2012 ASH Advocacy Leadership Institute

2012 ASH Advocacy Leadership Institute Summary and Agenda

As part of the ASH Recruitment & Retention Initiative and in order to provide additional opportunities for ASH members to learn more about advocacy and become engaged in the Society, the ASH Government Relations, Practice, and Scientific Affairs department held a two-day workshop – the ASH Advocacy Leadership Institute – on September 12 and 13, 2012. The selection of participants was based on a nomination process; over 70 nominations were received. The final 26 participants were a diverse mix of basic and clinical researchers and practitioners, junior, mid-career and senior faculty, malignant and non-malignant hematologists, as well as gender and geographic location.

The first day of the Institute focused on learning about the legislative process, health policy, and advocacy strategies. Faculty of the Advocacy Leadership Institute included ASH Government Relations staff and consultants, past participant of the 2012 Advocacy Leadership Institute, as well as guest speakers from the Administration, Congress, and other advocacy organizations, including former Congressman John Edward Porter and the Deputy Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Dr. Susan Shurin. The second day included visits to over 60 congressional offices to apply what was learned on the first day. Institute participants visited their congressional delegations to urge Congress to avert sequestration, support balanced approach to deficit reduction, and recognize the importance of biomedical research by investing in the National Institutes of Health.

See the program of activities from the 2012 ASH Advocacy Leadership Institute.

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Photos from the 2012 ASH Advocacy Leadership Institute

The Honorable John Porter discusses the value of advocacy to elected officials and their staff. 

The Honorable John Porter discusses the value of advocacy to elected officials and their staff. (Click image to enlarge) 
Dr. Susan Shurin of the NHLBI discusses the impact of looming budget cuts on the NIH. 

Dr. Susan Shurin of the NHLBI discusses the impact of looming budget cuts on the NIH. (Click image to enlarge) 
Drs. Marcelo Pasquini, Roy Silverstein, Julie Rowe, and Babatunde Olukayode Oyajobi pose in front of U.S. Capitol. 

Drs. Marcelo Pasquini, Roy Silverstein, Julie Rowe, and Babatunde Olukayode Oyajobi pose in front of U.S. Capitol. (Click image to enlarge) 
Drs. Lawrence Lamb, Arturo Loaiza Bonilla, and Eduardo Sotomayor meet with Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. 

Drs. Lawrence Lamb, Arturo Loaiza-Bonilla, and Eduardo Sotomayor meet with Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. (Click image to enlarge) 
Dr. Arturo Loaiza Bonilla poses with Congresswoman Ilean Ros-Lehtinen. 

Dr. Arturo Loaiza-Bonilla poses with Congresswoman Ilean Ros-Lehtinen. (Click image to enlarge) 
Drs. Suzanne Lentzsch, Deepika Darbari, Satish Shanbhag, and Alan Hanash in the Hart Senate Office Building 

Drs. Suzanne Lentzsch, Deepika Darbari, Satish Shanbhag, and Alan Hanash in the Hart Senate Office Building. (Click image to enlarge) 
ASH Advocacy Leadership Institute Class of 2012 at ASH headquarters. From left to right: Alan Hanash, MD, PhD, Reinhold Munker, MD, Ray Hohl, MD, PhD, Julie Rowe, MD, Gay Wehrli, MD, William Wood, Jr., MD, MPH, Brian Hill, MD, PhD, Marcelo Pasquini, MD, MS, Moira Lancelot, MD, Joseph Alvarnas, MD, Elizabeth Agnew, DO, Tulio Rodriguez, MD, Lauren Pinter-Brown, MD, Lawrence Lamb, Jr., PhD, Rafat Abonour, MD, Roy Silverstein, MD, Suzanne Lentzsch, MD, PhD, Nicholas Zavazava, MD, PhD, Manali Patel, MD, MPH, Joseph Mikhael, MD, FRCPC, MEd, Connie Piccone, MD, Babatunde Olukayode Oyajobi, MBBS, PhD, MBA, Deepika Darbari, MD, Satish Shanbhag, MBBS, MPH, Arturo Loaiza Bonilla, MD, Eduardo Sotomayor, MD, Benjamin Kim, MD. 

ASH Advocacy Leadership Institute Class of 2012 at ASH headquarters. (Click image to enlarge) 

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2012 ASH Advocacy Institute Participants

  • Rafat Abonour, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
  • Elizabeth Agnew, DO, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC
  • Joseph Alvarnas, MD, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA
  • Arturo Loaiza-Bonilla, MD, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine / Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
  • Deepika Darbari, MD, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC
  • Alan Hanash, MD, PhD, Memorial Sloan-Ketting Cancer Center, New York, NY
  • Brian Hill, MD, PhD, Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center, Cleveland, OH
  • Ray Hohl, MD, PhD, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA
  • Benjamin Kim, MD, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
  • Lawrence Lamb, Jr, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL
  • Moira Lancelot, MD, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI
  • Suzanne Lentzsch, MD, PhD, Columbia University, New York, NY
  • Joseph Mikhael, MD, FRCPC, MEd, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ
  • Reinhold Munker, MD, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, LA
  • Babatunde Olukayode Oyajobi, MBBS, PhD, MBA, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
  • Marcelo Pasquini, MD, MS, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
  • Manali Patel, MD, MPH, Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford, CA
  • Connie Piccone, MD, Case Western Reserve University, University Heights, OH
  • Lauren Pinter-Brown, MD, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
  • Tulio Rodriguez, MD, Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, Maywood, IL
  • Julie Rowe, MD, BS, University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
  • Satish Shanbhag, MBBS, MPH, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
  • Roy Silverstein, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
  • Eduardo Sotomayor, MD, H. Lee Moffit Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL
  • Gay Wehrli, MD, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
  • William Wood, Jr, MD, MPH, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
  • Nicholas Zavazava, MD, PhD, University of Iowa, Coralville, IA

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