2009-09-01

Brad Schwartz, MD, Chair of ASH’s Committee on Communications, presented information about the Society’s advocacy efforts and public education campaign at the annual hematology Patient Advocates Networking Reception on June 8, 2009. More than 30 representatives from hematology-related patient advocacy groups and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute attended.

This event was one of several activities ASH has initiated to reach out to patient advocacy groups and share information about the Society’s public education campaign, Blood: The Vital Connection, and ASH’s advocacy efforts to increase federal funding for biomedical research at the National Institutes of Health. As a result, several of the patient groups now share ASH’s short film “Research Saves Lives” with their members and have engaged in ASH’s advocacy program.

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