Task Group Charge
To address the similar, but local challenges, of implementation of strategies to reduce lung cancer risk and lung cancer deaths at the local level. This Task Group will work closely with other Task Groups to brings tools and best practices to state-base initiatives to advance lung cancer control systematically at the state and local level.
Leadership
Jessica Olson, PhD, MPH
Task Group Chair
Medical College of Wisconsin
Timothy Mullett, MD, MBA
Task Group Vice Chair
University of Kentucky
Task Group Members
Katie Bathje, MA
American Cancer Society
Alberta Becenti
Indian Health Service
Judy Burleson, MHSA
American College of Radiology
Beth Dickson-Gavney, MS
American Cancer Society
Cindy Domingo
Maryland Department of Health
Kelly Durden, MA
American Cancer Society
Matthew Facktor, MD
American College of Surgeons
M. Shayne Gallaway, PhD, MPH
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kathyrn Garfield, JD
The Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School
Hannah Green
American Lung Association
Stephen Grubbs, MD
American Society for Clinical Oncology
Rebecca Haines, MSM, CPXP
American College of Radiology
Rob Headrick, Jr., MD, MBA
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga
Elizabeth Holtsclaw, MA
American Cancer Society
Hope Krebill, RN, BSN, MSW
Midwest Cancer Alliance at the University of Kansas Medical Center
William Mayfield, MD
WellStar Health System (GA)
Anita McGlothin
Go2 Foundation for Lung Cancer
Andrea McKee, MD
Lahey/Beth Israel Lahey Health
Jennifer Redmond Knight, DrPH
University of Kentucky College of Public Health
John Ruckdeschel, MD
University of Mississippi Medical Center Cancer Institute
Steven Springer
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Carey Thomson, MD, MPH
Mt. Auburn Hospital
Nirmil Veeramachaneni, MD
University of Kansas Medical Center
Charles White, MD
University of Maryland
Jenny White
GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer
Opportunities For Intervention/Influence:
- Address local challenges by working with organizations operating at the local level
- Support the establishment of state-based roundtables – common challenges, common solutions
- Create opportunities for communication and sharing best practices
- Create opportunities to identify enduring and new challenges
- Collaborate with State Health Departments, HRSA, FQHCs, CDC, ACS field staff, etc.
- Provide data on at-risk populations, screening, diagnostic and therapeutics for local focus and investment to address inequities