Congressional Staffers Visit for Briefings on Childhood Cancer Research
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On a lab tour are (from l) Dr. Rosandra Kaplan, head of the POB’s tumor microenvironment section; Dr. Sabina Kaczanowska, POB staff scientist; Dr. James Cronk, POB clinical fellow; Dr. Anandani Nellan, POB physician-scientist early investigator; Kenneth Downs, legislative correspondent to U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (MD); Rhett Styles, legislative assistant to U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul (TX); and Harsh Patel, legislative assistant to U.S. Rep. Ami Bera (CA).
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Kaplan (r) briefs lab guests (from l) Dana Richter, senior health advisor to U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (WV); Downs; Styles, Patel; Sonia Hawkins and Ziky Ababiya of NCI’s Office of Government and Congressional Relations; Jill Boland, senior health advisor to Sen. Jack Reed (RI); and POB Chief Dr. Brigitte Widemann.
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Widemann (r) with Holly Gibbons (l), deputy director of NCI’s Office of Government and Congressional Relations, talks to legislative staffers.
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During an NCI briefing are (from l) Dr. Victoria Giordani, POB clinical fellow; Dr. Chris Chien, POB senior researcher; Dr. Nirali Shah, head of POB’s hematologic malignancies section; Patel; Styles; and Downs.
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Congressional staff also dropped by a Clinical Center patient room. Shown are (from l) Ryker Bennett; Sara Hart; POB Practitioners Anna Smith and Anne Dufek; and Boland.
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Staff to several U.S. legislators visited the National Cancer Institute (NCI) on May 29 for a tour focused on childhood cancer research.
Staff also met with NCI Director Dr. Kimryn Rathmell and toured the Children’s Inn at NIH, which provides free lodging and services for many families with children, adolescents and young adults participating in NIH clinical trials.