Empower Radio : Empowering You for a Better Life: October 3, 2011 - Breast Cancer "Super Advocate" Valerie Fraser

October 3, 2011 - Breast Cancer "Super Advocate" Valerie Fraser
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Teri Williams on 03/10/2011 07:30:00
 
October 3, 2011 - Breast Cancer "Super Advocate" Valerie Fraser
On this edition of Welcome to Blissville, Teri is joined by Valerie Fraser, the
newly appointed  President of the Michigan Breast Cancer Coalition. Valerie is
no stranger to breast cancer herself. She is a survivor who  has been appointed
a "super advocate" by the National Coalition of  Cancer Survivorship. Valerie's
main goals  are advocating, educating and eradicating breast cancer.
MBCC events are ongoing and can be found here.
Find out more about Inflammatory Breast Cancer at the IBC Research Center and at
CA: The Cancer Journal for Clinicians.
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Valerie  has been an active advocate since being diagnosed with inflammatory 
breast cancer in 2007. She has also been a resource for research,  care-giving
and navigating a cancer diagnosis for close friends and  family battling cancer
since 1985. She became actively involved as a  research advocate in 2007 having
annually participated in the NBCC  Advocacy Training Conference and Lobby Day. 
She is a graduate of  Scientific, Quality Care and Clinical Trials ProjectLEAD,
the AACR  Scientist-Survivor Program, RAF:Focus on Research, the Komen AIS
Program  and the Coalition of Cancer Cooperative Groups Leadership Training and 
Forum. She has participated in peer review for the American Institute of 
Biological Sciences (AIBS) (CDMRP) Peer Reviewed Medical Research  Program
(PRMRP), the Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) CDMRP, the California Breast
Cancer Research Program and Komen For The Cure.
Valerie was honored with the "Local Hero Award" by the Susan G. Komen 
Foundation and served as a delegate from Michigan to the LAF Livestrong  Summit.
Valerie  is an Ambassador for Inflammatory Breast Cancer Education and Awareness
 through the Morgan Welch IBC Research Program and Clinic at M.D. Anderson
Center, Houston, Texas,  and is involved in Michigan with the University of
Michigan Breast  Cancer Advocate Advisory Committee (UM BCAAC), and with the
Michigan  State University Breast Cancer & The Environment Program.  Valerie  is
also an active advocate on I-SPY2 Breast Cancer Clinical Trial  working group
and and a research advocate with the ATHENA Project.  She  also is active in the
Breast Networking Group at Gilda's Club in  Southeast Michigan; facilitates for
Sister's Hope Retreat; and has  served as a cancer camp counselor for Camp
Carefree at M.D. Anderson  Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.