Uplifting Patient Voices
Building Trust to Increase Black Women’s Participation in Cancer Clinical Trials
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
12:00 PM EDT - 2:00 PM EDT

Final Agenda

12:00 p.m. – 12:05 p.m. Entertainment Performance

  • Clifton Ross III

12:05 p.m.– 12:08 p.m. Welcome and Introductions

  • Chandra Wilson, Actress and Stand Up to Cancer Ambassador

12:08 p.m.– 12:23 p.m. Keynote Conversation
Cancer Clinical Research Amid the Pandemic

  • Linda Goler Blount, MPH, President and CEO, Black Women's Health Imperative
  • Lisa A. Newman, MD, MPH, Chief, Section of Breast Surgey, Weill Cornell Medicine

12:23 p.m.- 12:25 p.m. Project TEACH Steering Committee Testimonial

  • Marian Johnson-Thompson, Project TEACH Steering Commitee Member

12:25 p.m.– 1:10 p.m. Project TEACH Panel

  • (Moderator) Alfiee Breland-Noble, Ph.D., MHSc., Founder, Aakoma Project Inc.
  • Folasade P. May, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, UCLA Health
  • Charlotte D. Owens, MD, FACOG, Therapeutic Area Lead, Women's Health US Medical Affairs, Abbvie Inc.
  • Lori J. Pierce, MD, FASTRO, FASCO, President, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
  • Nina Pryor, Project TEACH Focus Group Participant and Cancer Survivor

1:10 p.m.– 1:15 p.m. Poetry/Spoken Word Poetry Performance

  • Tracy K. Smith, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet

1:15 p.m.– 1:40 p.m. A Conversation with the FDA

  • Amy P. Abernethy, M.D., Ph.D., Prinicipal Deputy Commissioner of Food and Drugs, US FDA
  • Jacqueline Beale, Project TEACH Steering Committee Member

1:40 p.m.– 1:42 p.m. Project TEACH Steering Committee Testimonial

  • Maimah Karmo, Project TEACH Steering Committee Member

1:42 p.m. – 1:47 p.m. Entertainment Performance

  • Clifton Ross III

1:47 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. Closing Speaker

  • Linda Goler Blount, MPH

1:51 p.m. – 1:52 p.m. Thank you/Final Remarks

  • Chandra Wilson