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AMERICA SPEAKS Poll Data Summary :: Volume 13
a message from
research!america’s
leadership
Research!America is pleased to present America Speaks, Volume 13, a snapshot of newly released
and relevant polling we have commissioned to provide a window into Americans’ views on
issues related to biomedical and health research. On behalf of the 125 million Americans
represented by our alliance, we express our gratitude to the United Health Foundation for its
generous support of America Speaks.
The findings reveal strong public support for research to improve health and health care, and
yet there is a startling disconnect between the public’s views and the reality that government
support for medical research has not kept pace with inflation — much less scientific discovery and
the need to prevent, rather than wait to treat, so much of what ails us as a nation. In this context, it
is difficult to understand why we haven’t made research for health a higher national priority. To
the contrary, efforts to reign in government spending put research at unprecedented risk. Hon. John Edward Porter
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ CHAIR
Americans recognize the value of research — in finding answers for incurable diseases, RESEARCH!AMERICA
maintaining our global competitiveness and boosting the economy — to the extent that more
than half say they would pay more in taxes if they knew the dollars were going to medical
research. That finding and much more is highlighted in this booklet.
Among polling results:
★ Nearly 60% of Americans say elected officials are not paying enough attention
to combating deadly diseases.
★ 85% of Americans are concerned about stagnant funding for medical research.
★ Nearly 60% of Americans believe medical progress will slip in the U.S. if
another country takes the lead in science and innovation.
★ Nearly 60% doubt the U.S. will be considered the number one world leader in
science and technology by the year 2020.
★ Nearly 70% say it’s important that the federal research and development tax
credit is made permanent.
Mary Woolley
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ PRESIDENT
We encourage our nation’s leaders to heed public sentiment and put medical innovation on the RESEARCH!AMERICA
fast track, ramping up funding for research and shaping other public policy with an eye toward
strengthening, rather than stalling, our nation’s research enterprise.A m e r i c a S p e a k s :: 1
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& research
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& competitiveness
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funding
research is. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
close to home
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for research
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board of directors
Look for these
indicators throughout
this publication:
new question new question
Not previously asked by Research!America.
trend change
trend change
Indicates significant change from previous years.
Due to rounding, the total may not
add to 100% on some charts.hot topics
WORLD TAXES &
LEADERSHIP SPENDING
An increasing number of Most Americans say that the
Americans doubt that the U.S. U.S. is not spending enough on
will remain number one in medical research, either as a
science and technology by the percentage of total health funding
year 2020. Yet a majority of (only 5% is spent on research)
Americans want our nation to or of all government funding
maintain world leadership in (less than 2% goes to research).
medical and health research; this Consistently over the past two
is a consistent poll finding over decades, more than half of
many years. Americans say they’re willing to
pay $1 more in taxes if they were
certain the money would be spent
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ for additional medical research.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★A m e r i c a S p e a k s :: 3
SUPPORT FOR HEALTH ISSUES
RESEARCH OF GREATEST
CONCERN
Support for federally funded Twenty years ago, AIDS was
basic research has been robustly ranked the number one national
positive for decades. Further, health concern, followed by
most Americans agree that it’s cancer, the cost of health care and
important to fund clinical research heart disease. Since then, research
and research that focuses on has helped save countless lives
improving our health care system, and continues to drive progress.
as well as research that reduces In 2012, the cost of health care
health disparities and expands is ranked number one, followed
regulatory science. Americans by obesity, cancer, mental health,
overwhelmingly see research as heart disease and diabetes.
part of the solution to what ails us.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
★ ★ ★ ★ ★4 :: A m e r i c a S p e a k s
“We … are all trying to look toward creating “The investment we make [in the
that environment that will bring about this National Institutes of Health] — in
incredible return that science has done for the short term and the long term
us in improving our lives, saving our lives — will not only have economic
and having an extraordinary impact on the benefits, it will also have the
economy and the job situation in this country.” human benefits.”
