Chris White is a passionate advocate for cell therapies. He spends his time collaborating with patient advocacy groups, philanthropy organizations, and industry stakeholders focused on melanoma and cell therapy.
A few weeks ago, a news story about a new drug caught my attention. The drug was described as the first potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease in some 20 years. To be clear, I don’t have a medical background, no direct experience with people suffering from Alzheimer’s, and typically wouldn’t really notice such a story.…
Jim Omel is a myeloma patient and a cancer research advocate. He spoke at the 2017 Friends of Cancer Research Annual Meeting and was an author of the panel 2 whitepaper, Data Generation to Support Cross-Labeling of Indications for Combination Products. Below are his abridged remarks from the meeting. To view his remarks in full,…
With summer now behind us, we thought it would be a good time to reflect on one of the special experiences our science policy analyst, Diana Merino, had over the summer… This summer, for the second year in a row, I got to spend a week volunteering at Camp Fantastic, a camp that provides an…
I was 18 when my life was turned upside down by cancer. My mother was diagnosed with a highly aggressive malignancy after a colonoscopy due to a flair-up of Crohn’s disease. She spent the next two months in the hospital after the surgery to remove the malignancy left her near death with adhesions, requiring a…
Friends of Cancer Research Vice President – Public Affairs, Ryan Hohman, shares why he is passionate about the Friends mission of bringing life-saving treatments to patients in the fastest and safest way possible in the latest installment of “My Story.” From a young age, Ryan has been witness to how cancer impacts families and saw what he…
In November 2014, assistant professor, Jenna Kieckhaefer, was diagnosed with breast cancer. She was only 28 years old at the time. The concept of having breast cancer first came to Jenna’s attention when she was working on her PhD. She went for an annual visit and was informed she had lumpy breasts. While the doctor…
In the second installment of the “My Story” series, Friends President & CEO, Jeff Allen, PhD, recounts his personal experience with cancer from a young age when his grandfather was sick with the disease and why he is motivated for working in this field. With a background in cancer research focused upon molecular changes associated with cancer…
A father. A husband. A multiple myeloma patient. David Mitchell refuses to let his cancer diagnosis define him. Watch below as he discusses his journey as a patient, why he feels lucky every day, and how the work we do at Friends is critical for patients like himself.
Welcome to “My Story,” a new series showing the human side of cancer. Throughout the series we will speak with people that have had cancer infiltrate their lives and explore its everlasting impact. Everyone in the series has been impacted by cancer in some way. We’ll show how it has inspired, and in some cases…
