Ohio Launches Policy Forum Series the week of November 16th

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network in Ohio will launch a Policy Forum Series the week of November 16^th with discussions including The Cost of Cancer on November 16^th at 11:30 am and The Toll of Tobacco on November 19^th at 11:30 am.

Ohio Government Relations Director, Bryan Hannon remarks, “the 2020 Policy Forum series in Ohio will allow our ACS CAN team to discuss issues related to access to care and cancer prevention that are at the core of our advocacy work. We are incredibly lucky to have two broad panels of experts helping our team tell these stories and hope to see many friends, new and old from across the state in our virtual platform.”

2020 ACS CAN Ohio Policy Forum: Cost of Cancer Care

Held Virtually on November 16th

11:00 am

From rising costs to growing gaps in health coverage, we will take a closer look at the variety of issues cancer patients and their doctors face and the ways we can work together to address the affordability of cancer care.

Program

11:00 am Welcome from Bryan Hannon, Ohio Government Relations Director

11:04 am Panel Introductory Remarks hosted by Julie DiRossi-King, Director of Policy and Public Affairs with the Ohio Association of Community Health Centers (OACHC)

• Representative Susan Manchester, representing Ohio’s 84^th House District
• Wendy Xu, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Health Services Management and Policy with The Ohio State University
• Sameek Roychowdhury, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Internal Medicine and the Department of Pharmacology at The Ohio State University
• Brendan Hurst, Oncology Social Worker at Ohio Health, Grant Medical Center
• Jennifer Hoque is a Senior Policy Analyst at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN)

11:25 am Moderated Q&A Panel

12:05 pm Closing Remarks, Bryan Hannon, Ohio Government Relations Director

Supplemental Documents:

1. Testimony to the Ohio Health Committee on Accumulators HB469
2. Cost of Cancer Report
3. Cost Cancer Facts and Figures

2020 ACS CAN Ohio Policy Forum: The Toll of Tobacco

Held Virtually on November 19th

11:30 am

A wide-ranging discussion about the latest trends in tobacco use among Ohioans and the opportunities to leverage local, state and federal policies to prevent tobacco use and increase access to tobacco cessation services throughout Ohio.

Program

11:30 am Welcome from Bryan Hannon, Ohio Government Relations Director

11:35 am Keynote Speaker: Representative Gayle Manning, representing Ohio’s 55^th House District 

11:45 am Panel Introductory Remarks hosted by Erin Murphy, Lorain County Health Department

• Yvonka Hall, Executive Director of the Northern Ohio Black Health Coalition
• Tyler Stimpert, Program Manager at Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
• Kelly Lazar, Coalition Director for the Community Awareness and Prevention Association
• Michael Sreshta, Director of Pharmacy at Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Health Services
• Wendy Hyde, Regional Director for the Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation, Tobacco 21 and Assistant Professor at Baldwin Wallace University
• Mandy Burkett, Director of the Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program at the Ohio Department of Health

12:14 pm Moderated Q&A Panel

12:30 pm Closing Remarks, Bryan Hannon, Ohio Government Relations Director

Documents:

1. Disparities and Tobacco Use
2. Tobacco Industry Targeting LGBT Community