Hager Sharp Supports President's Cancer Panel Meeting on The Future of Cancer Research

This was the third of four meetings in the national series, “The Future of Cancer Research:  Accelerating Scientific Innovation.”  The year 2011 marks the 40th anniversary of the National Cancer Act and the creation of the NCP, and as such is an excellent time to take stock of the past 40 years of cancer research and to explore potential future enhancements to the Program.  The series addresses the implications of advances in biomedical science and outcomes of the technological revolution and how they have combined to provide opportunities for increasingly efficient methods of research. Discussions also focus on how these same advances have raised medical, ethical, and legal issues that must be addressed as we progress toward a new vision of cancer research.  WTTG-Fox 5 covered the forum, airing the story including interviews with Panel Chair Dr. LaSalle Leffall and Panel Member Dr. Margaret Kripke on both evening newscasts, the morning newscast, and the website. The fourth and final forum in this series will take place in Atlanta, Georgia on February 1, 2011.

Since 2000, Hager Sharp has provided communications and media relations support to the President’s Cancer Panel, a three-member advisory board appointed by the President of the United States with the mission to monitor and report on the development and execution of the NCP.  Following meetings with experts around the country, the Panel delivers an annual report of findings and recommendations to the President, as well as Congressional leaders and the directors of the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute. Throughout the year, the Panel also presents its report at conferences addressing cancer, public health issues, and public health policy. Hager Sharp was honored with the recent award of a new 5-year contract to continue providing communications support to the Panel.