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