Laura Welch Bush is the wife of George W. Bush and served as the first lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009. Bush previously served as the first lady of Texas from 1995 to 2000. She is also the daughter-in-law of former president George H. W. Bush.
The pink ribbon is an international symbol of breast cancer awareness. Pink ribbons,and the color pink in general,identify the wearer or promoter with the breast cancer brand and express moral support for people with breast cancer. Pink ribbons are most commonly seen during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
The Susan G. Komen 3-Day,frequently referred to as the 3-Day,is a 60-mile walk to raise funds for Susan G. Komen for the Cure and promote awareness to fight breast cancer. Individual participants must raise at least $2,300 to walk 60 miles (96 km) over a three-day weekend.
Susan G. Komen is a breast cancer organization in the United States.
Alpha Epsilon Phi is an American sorority and a member of the National Panhellenic Conference. It was the second Jewish sorority formed in the United States.
Virgil Craig Jordan,,is a scientist with American and British citizenship specializing in drugs for breast cancer treatment and prevention. Currently,he is Professor of Breast Medical Oncology,and Professor of Molecular and Cellular Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center,Houston,Texas. Previously,he was Scientific Director and Vice Chairman of Oncology at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center of Georgetown University. Jordan was the first to discover the breast cancer prevention properties of tamoxifen and the scientific principles for adjuvant therapy with antihormones. More recently his work has branched out into the prevention of multiple diseases in women with the discovery of the drug group,selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERMs). Currently,he plans to develop a new Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) for post-menopausal women that prevents breast cancer and does not increase the risk of breast cancer.
Mary-Claire King is an American geneticist. She was the first to show that breast cancer can be inherited due to mutations in the gene she called BRCA1. She studies human genetics and is particularly interested in genetic heterogeneity and complex traits. She studies the interaction of genetics and environmental influences and their effects on human conditions such as breast and ovarian cancer,inherited deafness,schizophrenia,HIV,systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis. She has been the American Cancer Society Professor of the Department of Genome Sciences and of Medical Genetics in the Department of Medicine at the University of Washington since 1995.
The Komen Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction was established by Susan G. Komen for the Cure in 1992 to recognize leading scientists for their significant work in advancing research concepts or clinical application in the fields of breast cancer research,screening or treatment.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM),also referred to in the United States as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM),is an annual international health campaign organized by major breast cancer charities every October to increase awareness of the disease and raise funds for research into its cause,prevention,diagnosis,treatment,and cure.
The Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness of triple-negative breast cancer. The foundation supports scientists and researchers in their efforts to determine the definitive causes of triple-negative breast cancer so that effective detection,diagnosis,prevention,and treatment can be pursued and achieved.
Norman Eugene Brinker was an American restaurateur who was responsible for the creation of new business concepts within the restaurant field. He served as president of Jack in the Box,founded Steak and Ale,and helped establish Bennigan's and founded Brinker International.
Judith A. Salerno,MD,MS is a physician executive and the President of the New York Academy of Medicine.
1 a Minute is a 2010 American docudrama film written and directed by Indian American actress Namrata Singh Gujral. It is based on her own life and the lives of other women who suffered from cancer.
Alan Ashworth,FRS is a British molecular biologist,noted for his work on genes involved in cancer susceptibility. He is currently the President of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California,San Francisco,a multidisciplinary research and clinical care organisation that is one of the largest cancer centres in the Western United States. He was previously CEO of the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in London.
Team Heather is a fundraising group in the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Global Race for the Cure in Washington,D.C.,which has raised over $403,000,since June,2001,for Susan G. Komen for the Cure and breast cancer research,education,screening,and treatment. Team Heather was formed in 2001 to support 25-year-old Heather Gardner (Starcher) (1976–2002),as she began her fight against breast cancer –a fight that ended on September 29,2002.
Henry Thompson Lynch was an American physician noted for his discovery of familial susceptibility to certain kinds of cancer and his research into genetic links to cancer.
Angela Hartley Brodie was a British biochemist who pioneered development of steroidal aromatase inhibitors in cancer research. Born in Lancashire,Brodie studied chemical pathology to a doctoral level in Sheffield and was awarded a fellowship sponsored by National Institutes of Health. After 17 years of working in Shrewsbury,Massachusetts on oral contraceptives with Harry Brodie,whom she married,she switched focus to the effects of the oestrogen-producing enzyme,aromatase,on breast cancer.
Gordon B. Mills is the Wayne and Julie Drinkward Endowed Chair in Precision Oncology,Director of Precision Oncology,Director of SMMART Trials and Professor in Cell,Development and Cancer Biology in the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health &Science University.
Princess Dina Mired is a Jordanian humanitarian and health activist. She is a leading global advocate for cancer control and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). She was the President of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) from 2018 to 2020 and was the first Arab Muslim elected to lead in such a prestigious global post. Princess Dina is the former Director-General of the King Hussein Cancer Foundation. She was also recognized as one of the 100 Influential Women in Oncology by OncoDaily.
Lisa A. Carey is a Distinguished Professor in Breast Cancer Research at UNC School of Medicine,Division Chief of Hematology and Oncology,and physician-in-chief of the N.C. Cancer Hospital,UNC Lineberger's clinical home. She studied at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health,and was named co-chair of the Alliance National Cooperative Group Breast Committee in 2016.
