Home Run for Less Cancer
UPDATES from Capitol Hill Washington, DC
United States Congressional Cancer Prevention Caucus
Representative Barbara Comstock
Jann T. Balmer PhD, RN FACME
Less Cancer Chairman Tom Sherman MD
Celebrating Less Cancer, National Cancer Prevention Day & Congressional Caucus Cancer Prevention
Ambassador Bill Eacho, United States Senator Maggie Hassan, Less Cancer Chairman Tom Sherman MD
Comstock and Dingell Kick Off Bipartisan Cancer Prevention Caucus for 115th Congress
February 4, 2017 National Cancer Prevention Day Resolution
Expressing support for designation of February 4, 2017, as National Cancer Prevention Day.
Whereas National Cancer Prevention Day is a day to remind us that when looking at cancer we need to look at prevention and reducing risks for human health and the environment...
National Cancer Prevention Day Workshop
John D. Groopman, Ph.D. - Johns Hopkins Medicine
Janie Heath PhD, APRN-BC, Dean and Warwick Professor of Nursing, University of Kentucky
Linda Reinstein Linda Reinstein, Co-founder of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell
Less Cancer Chairman Tom Sherman MD
Katie Horvath Katie Horvath, JD, Manager of Cancer Support Services, Cowell Family Cancer Center Less Cancer Leadership Award
Mindi Messmer State Representative, New Hampshire and Less Cancer Leadership Award
Kathleen Haden, MSN, RN, ANP, Adult Nurse Practitioner of Surgical Oncology, UVA
Jann Balmer, PhD, RN, FACEHP, Director of Continuing Medical Education, UVA; Chair, Tobacco Free Alliance of Virginia
Mona Hanna-Attisha MD
TIME has named Mona Hanna-Attisha, director of the Michigan State University and Hurley Children’s Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative, to the 2016 TIME 100 — its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Less Cancer Chairman Tom Sherman MD
Kim Penberthy, Ph.D., ABPP, Professor of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences, UVA
Students in Washington DC and Around the Globe
Cancer Came Calling By Kerry Phelps Dale
Public Health Advocacy Promotes Health and Saves Lives By Jan Carney MD
Messmer to be Recognized for Leadership
Former State Rep. Tom Sherman, a member of Less Cancer's Board of Directors, said he can't "think of anybody I know nationally who deserves this more than Mindi."