All posts tagged: Research Advocacy

Guest Blog–AACR Issues Calls to Action to Advocacy Colleagues and Supporters of NIH Funding

Shared with permission from and thanks to the American Association for Cancer research. This post contains information about the “Rally for Medical Research ‘On the Road’” initiative, which probably could not be coming at a more important time based on all of the troubling and concerning news for medical research that seems to be reported on a daily basis. The most troubling of the news was reported last week when a leaked document showed that there may be plans for a 40 percent cut (a $20 billion cut) to NIH’s budget as part of the FY2026 White House budget request. […]

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Member Blog–I Survived Leukemia Because of a Clinical Trial. Will Future Patients Be So Lucky?

By CAC2 Individual Member Robert Dilley writing about why sustained research funding is essential to progress. This essay first appeared on April 15 in MedPage Today. I don’t usually talk about my cancer diagnosis. But as a physician-scientist who survived leukemia at 18 years old and now cares for people facing their own cancer diagnoses, I feel compelled to share my story — because it speaks directly to what’s at stake in medicine today. The clinical trial that saved my life wouldn’t have existed without robust investment in biomedical research. And as debates over federal research funding continue, I think about […]

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CAC2 Webinar–The Role of the IRB in Clinical Trials: What Patients and Families Need to Know — SLIDE DECK

In this month's All-Member webinar, Joanne Salcido of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation introduced and hosted Dr. Marjorie Speers of the WCG Foundation.  The slide deck from the presentation is linked below. Dr. Speers's presentation described the clinical trial process and the role of the IRB in phase 1 – 4 clinical trials. During her webinar, she explained the differences between academic and independent IRBs and the challenges IRBs face when they review multi-site trials. She also described the revised regulations that are likely to go into effect in 2018 and how they should help to reduce the time it takes for an [...] Read more