Massachusetts Governor, Senate President, Speaker of the House, Leaders of Legislation, Medicine and Advocacy Join Forces to Lead the Nation in Ending Prostate Cancer as a Public Health Crisis and Leading Disparity
AdMeTech Foundation’s 10th Annual Prostate Cancer Awareness Day at the
State House Highlights Massachusetts Model of National Leadership in Public Awareness, Education and Research
BOSTON, MA, April 12, 2018— AdMeTech Foundation will convene Governor Charlie Baker, Senate President Harriette Chandler, Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo, leaders of legislation and Black and Latino Caucus, medicine, advocacy and community organizations for the 10th Annual Prostate Cancer Awareness Day at the State House. This annual event has been critical in setting up a historic precedent by recognizing prostate cancer as a public health priority and a leading health disparity in Black, Hispanic and Latino men.
10th Annual Prostate Cancer Awareness Day will honor ten-year service of Representative Stephen Kulik, a Prostate Cancer Survivor, as a Chair of this event and a key state’s champion in the fight against prostate cancer.
At the event, emerging trends in prostate cancer clinical care and research will be discussed by leaders of medicine. Cutting-edge advances in screening, diagnosis and treatment will be described by the world-leading medical experts, and prostate cancer crisis in men with African, Hispanic and Latino heritage will be highlighted by the community leaders.
AdMeTech Foundation organized this event in cooperation with Prostate Cancer Action Council, including American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Atlantic Union College, Center for Elimination of Health and Social Inequities and Disparities, Massachusetts Prostate Cancer Coalition, Men of Color Health Awareness, and New England Area Conference of NAACP. Sponsors include Genomic Health, Koelis and Sotio.
WHAT:
AdMeTech Foundation’s 10th Annual Prostate Cancer Awareness Day
WHEN:
Thursday, April 12, 2018
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
For more information and schedule, click here.
WHERE:
Grand Staircase
Massachusetts State House
WHO:
Governor Charlie Baker
Senate President Harriette Chandler
Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo
Senator Jason Lewis, Assistant Majority Whip, and Chairman, Joint Committee on Public Health
Senator James Welch, Chairman, Joint Committee on Health Care Financing
Representative Stephen Kulik, Vice Chair, Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Representative Frank Moran, Chair, Black and Latino Caucus
Representative Jeffrey Sanchez, Chair, Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Dr. Milagros Abreu, MPH, Founder, President, and CEO or Latino Health Insurance Program
Dr. Richard Babayan, Professor and Chair of Urology, Boston University Medical School, and Immediate Past President, American Urologic Association
Cheryl Bartlett, RN, CEO, Greater New Bedford Community Health Center and Fmr. Commissioner, Department of Public Health
Juan Cofield, President, New England Area Conference of NAACP
Phyllis Ellis, President of Brockton Area Branch NAACP
Karen Holmes Ward, Director of Public Affairs and Community Services and Host and Executive Producer, CityLine, WCVB-TV
Dr. Faina Shtern, MD, President and CEO, AdMeTech Foundation
Dr. Michell Sokoloff, Professor and Chair, Department of Urology, University of Massachusetts
Jason Wheeler, Brockton Community Leader
About AdMeTech Foundation: A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, based in Boston, MA, AdMeTech Foundation established the Manogram® Project, providing international leadership for groundbreaking programs in research, education and awareness to expedite advancement of screening, early detection and treatment of prostate cancer (www.admetech.org).
