Launched in 1997, the DCLG -- a federally chartered committee -- was the first all-consumer advisory board at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
January 21, 2005 (Press Release) --
Launched in 1997, the DCLG -- a federally chartered committee -- was the first all-consumer advisory board at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The DCLG's 15 members advise the NCI director about a wide variety of issues, programs, and research priorities from the perspective of people whose lives are affected by cancer. Since the establishment of the DCLG, other NIH institutes and centers have created consumer advisory boards or councils to reach out to the public affected by their research. Because NIH research is funded by taxpayer money and ultimately benefits the public, the institutes and centers seek public input into many aspects of their operations and activities.
New DCLG Chairman Douglas Ulman, director of survivorship at the Lance Armstrong Foundation and a returning DCLG member, said, "We want to bridge the gap between the cancer advocacy community and NCI … so people understand how they can go about speaking with the institute and effecting change."
"The DCLG has historically been a wonderful group of passionate people, and this new group is the most diverse group of cancer advocates that we have ever had, representing all kinds of people with cancer," Ulman added.
Among the NCI initiatives the DCLG will address is a new Web site, NCI Listens and Learns, which will provide a way for cancer advocacy groups and the public to post their opinions on a variety of topics important to the cancer advocacy community. The DCLG also plans to hold a town hall meeting, or cancer summit, with invitees from across the nation. The DCLG's work will support other NCI initiatives, such as efforts to reduce health disparities and make progress on cancer survivorship issues.
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For more information about the Director's Consumer Liaison Group, go to http://la.cancer.gov/dclg.html.
For more information about cancer, visit the NCI Web site at http://www.cancer.gov or call NCI's Cancer Information Service at 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237).
New DCLG Chairman Douglas Ulman, director of survivorship at the Lance Armstrong Foundation and a returning DCLG member, said, "We want to bridge the gap between the cancer advocacy community and NCI … so people understand how they can go about speaking with the institute and effecting change."
"The DCLG has historically been a wonderful group of passionate people, and this new group is the most diverse group of cancer advocates that we have ever had, representing all kinds of people with cancer," Ulman added.
Among the NCI initiatives the DCLG will address is a new Web site, NCI Listens and Learns, which will provide a way for cancer advocacy groups and the public to post their opinions on a variety of topics important to the cancer advocacy community. The DCLG also plans to hold a town hall meeting, or cancer summit, with invitees from across the nation. The DCLG's work will support other NCI initiatives, such as efforts to reduce health disparities and make progress on cancer survivorship issues.
continue ...
For more information about the Director's Consumer Liaison Group, go to http://la.cancer.gov/dclg.html.
For more information about cancer, visit the NCI Web site at http://www.cancer.gov or call NCI's Cancer Information Service at 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237).
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