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April 
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2018
People v. Cancer
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Rethinking everything we know

Personalized medicine. Modernized clinical trials. Next generation immunotherapy.


For decades, cancer treatment came down to three things: surgery, radiation, chemotherapy. But medical breakthroughs are revolutionizing the way doctors, patients and their families think about a cancer diagnosis – and complicating their decision-making.


What does it mean to live with cancer today? And how do we lead with empathy and compassion to ensure that the treatment is right for the patient? At People v. Cancer, The Atlantic illuminated stories from the frontlines of the cancer community, from the latest oncology breakthroughs to the power of the human experience.

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Speakers

Blythe Adamson

Senior Quantitative Scientist,
Flatiron Health


Steve Alperin

Co-Founder and CEO,
SurvivorNet


Ross Andersen 

Deputy Editor,

The Atlantic


Amy Armstrong

U.S. CEO,

Initiative


UNDERWRITER SESSION*

Justin Birckbichler

Educator and Founder,

aBallsySenseofTumor.com


UNDERWRITER SESSION*

Hossein Borghaei

Chief, Division of Thoracic Medical Oncology,

Professor, Department of Hematology/Oncology,

Fox Chase Cancer Center

Kate Bowler

Author, Everything Happens for a Reason and

Other Lies I’ve Loved; Associate Professor, History of

Christianity in North America, Duke Divinity School

David Chang 

President, CEO and

Co-Founder, Allogene


UNDERWRITER SESSION*

I-Fen Chang

Executive Medical

Director of Global

Oncology, Amgen

Marcia Cross

Actress, HPV Educator,

"Anal Cancer Thriver"


Patrick Dempsey

Actor and Producer;

Founder, Dempsey Center


UNDERWRITER SESSION*

Raymond DuBois

Past President, American Association for

Cancer Research; Dean of the College of Medicine , 

Medical University of South Carolina

UNDERWRITER SESSION*

Aime Franco

Director, Pediatric Thyroid Cancer Translational

Research Laboratory, Children’s Hospital

of Philadelphia, Thyroid Cancer Survivor

James Hamblin

Staff Writer,
The Atlantic


UNDERWRITER SESSION*

Rose Gerber

Director of Patient Advocacy

and Education, Community

Oncology Alliance

Laurie Glimcher

President and CEO,

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute


Kathy Giusti

Founder, Multiple Myeloma Research

Foundation; Co-Chair, Harvard Business School

Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator

UNDERWRITER SESSION*

Charles Graeber

Author,

The Breakthrough


UNDERWRITER SESSION*

Samit Hirawat

Chief Medical Officer,

Global Drug Development,

Bristol-Myers Squibb

UNDERWRITER SESSION*

Linda House

President, Cancer

Support Community


Steven Kafka

Executive Chairman,

Thrive Earlier Detection;

Partner, Third Rock Ventures

Ibram X. Kendi

Author, How to Be an Antiracist; Director,

American University Antiracist Research

and Policy Center

Olga Khazan

Staff Writer,
The Atlantic


Nagi Kumar

Senior Member,
Moffitt Cancer Center


UNDERWRITER SESSION*

Jordan Laser

Associate Professor, Department of

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

UNDERWRITER SESSION*

Adam Lenkowsky

General Manager,

Head, U.S. Commercial,

Bristol-Myers Squibb

UNDERWRITER SESSION*

Andrew Levy

President,

Chispa House


UNDERWRITER SESSION*

Emil Lou

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Assistant Professor

of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology,

and Transplantation, University of Minnesota

Allen Louis

Member,
Broadway Inspirational Voices


Alex Marson

Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology

and Scientific Director of Biomedicine,

UCSF, Innovative Genomics Institute

Michael McElroy

Founder and Musical Director,
Broadway Inspirational Voices


Jeanne Meserve

Journalist



Alyson Moadel-Robblee

Director, Psychosocial Oncology Program;

Founding Director, Bronx Oncology Living Daily

Program, Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care

Sara Nayeem

Partner,
New Enterprise Associates


Andrew Norden

Chief Medical Officer,
COTA


Robert Nussbaum

Chief Medical Officer,
Invitae


Marshall Posner

Director, Head and Neck Medical Oncology and
Associate Director, Cancer Clinical Investigation,
The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai

Sunita Puri

Author, That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the
Eleventh Hour; Medical Director, Palliative Medicine
and Supportive Care, University of Southern California

Dara Richardson-Heron

Chief Engagement Officer,
All of Us Research Program,

National Institute of Health

UNDERWRITER SESSION*

Brian Rivers

Director, Cancer Health Equity

Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine


Stephen Ross

Associate Professor, NYU School of Medicine; Director, NYU Addictive Disorders and Experimental Therapeutics Research Laboratory; Co-Director, NYU Psychedelic Research Group

UNDERWRITER SESSION*

Xenia Rybak

Cancer Survivor,

National Coalition for

Cancer Survivorship

Diane Simeone

Director, Pancreatic Cancer Center,

NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center


UNDERWRITER SESSION*

Erin Schumaker

Health and Science

Reporter, ABC


UNDERWRITER SESSION*

Jon Sullivan

Director of Corporate

Communications, Aflac


Alison Stewart

Host, All of It, WNYC;;
AtlanticLIVE Contributor


Wendy Tardif

Executive Director,
Dempsey Center


Yael Vodovotz

Professor, Ohio State University;

Director, Center for Advanced Functional

Foods, Research and Entrepreneurship

UNDERWRITER SESSION*

Col. (Ret) James E. William, Jr

Prostate Cancer Survivor



Yousuf Zafar

Associate Professor of Medicine and

Public Policy, Duke Cancer Institute,

Sanford School of Public Policy

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Agenda

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9:00 a.m.

