Pancreas Disease and the Black Community: Toward a Personalized Medicine Experience

Welcome – David Bakelman, NPF, CEO
 Overview of NPF
 Intro to Personalized Medicine Coalition
Faswilla Sampson, PMC, Chief Operating Officer
 Overview of PMC, what is personalized medicine
 Personalized medicine tailors care more closely to biological characteristics AND to the circumstances/values shaping patients’ experiences with health care system
 More than a Number

Pancreas Disease and the Black Community
Darwin L. Conwell, MD, MSc, FACG
Professor and Chair
Department of Internal Medicine
Jack M. Gill Endowed Chair in Internal Medicine
University of Kentucky College of Medicine

Health Disparities in Pancreas Disease
Alyce Adams, PhD, MPP
Associated Director, Community Outreach and Engagement
Stanford Cancer Institute
 Drivers of health disparities in general and in pancreatic disease
 Differences in healthcare access, including clinical trials
 Overcoming these barriers and the role of community engagement

Personalized Medicine 101
James Lillard, PhD MBA
Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Research & Innovation at Morehouse School of Medicine
American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow
National Academy of Inventors Fellow
 Personalized Medicine 101: what, why, and the significance to understanding possible treatments and testing for the future

Importance of Partnerships in Pancreas Disease Education
Garry Lowe
Vice Chair, John Robert Lewis Legacy Institute

Patient speaker: Zita Roberts

Panel Q&A

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