Submitted by: Nancy Claron, Marketing Director & Marketing-Based Events, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s® (LLS) Office of Public Policy (OPP) is the voice for all blood cancer patients, driving legislative polices to accelerate the development and approval of new treatments to ensure access to quality care. OPP works with volunteer advocates across the United States to rally grassroots efforts to promote issues that impact cancer research and to ensure patients have access to quality affordable health care.
The Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter along with the Office of Public Policy will be hosting an educational program about the role that grassroots advocates play in finding a cure for blood cancers on Tuesday, May 21 at the Wistar Institute (3601 Spruce Street) in Philadelphia from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s® 2013 Advocacy Training Program will feature federal and state legislators, research scientists, and LLS’s Office of Public Policy staff. The program includes the following renowned speakers:
- Russell E. Kaufman, M.D., Director and CEO – Wistar Institute
- Alison Loren, M.D., MS, Assistant Professor of Medicine – Abramson Cancer Center, Penn Medicine
- Mark Velleca, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Policy and Advocacy Officer – The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society®
- Maida R. Milone, Executive Director – The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society®, Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society® is getting closer to a world without cancer by accelerating cures, saving lives, improving the quality of life, and ensuring access to treatment.
For more information or to register for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s® 2013 Advocacy Training Program, please contact Ilana Benyosef, LSW, Patient Services Manager, at (610) 238-0360, ext. 6781 or Ilana.Benyosef@lls.org. RSVP deadline is Wednesday, May 15th. For more information about The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society®, please visit www.lls.org/epa.
