Listening and Learning Throughout NC

Listening Session - Greenville

The first listening session for the University Cancer Research Fund was held in Greenville on January 24, hosted by the Eastern NC Area Health Education Center. Leading the session were Dr. Emmanuel Zervos, associate director, Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center; Dr. Adam Asch, associate director, Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center; Dr. Rich Goldberg, associate director, UNC Lineberger and physician in chief, North Carolina Cancer Hospital; Dr. Etta Pisano, vice dean for academic affairs at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and director of the Biomedical Research Imaging Center; Dr. Shelley Earp, director of UNC Lineberger; and Dr. Steve Willis, director of Eastern NC Area Health Education Center.

Notes from the Session

 


Leading the session were (l-r:) Dr. Emmanuel Zervos, associate director, Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center; Dr. Adam Asch, associate director, Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center; Dr. Rich Goldberg, associate director, UNC Lineberger and physician in chief, North Carolina Cancer Hospital; Dr. Etta Pisano, vice dean for academic affairs at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and director of the Biomedical Research Imaging Center; Dr. Shelley Earp, director of UNC Lineberger; Dr. Steve Willis, director of Eastern NC Area Health Education Center

Session participants included several members of the NC Legislature, patients, advocates and health care professionals

Edith Warren, NC Representative for Martin and Pitt Counties, and Tim Spear, NC Representative for Chowan, Dare, Hyde, and Washington Counties

Representative Marian McLawhorn says hello to Dr. Shelley Earp while Tim Spear looks on

(l-r:) Dr. Cathy Melvin, research associate professor, Department of Maternal and Child Health and Director, UNC School of Public Health and UNC Lineberger Dissemination Core director; Gordon Cole, Chapter Coordinator, Colon Cancer Alliance - Voices of Greensboro; Lloyd Mickens