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
washington
& research
Many Ways to Fuel the Economy Officials Aren’t AGREE
19
Paying Enough
%
new question
How important a role does each of the following play in Attention to
creating jobs and fueling the economy? Deadly Diseases
new question
59 % DISAGREE
supporting small businesses
64 %
27 %
4 1 3
% % %
Do you agree or disagree that
investing in education
60 %
29 %
5 3 3
% % % elected officials in Washington
reducing the federal deficit are paying enough attention 22 %
not sure
59 %
29 4 4
% % %
5 %
to combating the many deadly
investing in energy diseases that afflict Americans?
56 %
32 %
6 1 4
% % %
providing tax cuts
49 %
34 %
10 3 4
% % %
*{
investing in medical innovation
44 %
39 %
10 3 4
% % %
investing in infrastructure
43 %
38
%
9 3
% %
7 %
very somewhat not too not important not
important
importantimportant at all sure
Source: A Research!America poll of U.S. adults conducted in Source: A Research!America poll of likely voters conducted in
partnership with Zogby Analytics in December 2012. partnership with Zogby Analytics in August 2012.A m e r i c a S p e a k s :: 5
Congress, More than Half of
Administration 32 % very important
Americans Willing to 54 % yes
Should Take Pay Tax for Research trend change
Action on somewhat Would you be willing to pay
yes answers
increased
40 important
Expanding
%
$1 per week more in taxes if
28 %
no
Research you were certain that all of
the money would be spent on
21
new question % not too
important additional medical research?
How important is it that 19%
not sure
the president and the new not important
5 %
at all
Congress take action on 2 %
not sure
expanding medical research Source: A Research!America poll of U.S. adults conducted in
partnership with Zogby Analytics in December 2012.
in the first 100 days of the
113th Congress?
Source: A Research!America poll of U.S. adults conducted in
partnership with Zogby Analytics in December 2012.
Important for 48 % very important
Elected Officials
to Listen to Health
Professionals 37 somewhat important
Research Ranks with Defense,
%
How important is it that
Taxes as Washington Priority elected officials at all
new question
8 % not too important
levels listen to advice from
Indicate the value you perceive that elected officials scientists and public health 1 not at all important
in Washington assign to each of the following: professionals? 7%
not sure
national defense
48 %
30
%
14 5 3
% % %
Source: A Research!America poll of U.S. adults conducted in
tax reform partnership with Zogby Analytics in December 2012.
32 %
27 %
22 %
16 3
% %
*{
medical and health research
27 %
31 %
25 %
14 3
% %
“In this time of severe budget constraints, Americans need to
public education
know that today’s basic research is the engine that powers
26
%
27
%
29 %
15 3
% %
tomorrow’s therapeutic discoveries. They need to know that
*{
science and math education
20 %
26
%
33 %
18 4
% %
basic research is the type of science that the private sector,
very somewhat somewhat very not
important
important unimportant unimportant sure which requires rapid returns on investment, cannot afford
to fund. They need to know that, because it is impossible to
predict whence the next treatment may emerge, the nation
must support a broad portfolio of basic research.”
Francis Collins, MD, PhD
Director, National Institutes of Health
Source: A Research!America poll of likely voters conducted in
partnership with Zogby Analytics in August 2012. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★6 :: A m e r i c a S p e a k s
“In today’s changing economic landscape, science and technology are the
new frontiers of American prosperity. The nation’s well-being and global
competitiveness depend, more than ever before, on the steady stream
of new ideas and the highly skilled science, technology, engineering and
mathematical talent that the National Science Foundation supports, and
particularly the young researchers that NSF so skillfully nurtures.”
Subra Suresh, MS, ScD
Director, National Science Foundation
american
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
leadership &
competitiveness
Over Half Doubt Almost Half
41 united states 39 YES
U.S. Leadership Believes U.S. Doesn’t
% %
in Science and Have Best Health
Technology in 2020 25 % china Care in the World 48 %
NO
new question
Do you believe the United
In your view, which of the 5 % india
States has the best health care
following will be considered 5 % european union
system in the world? 13 %
not sure
the number one world leader 1 brazil
in science and technology in
23 %
not sure
the year 2020?
