Welcome to RATS!
Fight Colorectal Cancer Research Advocates Group
We are delighted to welcome all of our new members to RATS (Research Advocacy Training and Support) and of course we immediately put them to work! Some of them are experienced advocates, some are newbies, some have a science background and some don’t. What we all have in common is a desire to impact research on behalf of patients.
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We accepted more people than anticipated and will focus most of the interaction via online work, with some face to face trainings. We are going to work on a private group on Facebook, which as our Board President Nancy Roach exclaimed: “this blows my mind (I’m 56) but actually works very well … much to my astonishment!” The power of social media connects us all!
Along with Facebook we also plan to use the Citrix “Go To Meeting” for interactive webinar trainings.
Our RATS Team is made up of the following inspirational fighters:
- Elizabeth “Beth” Nolan
- Julie Somora
- Suzan Mayberry
- Daphne J. Carr
- Florence Kurttila
- Elaine Newcomb
- Andrea Kramer
- Stephanie McBride
- Elizabeth Anne Dennis
- Wanda Addy
- Cindy Robinson
- Bonnie Ward
- Christopher Adams
- Doug Sharp
- Kristin Keesen
- Pam McAllister
- Mary Miller
- Gordon Cole
- Arijit Guha
The group is excited, and getting buzz from all over – including Gibbs Cancer Center and Center for Colon Cancer Research at USC:
Subject: Wanda Addy Selected by Fight Colorectal Cancer to Serve as a Research Advocate on the National Level
Mary Lou Stinson: Center for Colon Cancer Research at USC
Hello CRC Champions!!
I wanted to share the great news with you that Wanda Addy has been selected by the National Advocacy Organization, Fight Colorectal Cancer, to serve as a National Research Advocate!! We are proud that Wanda will be serving on the National Level to advocate for increased funding for CRC Research and to advocate for health care across the board!!!
For the past six years, Wanda has supported the CCCR activities and has always travelled across the state many times to support our outreach activities!! Now she will take her work to Capitol Hill to continue her great work!
CONGRATULATIONS WANDA!!! Thank you for your continued support and advocacy on behalf of our statewide collaborative partnership!!!
Marylou
Marylou Stinson
Gibbs Cancer Center and Center for Colon Cancer Research at USC
