Michael Tangrea, Ph.D., director of clinical research at the Alvin & Lois Lapidus Cancer Institute at LifeBridge Health and scientific director of the Sinai Hospital BioIncubator, was a panelist at the Cancer Moonshot Summit’s Baltimore event on June 29.
More than 6,000 people in more than 270 locations around the country took part in the summit, created under the guidance of Vice President Joe Biden, with a goal of doubling the speed of research and treatment in the fight against cancer.
Participants included individuals and groups from health care, academics and businesses as well as survivors, family members and community advocates.
In addition to Dr. Tangrea, the Baltimore event included remarks from Don Graves, the deputy assistant to President Barack Obama and counselor to Vice President Biden; the family of Henrietta Lacks- the African American woman whose cancer cells were taken without her knowledge and used to create the first human immortal cell line for medical research; government representatives; doctors; scientists; and community members.
The Liberty Road Business Association hosted the program, which was held at the March Life Tribute Center in Randallstown. It included discussions with the entire group, breakout sessions and video streamed addresses from the vice president.