A Research!America poll of likely voters conducted in
partnership with Zogby Analytics, with support from United for Source: A Research!America poll of U.S. adults conducted in
Medical Research, in September 2012. partnership with Zogby Analytics in December 2012.A m e r i c a S p e a k s :: 7
Medical Progress strongly
Americans
23 %
Suffers if U.S.
agree
Feel Government 70 % YES
Loses Innovation Should Encourage
Leadership 37 %
somewhat
agree
STEM Careers
new question
new question 17 %
NO
“Medical progress will slip in Do you believe the federal
somewhat government should increase
the U.S. if another country 22 %
disagree 13 %
not sure
takes the lead in science, support for programs and policies
strongly that would increase the number
technology and medical 7 %
disagree
innovation.” of young Americans who pursue
careers in science, technology,
11
%
not sure
engineering and mathematics?
Source: A Research!America poll of U.S. adults conducted in
partnership with Zogby Analytics in December 2012.
Source: A Research!America poll of likely voters conducted in
partnership with Zogby Analytics in August 2012.
“Research, especially basic research in the
STEM fields, is critical to improving health
and preventing disease long term.”
Rep. Dan Benishek, MD (R-MI)
Important to Make R&D very
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
29 %
important
Tax Credit Permanent
Since 1981, the federal government
has offered a tax credit to businesses
39 % somewhat U.S. World
important
pursuing research and development Leadership Matters 65 % statement a
activities. This credit is not new question
permanent, however, and has to not too
10 %
important Which of the following statements
be reconsidered regularly. This
prevents businesses from being not at all is closer to your view? Statement
5%
important 23 %
statement b
able to plan ahead when it comes A: It is important that the U.S.
to R&D spending. How important is a leader in medical and health
17 %
not sure
is it that the federal research and research. Or Statement B: It does 12%
not sure
development tax credit is made not matter where in the world
permanent? medical and health research takes
place — in today’s world, U.S.
consumers will benefit regardless.
Source: A Research!America poll of U.S. adults conducted in Source: A Research!America poll of likely voters conducted in
partnership with Zogby Analytics in December 2012. partnership with Zogby Analytics in March 2012.8 :: A m e r i c a S p e a k s
“If you think research is expensive, try disease.”
Mary Lasker (1901-1994)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
research
funding
Majority Has 7 % very
positive
Wide Majority
a great
Negative Reaction to somewhat
Concerned About Effects 43 %
concern
Decreased Medical 18 %
positive of Stagnant Funding
Research Funding new question
somewhat of
new question 37 %
somewhat
negative Science and technology are 42 %
a concern
After adjusting for inflation, the responsible for about half of our
amount of money spent by the economic growth since World War II. not much of
20 % very
negative Flat and decreasing federal investment 7 %
a concern
federal government on medical
in research creates an uncertain future 2
%
no concern
and health research has declined
over the past five years. Hearing 18 %
not sure for scientists. As a result, scientists 5 % not sure
this, what is your reaction to the may leave their profession or move
>1 refused abroad and use their scientific training
decline in spending?
in countries with strong and stable
investments in research. In your
judgment, what level of concern is
this to the United States?
Source: A Research!America poll of likely voters conducted in Source: A Research!America poll of likely voters conducted in
partnership with Zogby Analytics in March 2012. partnership with Zogby Analytics in March 2012.A m e r i c a S p e a k s :: 9
Research is 16 %
federal
government
Nearly Half Say 9 %
too much
Funded by state
Government Funding
Many Sectors 6
of Medical Research
%
government
27 %
about right
new question
11 % industry
Isn’t Enough
Which of the following 3%
academia/universities new question
is responsible for funding philanthropy
2%
Roughly one-and-a-half percent
biomedical and health 48 %
not enough
of government spending is
research?
42 %
all of the above allocated for biomedical and
health research. Would you say
that amount is …
17 % not sure
20 % not sure
Source: A Research!America poll of U.S. adults conducted in Source: A Research!America poll of U.S. adults conducted in
partnership with Zogby Analytics in December 2012. partnership with Zogby Analytics in December 2012.
