National Cancer Prevention Workshop February 4, 2021
This year for the National Cancer Prevention Workshop will be online because of Covid-19 on Thursday, February 4 with programming featuring key leaders in cancer prevention, journalism, education and government. Confirmed panel moderators, speakers and roundtable conversations include:
- Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, author, What the Eyes Don’t See
- U.S. Representative Don Beyer, Virginia
- Rob Bilott, attorney, author of Exposure that became the movie “Dark Waters”
- U.S. Representative Michael Burgess, M.D., Texas
- U.S. Representative Madeleine Dean, Pennsylvania
- U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell, Michigan
- US Senator Maggie Hassan, New Hampshire
- Arianna Huffington, Thrive Global founder, author, public speaker and Huffington Post co-founder
- Jill Kargman, author, comedian, actress
- U.S. Representative Ro Khanna, California
- U.S. Representative Dan Kildee, Michigan
- Miles O’Brien, journalist
- U.S. Representative Chris Pappas, New Hampshire
- U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rogers, Washington
- U.S. Representative Fred Upton, Michigan
- Christine Todd Whitman, former Governor of New Jersey and EPA administrator under George Bush
The National Cancer Prevention Workshop typically is an event on Capitol Hill on National Cancer Prevention Day that educates students, legislators, and provides continuing education credits for physicians, nurse and public health professionals. The 2021 event will be virtual and live streamed on the Less Cancer Facebook page.
Speakers include several renowned leaders including physicians, nurses, public health professionals, scientists, government organizations, NGOs, advocates and legislators.
Continuing education credits are provided for healthcare and public health professionals by the University of Virginia School of Medicine and School of Nursing and American University.
After Feb. 4, the workshop will be available on YouTube and Coursera.
National Cancer Prevention Day first came about through a House of Representatives resolution led by Less Cancer on February 4, 2013. It states that work to prevent cancer impacts human health, the environment, and the economy.
For more information, visit www.lesscancer.org.
