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Network of Cancer Communications Professionals Elects New Leadership

The NCI Public Affairs and Marketing Network (PAN), a cooperative association of communications professionals working in cancer research and clinical organizations, announced new leadership at its 2006 annual meeting, hosted this month at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY. Cynthia Manley, associate director for communications at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, Tenn., was elected to a two-year term as Chair of the Steering Committee, and Nancy Jensen, executive director of external communications at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston was elected Vice Chair.



PAN works in close association with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Office of Communications to further public awareness of cancer research, prevention, detection and treatment. PAN members include representatives of NCI-designated cancer centers, American Association of Cancer Institutes (AACI) cancer centers, and other related professional organizations such as the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), and the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS).



So much information - and misinformation - is available to the public about cancer prevention, treatment and research, Manley said. The Network provides an important avenue for communications professionals at the nation'ss leading cancer centers and organizations to collaborate and to communicate more effectively and provide accurate information to the public about these important issues.



Together with the National Association of Cancer Center Development Officers (NACCDO), PAN holds an annual meeting to discuss issues affecting development and communications officers at the nation'ss cancer centers. More than 300 public affairs, marketing, and fundraising professionals attended this year'ss meeting, where topics ranged from best practices in development to the effects of the Internet on the media and cancer communications. The joint PAN and NACCDO meeting will be held next year in San Francisco, April 28-May 1, 2007.



PAN also announced its steering and planning committee for 2006-07, which includes Manley, Jensen and:

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Martin Beerman, marketing director, University of Nebraska/The Nebraska Medical Center;

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Don Clayton, associate vice chancellor for medical public affairs, Washington University Siteman Cancer Center;

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Laurel DiBrog, vice president for marketing and planning, Roswell Park Cancer Center;

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Dan Fischer, senior marketing specialist, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center/University of Iowa;

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Mary Hawkins, communications director, Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth;

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Kevin Koga, associate vice president for marketing and communications, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center;

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Karen Mallet, director of public affairs, Fox Chase Cancer Center;

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Amy Mone, director of public affairs, The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center;

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John Mugge, communications manager, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center;

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Dianne Shaw, director of communications, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center; and

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Arlinda Warren, director of marketing, PR and physician services, Washington University Siteman Cancer Center.



The NCI Public Affairs and Marketing Network (PAN) is a cooperative venture of public affairs and marketing professionals from national cancer research and clinical organizations. PAN was created to share information and resources among public affairs and communications programs at cancer centers nationwide; to enhance public understanding of the nation'ss cancer-research effort; and to collectively address critical issues of common concern. PAN works in close association with National Cancer Institute'ss Office of Communications to further public awareness of cancer research, prevention, detection and treatment. PAN members include National Cancer Institute (NCI-designated) cancer centers, American Association of Cancer Institute (AACI) cancer centers, and other related professional organization such as the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), and the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS). More information about the NCI Public Affairs and Marketing Network is online at www.ncipan.org.

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