President's Cancer Panel
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The President's Cancer Panel is a three-person panel that reports to the President of the United States
on the development and execution of the National Cancer Program. Members serve 3-year terms, and at least two of the three panel members must be distinguished scientists or physicians. The President
appoints one of the members to a one-year Chair position. The Panel meets at least four times each year, and these meetings are open to the public.
As of August 2006, the Panel consists of LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S. (Chair), Lance Armstrong
, and Margaret L. Kripke
, Ph.D.
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
on the development and execution of the National Cancer Program. Members serve 3-year terms, and at least two of the three panel members must be distinguished scientists or physicians. The President
President
A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...
appoints one of the members to a one-year Chair position. The Panel meets at least four times each year, and these meetings are open to the public.
As of August 2006, the Panel consists of LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S. (Chair), Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong
Lance Edward Armstrong is an American former professional road racing cyclist who won the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times, after having survived testicular cancer. He is also the founder and chairman of the Lance Armstrong Foundation for cancer research and support...
, and Margaret L. Kripke
Margaret L. Kripke
Margaret L. Kripke is a professor of immunology and currently the Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Kripke is considered a founder and one of the world's leading researchers in the field of photoimmunology the study of how...
, Ph.D.