Karen Winkfield: Dr. Zon encouraged folks to engage with the ASCO ACT network to advocate for the policies that will remove barriers to Cancer Care

Karen Winkfield shared a post on X/Twitter:

“Dr. Zon encouraged folks to engage with the ASCO ACT network that provided simple ways for everyone to advocate for the policies that will remove barriers to Cancer Care including Prior Auth, drug shortages and funding for Cancer Research.

Keynote speaker, incoming ASCO president, Dr. Robin Zon, shares with DRIVE participants how the organization has been championing access to Cancer Care and Clinical Research. We all play a role in improving Cancer Equity.”

Source: Karen Winkfield/X

Karen Winkfield is a Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Ingram Professor of Cancer Research at Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, and Professor of Medicine at Meharry Medical College. She is the Executive Director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance, a strategic partnership between Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Winkfield was appointed by President Joe Biden to the National Cancer Advisory Board in 2021, where she will serve a six-year term and help guide federal initiatives that focus on cancer. She is a member of the ASCO Board. She is a recipient of The One Hundred Award from the Massachusetts General Hospital, Women Leaning the Way to Wellness Award from the American Cancer Society and Health Hero Award for Advocacy.