Wide Range of
Estimates on 33 % one
percent }correct
answer
“The NIH offers our best hope for treating or
Government curing debilitating diseases like heart disease,
Funding of Medical cancer and diabetes and so many other
17 % five percent
Research illnesses that American families battle every
new question
day. It is also our best hope for containing the
Just your best estimate, 15 % ten percent
increasing health care costs associated with the
what percentage of twenty-five aging of the Baby Boomer generation.”
government spending is 5%
percent
allocated for biomedical
Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)
and health research? 30 % not sure
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Source: A Research!America poll of U.S. adults conducted in
partnership with Zogby Analytics in December 2012.1 0 :: A m e r i c a S p e a k s
“The timeline of expectation of getting an idea from “Nonpartisan, peer-reviewed
an idea stage into a marketplace on the life sciences social and behavioral research
side is exponentially higher than it is on the IT/telecom is crucial in providing factual
side. Who’s going to put the dough in on the front end? guidance to both the private and
At some level, it has to be those public investments.” public sector.”
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) Gary Becker, PhD, and James Heckman, PhD
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
research is
close to home
Quality of Only 1 in 5 8 1-10 states
22
%
%
yes, a great deal
Life Has Been Knows
16 11-25 states
Improved Research
%
by Medical Conducted 11
%
26-40 states
44 % yes, somewhat
Research Nationwide
new question new question
10 %
more than 40 states
Thinking of the last To the best of your 19 %
all states }correct
answer
decade, would you say 24 % no knowledge, would you
that your quality of life say that medical
has been improved by research in the U.S. 36 % not sure
medical research? 11
% not sure is conducted in:
Source: A Research!America poll of likely voters conducted in Source: A Research!America poll of U.S. adults conducted in
partnership with Zogby Analytics in August 2012. partnership with Zogby Analytics in December 2012.A m e r i c a S p e a k s :: 1 1
“I think it’s incumbent upon all of us, because we’ve all used this word, ecosystem, to make sure that
students, young people, all of us who are in the industry understand that it is not only interdependent, but
it is necessary, beneficial and can be rewarding no matter where you are in that process … All of it feeds
together. And it shouldn’t be competitive, but rather it should be mutually supportive.”
John Castellani, President and CEO, PhRMA
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Research is Americans Willing
40 very important
Important to Share Health
%
66 % yes
to State Information to
Economies 42 % somewhat important
Advance Research
new question
How important do 18 % no
you think research and Assuming that appropriate
development is to your 9 % not too important
privacy protections were used,
state’s economy? would you be willing to share 16 %
not sure
1 not at all important
your personal health information
9 % not sure
to advance medical research?
Source: A Research!America poll of U.S. adults conducted in Source: A Research!America poll of U.S. adults conducted in
partnership with Zogby Analytics in December 2012. partnership with Zogby Analytics in December 2012.
the food and drug
administration should
Opinions Split Plurality Says move more quickly in
38 % order to get new
on Whether FDA Should treatments to patients,
even if it means
46 % yes there may be risks.
Health Care is Move More
the fda should act
Based on Latest Quickly, Even more slowly in order
to reduce risk, even if
19
Research If It Means
%
it means patients may
wait longer for
treatments.
Do you believe that the 37 % no
More Risk
health care services you Which of the following
receive are based on the 26 %
neither
statements comes closer
best and most recent 17%
not sure to your view?
research available?
17 % not sure
Source: A Research!America poll of U.S. adults conducted in Source: A Research!America poll of U.S. adults conducted in
partnership with Zogby Analytics in December 2012. partnership with Zogby Analytics in December 2012.1 2 :: A m e r i c a S p e a k s
“I believe investments in research and innovation have broad
economic benefits for our society. If we can invest in medical
research that creates jobs today and solves health care
challenges tomorrow, everyone wins.”
Rep. Joseph Kennedy (D-MA)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
americans
weigh in on need
for research
Very Wide Majority very
Important to 48 % very
important of Americans 38 %
important
Fund Research Say Investment in
on U.S. Health Regulatory Science somewhat
39 somewhat 46 %
important
Care System is Important
%
important
How important is it that our not too How important would you say it
5 %
important 7 %
not too
important
nation support research that not at all
is that the U.S. invest in advancing
2 not at all
focuses on improving how important regulatory science to make the 3
%
important
%
our health care system is 7 % not sure drug and device development 6 % don’t know
functioning? process more efficient for
businesses and safer for patients?
