prevention -
Mike Abrams
Warwick, RI
Committee:
Lymphoma -
Dena Battle
Alexandria, VA
Committee:
Genitourinary (GU)
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Vernal H. Branch
Mooresville, NC
Committee:
Genitourinary (GU)
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Deborah Collyar
San Francisco, CA
Committees:
Ethics, Experimental
Therapeutics & Publications
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Ivis Febus-Sampayo
New York, NY
Committees:
Breast & Health Disparities
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Sandy Finestone
Committee:
Health Outcomes
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Carmen Gillis
Hudson, WI
Committee:
Neuro-Oncology
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Julie Krause
Committee:
Gastrointestinal
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Bunny Leach
Committee:
AYA Liaison
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Paul Leech
Committee:
Leukemia
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Barbara LeStage
Committee:
Cancer in the Older Adult
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Eva May
Cary, NC
Program:
Translational Research -
Pamela Moffitt
Galva, IA
Committee:
Respiratory
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James Omel, MD
Grand Island, NE
Committees:
Leukemia, Myeloma & Transplant
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Jane Perlmutter, PhD, MBA
Ann Arbor, MI
Committees:
Breast, Health Outcomes, Leukemia & Symptom Intervention
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Phyllis J. Pettit Nassi
Salt Lake City, UT
Committee:
Health Disparities
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Yasmeen Watson
San Francisco, CA
Committee:
Gastrointestinal (GI)
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Sara Whitlock, RN, MSN
Dayton, OH
Committee:
Respiratory