Remembering Amy Babler: A fearless Advocate for Cancer Awareness and Communications
On January 13, Amy Babler, manager of media relations at Fox Chase Cancer Center, passed away after her 20-month courageous battle with cancer. OncoDaily community extends heartfelt condolences to her family and loved ones during this difficult time.
Jeremy Moore, Associate Vice President of Communications at Fox Chase Cancer Center, shared a post on LinkedIn honoring her untimely passing:
“Amy Babler (Merves), manager of media relations at Fox Chase Cancer Center, passed away last night after a 20-month battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband and two young boys along with a number of extended family members. Her family posted the following information on social media:
‘Funeral will take place at Joseph Levine and Sons in Blue Bell, PA, at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow — January 15. All are welcome to attend. Shiva will be held at Jen and Marc’s 4074 Sourwood Lane, Lafayette Hill, PA.’
In times like these, it seems less than adequate to remember people in the context of their career, but because that’s how I knew Amy that is how I will remember her and I will remember her well. Amy started about six months after I did in 2015 at Fox Chase Cancer Center.
The primary talent of a media relations person is to be fearless and out there; shy people need to find other work. If we all fall on a spectrum between shy and outgoing, Amy would have to be placed somewhere beyond the outgoing side. On her first day she walked in the front door and started greeting people ‘Hi, I’m Amy, it’s my first day. How do I find out where my desk is?’.
She approached her job with an aggression and passion that allowed us to accomplish things that require five such people filling a role like hers at similar size institutions.
She could get local television to come cover a donut delivery during the pandemic, and created a constant flow of faculty experts in the national conversation about cancer, its science and its treatments.
Any time we had a faculty member or outside organization who wouldn’t return phone calls, I would sic Amy on them knowing if she couldn’t make a connection it couldn’t be done. She was a presence in the cancer communications space nationally, and she will be missed by many. I know I will miss her.
Rest in Peace.”
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