Source: A Research!America poll of U.S. adults conducted in Source: Your Congress – Your Health Survey, March 2011
partnership with Zogby Analytics in December 2012. Charlton Research Company for Research!AmericaA m e r i c a S p e a k s :: 1 3
“There needs to be more research done.
We need a cure. I might be next.”
Research is Part
Wanda Richardson
Alzheimer’s caregiver
of the Solution 54 %
part of the
solution
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
to Rising Health
Care Costs
part of the
“We need more prevention investments, not less. When it comes to rising 23 %
problem
Currently close to half of Americans have at least health care costs, would
you say research to improve
one chronic disease. Together, these conditions
health is part of the problem 22 %
not sure
count for 75% of all health care spending and are or part of the solution?
estimated to cost employers $73 billion a year. We
all pay the price for poor health.”
Mary Pittman, DrPH
President and CEO, Public Health Institute
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Source: National Public Opinion Poll, October 2011,
Zogby Analytics for Research!America
Nearly Half Say CER Cost of Health Care is Most
cer will
Will Be Beneficial for 49 % improve
health
Critical Health Issue in America
Health Care System care
What would you say is the single most important health issue
new question facing the nation?
cer will
Comparative effectiveness research limit cost of health care
compares ways to prevent, 19 % health
care 61 %
options obesity
diagnose, treat and monitor 18 %
cer will
health conditions. This research have cancer
6 %
no impact 6 %
analyzes two or more treatments on health
mental health
care
for the same health condition to 3 %
determine which works best for a heart disease
26 not sure 2 %
%
certain patient population. Which diabetes
of the following statements comes 2 %
other
closer to your view? 4 %
not sure
5 %
Source: A Research!America poll of U.S. adults conducted in Source: A Research!America poll of likely voters conducted
partnership with Zogby Analytics in December 2012. in partnership with Zogby Analytics in August 2012.1 4 :: A m e r i c a S p e a k s
Most Agree that Nearly Even the goverment has no
32
Basic Research strongly agree
Split on role in funding or
%
40 % conducting behavioral
research since there
is Necessary Government is an individual choice.
Do you agree or disagree
42 % somewhat agree
Role in
society bears much of
with the following statement? Behavioral the cost of unhealthy
behavioral choices so
“Even if it brings no 41
immediate benefits, basic
Research %
it is valuable for the
government to be
11 %
somewhat disagree
new question
involved in research
to address it.
scientific research that
advances the frontiers of 6 %
strongly disagree Which of the
knowledge is necessary and following comes 19 %
not sure
should be supported by the 10 % not sure closer to your
federal government.” opinion?
Source: A Research!America poll of U.S. adults conducted Source: A Research!America poll of U.S. adults conducted in
in partnership with Zogby Analytics in December 2012. partnership with Zogby Analytics in December 2012.
trend change
percentage saying
Americans “somewhat favor”
increases Important to
Favor Expanding 27 %
strongly favor Conduct Research 36 % very
important
Funding for to Eliminate
ESC Research Health Disparities somewhat
34 % somewhat favor 38 %
important
Do you favor or Studies show that certain
oppose expanding health problems such as
federal funding for diabetes, heart disease and somewhat
11
% somewhat oppose 10 %
unimportant
research using infant mortality happen more
embryonic stem cells? often among minorities or 5%
very
unimportant
13 % strongly oppose citizens with lower incomes.
How important do you feel it 10 % not sure
is to conduct medical or health
15 % not sure
research to understand and
eliminate these differences?
Source: A Research!America poll of likely voters conducted in Source: A Research!America poll of likely voters conducted
partnership with Zogby Analytics in August 2012. in partnership with Zogby Analytics in August 2012.A m e r i c a S p e a k s :: 1 5
Important for very
the U.S. to 40 %
important
Support Global
Health Research somewhat
38 %
important “The issue of whether the United States should
How important would you
say it is that the U.S. work be spending money on AIDS policy and global
to improve health globally 10 %
not too
important
health in light of this debt is something that
through research and comes up quite often. The first answer is it’s not
not at all
innovation? 4 %
important
the reason why we have a debt. We don’t have
9 % not sure a debt because of foreign aid … In fact if you
zeroed out foreign aid it would do nothing for the
debt, but it would be devastating not just for the
world, but for America’s role in it.”