Welcome

Margaret Low, President, AtlanticLIVE

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What’s on the Horizon?

Laurie Glimcher, President and CEO, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
WITH Alison Stewart, Host, All of It, WNYC; AtlanticLIVE Contributor

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My Story: All of Us Against Cancer

Dara Richardson-Heron, Chief Engagement Officer, All of Us Research Program, National Institutes of Health

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Bristol-Myers Squibb Presents: Giving Patients a Voice

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Samit Hirawat, Chief Medical Officer, Global Drug Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb
Linda House, President, Cancer Support Community
WITH Justin Birckbichler, Educator and Founder, aBallsySenseofTumor.com

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Finding Meaning in the Moment

Kate Bowler, Author, Everything Happens for a Reason and Other Lies I’ve Loved; Associate Professor, Duke Divinity School 
Sunita Puri, Author, That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour; Medical Director, Palliative Medicine, Keck Hospital and Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California 
WITH Jeanne Meserve, Journalist

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Can Immunotherapy Scale Up?

David Chang, President, Co-Founder, and CEO, Allogene 
Alex Marson, Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, UCSF; Scientific Director of Biomedicine, Innovative Genomics Institute 
Sara Nayeem, Partner, New Enterprise Associates 
WITH Ross Andersen, Deputy Editor, The Atlantic

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American Association for Cancer Research Presents: Driving Progress Against Cancer

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Raymond DuBois, Past President, American Association for Cancer Research; Dean, College of Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina
WITH Charles Graeber, Author, The Breakthrough

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Your Data Could Save Your Life

Kathy Giusti, Founder, Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation; Co-Chair, Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator, Harvard Business School 
Andrew Norden, Chief Medical Officer, COTA 
Dara Richardson-Heron, National Institutes of Health
WITH James Hamblin, Staff Writer, The Atlantic

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A Preventable Cancer

Marcia Cross, Actor, HPV Educator, “Anal Cancer Thriver”
Marshall Posner, Director, Head and Neck Medical Oncology; Associate Director, Cancer Clinical Investigation, The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai
WITH Alison Stewart, WNYC

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When Music Makes a Difference

Allen Louis, Member, Broadway Inspirational Voices
Michael McElroy, Founder and Musical Director, Broadway Inspirational Voices

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11:30 a.m.

Breakouts


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Aflac Presents: The New York Premiere of ‘Moments of Joy’

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Andrew Levy, President, Chispa House
WITH Jon Sullivan, Director of Corporate Communications, Aflac

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American Association for Cancer Research Presents: Collaborations Against Cancer: Patients Partnering with Scientists

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Aime Franco, Director, Pediatric Thyroid Cancer Translational Research Laboratory, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Thyroid Cancer Survivor
Emil Lou, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation, University of Minnesota
Brian Rivers, Director, Cancer Health Equity Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine
Col. (Ret) James E. William, Jr, Prostate Cancer Survivor
WITH Erin Schumaker, Health and Science Reporter, ABC

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Amgen Oncology Presents: It’s Personal–Advancing Precision Medicine

Produced by our underwriter and not The Atlantic editorial team

Hossein Borghaei, Chief, Division of Thoracic Medical Oncology, Professor, Department of Hematology/Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center
I-Fen Chang, Executive Medical Director of Global Oncology, Amgen
Linda House, President, Cancer Support Community
Jordan Laser, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

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Bristol-Myers Squibb Presents: Survivorship Today

Produced by our underwriter and not The Atlantic editorial team

Rose Gerber, Director of Patient Advocacy and Education, Community Oncology Alliance
Xenia Rybak, Cancer Survivor, National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
WITH Adam Lenkowsky, General Manager, Head, U.S. Commercial, Bristol-Myers Squibb

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12:15 p.m.

Networking Lunch

Underwritten by Amgen Oncology

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1:00 p.m.

Welcome Back

Steve Alperin, Co-Founder and CEO, SurvivorNet

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My Story: Cancer as Metaphor

Ibram X. Kendi, Author, How to Be an Antiracist; Director, The Antiracist Research and Policy Center, American University

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How Medicaid Expansion Saved Lives

Blythe Adamson, Senior Quantitative Scientist, Flatiron Health
Yousuf Zafar, Associate Professor, Medicine and Public Policy, Duke Cancer Institute, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University School of Medicine 
WITH Olga Khazan, Staff Writer, The Atlantic

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The Truth About Food and Cancer

Nagi Kumar, Senior Member, Moffitt Cancer Center
Yael Vodovotz, Professor and Director, Center for Advanced Functional Foods, Research and Entrepreneurship, Ohio State University 
WITH James Hamblin, The Atlantic

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My Story: From Surviving to Thriving

Amy Armstrong, U.S. CEO, Initiative

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Preventing the First Malignant Cell

Steve Kafka, Executive Chairman, Thrive Earlier Detection
Robert Nussbaum, Chief Medical Officer, Invitae 
Diane Simeone, Director, Pancreatic Cancer Center, NYU Perlmutter Cancer Center
WITH Jeanne Meserve

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Magic Mushrooms and Mental Health

Alyson Moadel-Robblee, Director, Psychosocial Oncology Program; Founding Director, Bronx Oncology Living Daily Program, Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care
Stephen Ross, Director, NYU Addictive Disorders and Experimental Therapeutics Research Laboratory; Co-Director, NYU Psychedelic Research Group
WITH Olga Khazan, The Atlantic

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