Annabelle Gurwitch: Thanks ASCO for granting me a patient advocate scholarship

Annabelle Gurwitch shared a post by Charu Aggarwal, Leslye M. Heisler Associate Professor of Lung Cancer Excellence at Penn Medicine, on X, adding:     .

“Thanks, ASCO for granting me a patient advocate scholarship.

I’ve got my notebook ready (old school!), comfortable shoes per leadership from Charu Aggarwal.

Look forward to learning as much as possible and seeing community: IASLC, KRASKickers, Lung Cancer America, Lung Cancer Research Foundation, EGFR Resisters, ALK+ International, Jill Feldman, LUNGevity Foundation, Janet Freeman, Terri Conneran, Dusty Joy Donaldson, Yvonne Diaz, and female patient champion’s Narjust Florez chief advocate!”

Quoting Charu Aggarwal’s post:

” Pro-Tips for making the most of Annual Meeting.

No.6 Get Social!
Participate in social events – join in ASCO Tweetup and others to meet other social media buddies.”

Source: Annabelle Gurwitch/X and Charu Aggarwal/X

Annabelle Gurtwitch is a New York Times bestselling author, actress and activist whose most recent collection of essays “You’re Leaving When? Adventures in Downward Mobility” is a 2021 New York Times Favorite Book for Healthy Living, a Good Morning America Must Read and a finalist for The Thurber Prize for American Humor Writing 2022.

She’s written for The New Yorker, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Magazine, and Hadassah amongst other publications.  Time Magazine featured Annabelle in their “Ten Ideas that are Changing the World” annual series. Annabelle has been chronicling living with stage IV lung cancer and inequities in healthcare in the New York Times and Washington Post since her out-of-the-blue diagnosis during covid. She co-hosts the podcast, “Tiny Victories,” dedicated to appreciating small mercies and minor triumphs on the Maximum Fun Podcast Network.