Moffitt Cancer Center and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) hosted the Cancer Research Policy Forum in the Ted Couch Auditorium on Monday, March 7.
Attendees heard from a panel of speakers that included NCI Acting Director Dr. Douglas R. Lowy, Congressman Gus Bilirakis, Congresswoman Kathy Castor, Dr. William Dalton, Dr. Thomas Sellers and Jacqueline Smith, a 37-year-old Moffitt patient who has twice been diagnosed with melanoma.
Topics included the Obama administration’s Precision Medicine and ‘moonshot’ initiatives, priorities for the NCI in 2016, congressional efforts such as the 21st Century Cures legislation, and the progress in cancer research and treatment.