Kerri Susko, LISW-CP, OSW-C, MBCT Certified, was recruited to move to Prisma Health in Greenville, SC, when she joined the start-up team for the Center for Integrative Oncology and Survivorship. She provides individual psychotherapy to patients and family members. [...]
Author: Elridge D. Proctor, MPA, Senior Director, Government Affairs, GO2 for Lung Cancer Following my graduation from Bethune Cookman College (now Bethune University), a private historical black college founded by educator, humanitarian and civil [...]
Last week, Congress passed the FY22 Omnibus and on Tuesday, President Joe Biden signed into law the Omnibus spending package that includes an additional $20 million in new funding for the Lung Cancer Research Program. This brings total funding [...]
Advocacy is any action that supports, defends or pleads on behalf of a cause or others. It’s a simple word but a powerful concept—knowing that your voice can drive change and save lives. Yet asking people to engage in [...]
Elizabeth and Sven de Jong discuss coming together with other advocates with a common purpose. After Elizabeth de Jong was diagnosed with stage IV ALK+ non-small cell lung cancer in September 2016, she and [...]
Tell Congress It's Personal Registration is now open for the 2022 Virtual Lung Cancer Voices Summit, May 16-17. Don’t miss this opportunity to raise your voice to increase lung cancer research funding! Join advocates from [...]
If there is one thing we learned last year, it is that we are stronger together. Despite the ongoing pandemic in 2021, we rallied our community to help transform survivorship. We persevered and expanded vital services to meet the [...]
What an impact our community can make! On March 23-25, 2021, we brought together survivors, patients, caregivers, family & friends, healthcare professionals to listen, learn, share, and tell their members of Congress about the needs of the lung [...]
At the 2021 Lung Cancer Voices Summit, advocates across the lung cancer community will come together to learn, network, and raise awareness about lung cancer and the need to focus funding for research and new treatment options. This year’s [...]
Highlights Include a Special Lung Cancer Living Room on COVID-19 and 2 Networking Happy Hours Join us, March 23-24, for the Lung Cancer Voices Summit. There’s still time to register and participate in the educational and networking sessions [...]