General Assembly Establishes University Cancer Research Fund at UNC

The NC Senate Democratic Caucus hosted a July 31 briefing on the University Cancer Research Fund.

(l-r) Senators Linda Garrou and Kay Hagan discuss breast cancer issues with Drs. Lisa Carey and Carolyn Sartor.

(l-r) Dr. Tom Shea; Senate President Marc Basnight; and UNC President Erskine Bowles

(l-r) Dr. Tom Shea; Dr. Shelley Earp; Senator Marc Basnight; Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand; UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser; Senator Vernon Malone; UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine Dean William Roper; and Executive Associate Dean for Finance and Administration in the UNC School of Medicine Kevin Fitzgerald.

(l-r) UNC Lineberger faculty Dr. Chuck Perou; Dr. Ned Sharpless; Dr. Carolyn Sartor; Chancellor Moeser; and Dr. Shelley Earp.

Senator Tony Rand speaks with UNC’s Dr. Howard McLeod from UNC Lineberger and the School of Pharmacy.

Dean Bill Roper shares a moment with Senator Ellie Kinnaird.

A news conference was held on August 1 announcing the University Cancer Research Fund. Patients and UNC faculty were on hand to celebrate.

Senator Walter Dalton welcomes everyone to the conference.

(l-r) Representative Hugh Holliman, Senator Walter Dalton and UNC School of Medicine Dean Dr. Bill Roper listen as Dr. Shelley Earp outlines plans for the fund.

Representative Hugh Holliman, himself a cancer survivor, congratulates Melissa Blackwell, who spoke on behalf of patients. Melissa is a breast cancer patient from Mebane.

Cancer survivors took part in the news conference. Shown here with Dr. Shelley Earp are ( l-r) Eric Bergeron of Raleigh; Melissa Blackwell of Mebane; Susan Lamar of Rocky Mount; and Jack Hyer of Chapel Hill. Lamar and Hyer are members of UNC Lineberger’s Board of Visitors.