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)
Source: A Research!America poll of U.S. adults conducted in ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
partnership with Zogby Analytics in December 2012.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)
“Researchers know very little about TBI
Americans: 7 % too much [traumatic brain injury], and more research is
More Investment desperately needed to enhance our understanding
Needed for of the disease and ultimately develop effective
33 about right
Military Veterans
%
treatments and prevention strategies.”
Would you say government
investment in health Retired Army Gen. Peter Chiarelli
research for the benefit CEO, One Mind for Research
48 % not enough
of military veterans and ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
service members is …
12 % not sure
Source: A Research!America poll of U.S. adults conducted in
partnership with Zogby Analytics in December 2012.1 6 :: A m e r i c a S p e a k s
Research!America began commissioning polls in 1992 in an
effort to understand public attitudes toward medical, health
and scientific research. The results of Research!America’s
polls have proven invaluable to our alliance of member
organizations and, in turn, to the fulfillment of our mission to
make research to improve health a higher national priority. In
response to growing usage and demand, Research!America
has expanded its portfolio, which includes state, national
and issue-specific polling. Poll data is available by request
or at www.researchamerica.org.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Survey Methodology
Online polls are conducted with a sample size of 800-1,052 adults (age 18+) and a maximum theoretical sampling
error of +/- 3.2%. Data are demographically representative of adult U.S. residents. Polling in this publication was
conducted by Zogby Analytics and Charlton Research Company.A m e r i c a S p e a k s :: 1 7
research!america
board of directors
OFFICERS *Victor J. Dzau, MD Hon. Kweisi Mfume
Chancellor for Health Affairs, Duke U.S. Representative, 1987-1996
CHAIR University; President and CEO, Duke
*Hon. John Edward Porter University Health System Elizabeth G. Nabel, MD
Partner, Hogan Lovells; President, Brigham and Women’s
U.S. Representative, 1980-2001 Joseph M. Feczko, MD Hospital; Professor, Harvard Medical
School; Former Director, National Heart,
VICE CHAIR *Jay A. Gershen, DDS, PhD Lung and Blood Institute
*Martha N. Hill, PhD, RN President, Northeast Ohio Medical University
Dean of the School of Nursing, and *Herbert Pardes, MD
Professor of Nursing, Medicine & Public † Carol W. Greider, PhD Executive Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees,
Health, Johns Hopkins University Professor, The Johns Hopkins University NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
School of Medicine
PRESIDENT Sudip S. Parikh, PhD
*Mary Woolley *Harry Johns Vice President, Health Policy; Director,
CEO, Research!America President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for Analytics & Public Health;
Alzheimer’s Association Battelle Health & Life Sciences, Battelle
SECRETARY Memorial Institute
*Georges C. Benjamin, MD *Jackie Lovelace Johnson
Executive Director, American Public Chair of the Board, Lovelace Respiratory John R. Seffrin, PhD
Health Association Research Institute Chief Executive Officer, American
Cancer Society
*Evan Jones
TREASURER
Managing Member, jVen Capital *Larry J. Shapiro, MD
*Mary J.C. Hendrix, PhD
Executive Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs,
President and Scientific Director,
Elizabeth Baker Keffer Washington University in St. Louis
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s
President, Atlantic LIVE and Quartz LIVE;
Hospital of Chicago Research Center
Senior Vice President/Group Publisher — Live Ellen Sigal, PhD
Events, Atlantic Media Company Chairperson and Founder, Friends of
Cancer Research
BOARD MEMBERS
Hon. Patrick Kennedy
Tenley E. Albright, MD U.S. Representative, 1995-2011 Laing Rogers Sisto
Director and Founder, MIT Collaborative Community Leader
Initiatives; Visiting Scientist, Massachusetts Debra R. Lappin, JD
Institute of Technology; Lecturer in the Counsel, FaegreBD Consulting *Jack T. Watters, MD
Program of Surgery, Harvard Medical School Vice President for External Medical
*Alan I. Leshner, PhD Affairs, Pfizer Inc
Nancy Brown CEO, American Association for the
Chief Executive Officer, American Advancement of Science Keith Yamamoto, PhD
Heart Association Vice Chancellor for Research,
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