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Announcing BCAN’s Participating in Research Webinar Series

Patient Research Advocates Dorothy (left) and John (right) pose with Dr. Rob Svatek (center) at the annual BCAN Think Tank meeting. Dorothy and John are active Patient Research Advocates and attended the 2019 Think Tank to provide real patient input into several sessions.

BCAN’s Participating in Research Series

During their 15th Anniversary Year, BCAN is hosting a special webinar series “Participating in Research”. In this series, learn more about how you, as a patient, can get involved in research, with everything from providing feedback on grants to participating in a research team for clinical trial design. Register for all three, even if you can’t attend, and receive the unedited recordings

About the Speakers

  • Patty Spears is a scientific research manager and patient research advocate for the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Lineberger Cancer Institute.
  • Bob Lipman is a bladder cancer survivor and active patient research advocate with BCAN. He has participated in several different roles from grant review to clinical trial design.
  • Tim Turnham is part of Voz Advisors and actively works with companies to advocate for patients.
  • Nancy Lindsey is a bladder cancer survivor and active Patient Research Advocate.
  • Karen Sachse is both a bladder cancer survivor and a former bladder cancer caregiver. She is active as a Patient Research Advocate and sharing her story.
  • Donna Kimbark is the Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Manager for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP). She oversees the program that funds research for cancers that don’t have a line item in the CDMRP.
  • Ralph Ullman is a bladder cancer survivor and an active Patient Research Advocate.
  • Bill Russell is a bladder cancer survivor and an active Patient Research Advocate.

This webinar series is in addition to BCAN’s Patient Insight Webinars through grant funding from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Institute.

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