Health News
2007-07-03
Susan G. Komen
for the Cure announces new LGBT advisory council
Susan G. Komen
for the Cure has announced the members of its new Lesbian,
Gay, Bisex
Susan G. Komen
for the Cure has announced the members of its new Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons National Advisory
Council.
The LGBT council
joins five other recently formed advisory groups created
to help the Komen organization address issues of breast
health and cancer research within specific population
groups. Advisory council members will plan new
strategies to decrease disparities in breast cancer
mortality rates amongst young women, racial minorities, and
sexual minorities.
“The
combined experience and expertise of our priority-population
council members enable Komen to wisely allocate
resources to meet breast health and breast cancer
needs in population groups that are chronically
underserved,” Susan Carter, Komen's senior adviser
and facilitator for the organization's advisory
councils, said in a press release.
The other
councils are the Young Women's National Advisory Council,
the African American National Advisory Council, the
National Hispanic Latina Advisory Council, the Asian
American Pacific Islander National Advisory Council,
and the American Indian and Alaskan Native National Advisory
Council.
Council members
are chosen based on written nominations
and serve for three-year terms.
The members of
the LGBTcouncil are:
Mary Anne Adams,
senior research associate/project manager, Emory
University School of Medicine, Decatur, Ga.
Kathleen DeBold, interim executive director, Servicemembers
Legal Defense Network, Washington, D.C.
Philip Deitch, financial adviser, Ameriprise, St. Louis
Darlene DeManincor, professor, JFK University, Oakland,
Calif.
Ann Fonfa, founder and president, Annie
Appleseed Project, Delray Beach, Fla.
Michelle "Mo" Malkin, executive director, Verbena,
Seattle
Rosalba Messina, president, Messina
Consulting Group, New York City
Anita Radix,
associate medical director, Callen Lorde Community Health
Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Nurit Shein, executive
director, Mazzoni Center, Philadelphia
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