Vice President, Professional Connexity Velvet Chainsaw Consulting
Description: The RAPS Patient-Centered Health Award recognizes organizations or individuals for making a significant impact to advance patient-centered policy, product development or regulatory decision making. This year’s recipient is the Friends of Cancer Research. Celebrating 25 years of advancing cancer research, Friends has united scientists, experts, advocates, and patients to improve resources, policy and treatment. Industry and regulator knowledge is advanced through partnerships. The plenary can provide insights into collaboration by Friends with key stakeholders, how this is accomplished, and how that engagement drives changes not only in oncology but also show how these learnings can be leveraged across other therapeutic areas and advance patient-centered healthcare, and the next-generation of breakthrough therapies.