Our Mission

Richard Schlegel, MD, PhD
Director, Center for Cell Reprogramming

Lombardi's breast cancer advocacy group inspires us to address the critical issues facing women with this disease and helps reinforce our commitment to making this cancer controllable.

Robert Clarke, PhD, DSc
Former co-Director of the Breast Cancer Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Executive Director of The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota

Working closely with this group of committed, passionate women, we have seen the power of patient advocates who are so well-versed in the science.

Kristi Graves, PhD
Cancer Prevention and Control Program

We found the review process very helpful. We incorporated suggestions from the committee into the proposal and planned intervention design.  These suggestions were quite relevant to improving the patient-center focus and relevancy of the outcomes we will assess.

Suzanne O’Neill, PhD
Associate Professor of Oncology
Georgetown University

We have partnered with GBCA on several grants. Their feedback not only provides excellent patient-centered insights, but also innovative thinking that reflects their diverse personal and professional backgrounds.

Louis Weiner, MD
Lombardi Cancer Center Director

Patient advocates ... help investigators refine research questions to improve the study design or interpretations and increase the relevance of the outcomes to people with cancer.  Their efforts build public support for our ongoing activities, improve our research, and assure that our clinical trial designs include patients from diverse backgrounds.