Senior Leadership Think Tank

The Federal Communications Commission's Connect2Health Task Force and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health convened a groundbreaking meeting at FCC headquarters in Washington, DC, with senior thought leaders from both the public and private sectors and across the country. The broad expertise included representatives from government, academia, industry, healthcare systems, public health, biotechnology, design and innovation, and telecommunications. The day-long meeting was designed to usher in the next phase of the L.A.U.N.C.H. initiative by gathering information and individual expert input related to the initiative's efforts to date. Additional meetings with senior thought leaders are planned to obtain further expert input on the L.A.U.N.C.H. initiative and to provide for a broad range of interested stakeholders—from patients and caregivers to clinicians—an opportunity to participate in these important discussions.

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Participants:

David K. Ahern, PhD, L.A.U.N.C.H. Co-Chair; Senior Advisor, Connect2Health^FCC Task Force, FCC; Director, Digital Behavioral Health & Informatics Research Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Catherine Alfano, PhD, Vice President, Survivorship, American Cancer Society; Professor of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center
Eliah Aronoff-Spencer, MD, PhD, Faculty, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego; Director, Center for Health, University of California San Diego Design Lab
Victoria Atencio-Goldin, Marketing Director, Amgen
David Bates, M.D., M.Sc., Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Medical Director of Clinical and Quality Analysis, Partners HealthCare; Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Ben Bartolome, JD, Special Counsel, Connect2Health^FCC Task Force, FCC
Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, FRCP, KBE, President Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement; Faculty, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
Jessica Boten, MPH, Communications Specialist, Surveillance Informatics Branch, National Cancer Institute
Teresa Zayas Cabán, PhD, Chief Scientist, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Ming-Yuan Chih, PhD, MHA, Assistant Professor, Health Sciences, Education, and Research Clinical Leadership and Management, Human Health Sciences, University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center
Anna Cupito, MPH, Research Associate, National Academy of Medicine Leadership Consortium
William S. Dalton, PhD, MD, Founder and Executive Chair, M2Gen, Moffit Cancer Center
Susan Dentzer, Visiting Fellow, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy
Elizabeth Driscoll, Legal Intern, Connect2Health^FCC Task Force, FCC
Geoffrey Eich, MBA, Chief Executive Officer, Blue Note
Michele Ellison, JD, Chair, Connect2Health^FCC Task Force; Deputy General Counsel, FCC
David Finley, MD, Chief, Thoracic Surgery, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine; Director, Comprehensive Thoracic Oncology Program, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center
Chris Gibbons, MD, MPH, Senior Advisor, Connect2Health^FCC Task Force, FCC; Founder and CEO, The Greystone Group
Kate Goodrich, MD, MHS, Director, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality; Chief Medical Officer, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Katie Gorscak, Director of Communications, Connect2Health^FCC Task Force, FCC
Ian Hargraves, PhD, Lead Designer, Shared Decision Making National Resource Center, Mayo Clinic
Drew Harris, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences and Department of Medicine, University of Virginia
Chris Hartshorn, PhD, Program Director, Nanodelivery Systems and Devices Branch, National Cancer Institute
Bradford W. Hesse, PhD, L.A.U.N.C.H. Co-Chair, Senior Advisor, Office of the Associate Director, National Cancer Institute
Alexandra Hubenko, Program Manager, Qualcomm Institute, University of California San Diego Division of Calit2
Paul Jacobsen, PhD, Associate Director, Division of Cancer Control, National Cancer Institute
Katherine Kim, PhD, MPH, MBA, Assistant Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing; Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, University of California Davis
William Klein, PhD, Associate Director, Behavioral Research Program, National Cancer Institute
Lisa Klesges, PhD, MS, Senior Advisor, Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute
Mindy Krakow, PhD, MPH, MA, Cancer Prevention Fellow, Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch, National Cancer Institute
Angie Kronenberg, JD, Chief Advocate and General Counsel, INCOMPAS
Natassja Manzanero, MS, Telehealth Program Coordinator, Office for the Advancement of Telehealth, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Deborah Mayer, PhD, RN, AOCN, FAAN, Faculty, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Director, Cancer Survivorship, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Glen Mays, PhD, MPH, Professor and Chair, Department of Health Systems, Management and Policy, Colorado School of Public Health
Jacqueline McCarthy, JD, Assistant Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, CTIA
Melanie McComsey, PhD, Research Fellow, Connect2Health^FCC Task Force; Design Fellow, University of California San Diego Design Lab
Michael McGinnis, MD, MA, MPP, Senior Scholar and Leonard D. Schaeffer Executive Officer, National Academy of Medicine; Executive Director, NAM Leadership Consortium on Value & Science-Driven Health Care
Tom Morris, MPA, Associate Administrator for Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Timothy Mullett, MD, MBA, FACS, Medical Director, University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center
Lisa Nugent, Executive Director Customer Experience, Amgen
April Oh, PhD, MPH, Program Director, Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch, National Cancer Institute
Karen Onyeije, JD, LLM, Chief of Staff, Connect2Health^FCC Task Force; Associate General Counsel, FCC
Kevin Patrick, MD, MS, Director, Center for Wireless and Population Health Systems at the Qualcomm Institute, University of California San Diego
Grant Patterson, MPH, Senior Manager, Oncology Value Based Partnerships, Amgen
Charles Pickering, Chief Executive Officer, INCOMPAS
William Pirl, MD, MPH, Vice Chair for Psychosocial Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Thomas Power, JD, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, CTIA
René Quashie, JD, Vice President, Policy and Regulatory Affairs of Digital Health, Consumer Technology Association
Matthew Quinn, MBA, Senior Advisor for Health Information Technology, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Karen Rheuban, MD, Director, Karen S. Rheuban Center for Telehealth; Senior Associate Dean for Continuing Medical Education and External Affairs, University of Virginia
Lisa C. Richardson, MD, MPH, Division Director, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Christina Stone, Legal Intern, Connect2Health^FCC Task Force, FCC
Tom Stroup, JD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Satellite Industry Association
Jamie Studts, PhD, Professor, Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky College of Medicine; Assistant Director for Cancer Prevention and Control; Director, Behavioral and Community-Based Shared Resource Facility, University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center
Dan Sullivan, MBA, Executive Director, U.S. Value Based Partnerships, Amgen
Robin Vanderpool, DrPH, CHES, Associate Director, Community Outreach and Engagement; Professor, Department of Health, Behavior, & Society, University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center
Sadie Whittaker, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, ScienceOne
Dana Wollins, M.S.G.C., Division Director, Health Policy, American Society of Clinical Oncology

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To learn more about how you can participate in a future think tank or to join our mailing list, contact David Ahern at launch@fcc.gov or david.ahern@fcc.gov.

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